“There were all kinds of things I was afraid of at first, ranging from grizzly bears to 'mean' horses and gun-fighters; but by acting as if I was not afraid I gradually ceased to be afraid.” IfsFirstsKindMeanFearPresidentActingBearsGunHorseAll KindsFighterNot AfraidBetter LifeGrizzliesGrizzly BearsActing As If Book:Theodore Roosevelt on Bravery: Lessons from the Most Courageous Leader of the Twentieth Century Source: Theodore Roosevelt on Bravery: Lessons from the Most Courageous Leader of the Twentieth Century
“Such an experiment without actual conditions of war to support it is a foolish waste of time. . . . I once saw a man kill a lion with a 30-30 caliber rifle under certain conditions, but that doesn't mean that a 30-30 rifle is a lion gun.” MenMeanWarCertainSupportSawsConditionsWasteGunFoolishExperimentsAviationLionsWasting TimeRiflesAir PowerCaliberAirpower Author:Theodore Roosevelt
“I’m not a gun owner and, as I think as is the case for the more than half the people in the country who also aren’t gun owners, that means that for me guns are alien. In the current rhetorical climate people seem not to want to say: I think guns are kind of scary and don’t want to be around them.” PeopleThinkingWantKindMeanCountrySeemsHalfCasesGunClimateCurrentsScaryAliensOwnersRhetoricalGun Owners Author:Josh Marshall
“Our main agenda is to have all guns banned of course. We must use whatever means possible. It doesn't matter if you have to distort facts or even lie. Our task of creating a socialist America can only succeed when those who would resist us have been totally disarmed.” IfsMeanHas BeensMatterFactsUseAmericaLyingCoursesSucceedCreatingGunTasksAgendasSocialistBanned Author:Sarah Brady
“Hollywood is a very male business, and it has in vast portions of it - the whole action movie part of it might as well be the United States Army in 1943 in that the ethics of it are, you know, boot camp and action movies and guns and explosions and all the rest of it, and that - so that means that about 50% of the business is not only pretty much closed off to women, but women don't even wanna be in it!” KnowsWellsMeanStatesWholeMightActionUnitedUnited StatesEthicsGunHollywoodArmyMalesCampsBootsPortionsExplosionsAction MovieBoot CampUnited States Army Author:Nora Ephron