“I tried a dozen different modifications that were rejected. But they all served as a path to the final design.” Quote by Mikhail Kalashnikov
“For more than 60 years, the United States has stood by our allies and partners in the Asia Pacific. That includes our defence partnership with Singapore, which stretches back more than two decades.” YearsTwoStatesUnitedUnited StatesDecadesPartnersAlliesPartnershipAsiaDefencePacificSingapore Author:Barack Obama
“The United States, therefore, works to ensure that any actions we take are consistent with international laws and norms - including those reflected in the Law of the Sea Convention. It's worth remembering that our presence in the region is nothing new.” StatesActionRememberLawUnitedUnited StatesSeaIncludingInternationalConsistentRegionsConventionsNormInternational LawNothing New Author:Barack Obama
“Our alliances and partnerships are not directed against any nation.” NationsPartnershipAlliances Author:Barack Obama
“[We] are focused on protecting and defending our common security and upholding a rules-based order that undergirds the peace and prosperity of the region and the world. In this work, we are grateful for our continued partnership with Singapore.” WorldOrderCommonSecurityGratefulProsperityFocusedRegionsPartnershipSingapore Author:Barack Obama
“The American people aren't focused on the debates of the past. They're focused on their future. They're focused on the challenges that we're facing at home and abroad.” PeopleHomePastChallengesFocusedDebate Author:Mike Pence
“The modern world is very wealthy, it's full of options. It's not like "This is the land I was born on and I have to make the most of it, and these are the people who are near me, and so they will become my family."” PeopleWorldBornModernLandMy FamilyWealthyModern World Author:Ian Bogost
“We have so many choices that it's only always our fault if we're malcontent.” IfsChoicesFaultsMalcontent Author:Ian Bogost
“Our ideas of happiness, gratification, contentment, satisfaction, all demand that those feelings come from within us. If you flip that on its head and say "What if I took the world at face value?" and then ask "What can I do with what is given?" it's an interesting trick to turn around the whole problem of how you feel.” IfsWorldFeelsIdeasWholeFeelingsProblemFacesValuesTurnsAsksGivenInterestingDemandSatisfactionTricksContentmentWhat IfGratificationFlipHow You FeelFace Value Author:Ian Bogost
“I think the most important way to understand play is that it's this property that's in things. Like there's play in a mechanism. For example, there's some play in the steering column before it engages as you're turning the wheel.” ThinkingWayImportantPlayExamplePropertyWheelsMechanismColumnsSteering Author:Ian Bogost
“Play is this process of operating the world, of manipulating things. It's related to experimentation, and it's related to pleasure, but not defined by it.” WorldPlayProcessPleasureDefinedRelatedExperimentation Author:Ian Bogost