“I am attached to the French language. I will defend the ubiquitous use of French.” Quote by Francois Hollande
“I don't believe that military intervention is always the right approach. What we need is a comprehensive strategy, one that advances democratization, economic reforms and equal rights for women.” NeedsBelieveRightsEconomicMilitaryEqualApproachStrategyDon't BelieveReformInterventionEqual RightsComprehensiveDemocratizationMilitary InterventionEconomic Reforms Author:Zalmay Khalilzad
“Today we're seeing fundamental conflicts within political Islam, with the fundamentalists on the one side and the moderates on the other. Who gains the upper hand means a great deal to the world.” WorldMeanHandsTodayPoliticalSidesDealsSeeingConflictGainsFundamentalsIslamModeratesUpper Hand Author:Zalmay Khalilzad
“Besides, many Islamic movements will change as soon as they gain political responsibility. I'm not at all pessimistic in this regard. Just think of Turkey, where the Islamists are now behaving like a sort of Christian Democratic party in Europe.” ThinkingChristianPoliticalPartyResponsibilityMovementGainsEuropeRegardDemocraticIslamicTurkeysDemocratic PartyPessimisticIslamistsPolitical Responsibility Author:Zalmay Khalilzad
“We're dealing with such enormous problems today that we have no other choice but to work together. If Iraq fails, if a religious civil war breaks out and the neighboring states are drawn into this conflict, if the Kurds declare independence and al-Qaida takes over an entire province - that's when the consequences will be dramatic.” IfsWarStatesProblemTodayTogetherChoicesReligiousBreakFailingConflictConsequenceIndependenceIraqEnormousDramaticCivil WarWorking TogetherAlsProvincesBreak OutKurds Author:Zalmay Khalilzad
“The terrorists want civil war. Al-Qaida is attacking Shiites. The Shiite militias are taking revenge on the Sunnis. And the Sunnis are become more extremist, with some joining al-Qaida.” WantWarRevengeTerroristCivil WarAlsAttackingJoiningExtremistMilitiaTaking Revenge Author:Zalmay Khalilzad
“I was starting to recognize a corner I was driving myself into: that all writing could do was refer to things that had already been written. I'm making the margin, but the margin of a book that already exists. I was having this exhilaration at, but at the same time horror of this recognition that I'd driven myself into the world of only books. This is a world of the previously written, and maybe I don't have to add to it, maybe all I can do is measure it.” WorldWritingI CanBookCan DoWrittenHorrorAddStartingCornersDrivenDrivingRecognitionMarginsExhilaration Author:Vito Acconci
“It was very definitely architectural. I was using the words on the page as some kind of equivalent of a physical model. But I never thought at that point that I wanted to move toward architecture. I wanted to move toward real space. Sure, that's probably another way of saying, I want to move toward architecture. But I didn't define real space in terms of architecture, then.” WayWantKindRealWantedMovingTermSpacePagesModelsArchitectureAnother Way Author:Vito Acconci
“I was always fascinated by diagramming a sentence. Because that is going into a space, going into a world of language.” WorldLanguageSpaceSentencesFascinated Author:Vito Acconci
“It's language as a kind of structural system. A diagram of a sentence, now that seems like a kind of architectural model. I don't know how to explain it, but it would be nice to try. Why, why this fascination?” KnowsTryingKindSeemsWould BeLanguageKnow HowNiceModelsSentencesBeing NiceFascinationDiagrams Author:Vito Acconci
“I became much more interested in plot when I really didn't consider myself a writer anymore. When I was in an art context and I started to do installations, that was when writing of mine almost returned to fiction. Earlier I felt like I didn't have anything to write about, I could only concentrate on the page, I could only concentrate on words.” WritingArtFeltFictionMinesPagesPlotInstallation Author:Vito Acconci