Wilderness is not defined by the absence of certain activities, but rather by the presence of certain unique and invaluable characteristics. – Nick Rahall
When there are no women on the tour it can get awful and ugly – constant horrible jokes and gross behaviour. It needs to be leavened with a feminine presence. – Evan Dando
Straight couples don’t have to be monogamous to be married or married to be monogamous. Monogamy no more defines marriage than the presence of children does. Monogamy isn’t compulsory and its absence doesn’t invalidate a marriage. – Dan Savage
My dad was quite a forbidding figure. I realise now that that was mainly because he worked so hard. He wasn’t unkind, but he was a presence. – Mark Gatiss
Finally we are a nation with some conscience. It means alliances are extremely important when they’re based on a national interest. We have to have the ability to sustain our presence within those alliances. – Malcolm Wallop
Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein brutally repressed all forms of opposition to his regime, and before the Iraq War, al Qaeda had no presence in Iraq. – Peter L. Bergen
I’ve played a lot of younger, more coming-of-age roles as well as roles that aren’t such an imposing physical presence. – Josh Keaton
As soon as I got up on that stage, and I remembered how welcoming and warming the judges, their presence is, and it was just all uphill from there. – James Durbin
The issue often with films is how it works with money and trying to get a visible movie star presence in the film. – James Marsh
A significant U.S. troop presence in Afghanistan has been continuous since October 2001, and President Obama’s short-lived ‘surge’ in 2009 was a continuation of his predecessor’s buildup there. – Michael Hayden
When you’re smaller and leaner, you’re not going to have that large a presence throughout the world. – Leon Panetta
When an idea reaches critical mass there is no stopping the shift its presence will induce. – Marianne Williamson
One of the lessons from Sept. 11 is that America requires a long-term presence in those parts of the world that endanger us. This notion has become controversial, but frankly, the need could not be clearer. – Rudy Giuliani
Atheism is nothing more than the noises reasonable people make when in the presence of religious dogma. – Sam Harris
Again, President Reagan was sort of an amiable presence out at the ranch by the last 6 months of his presidency. He had no effect on national policy at all. – Paul Begala