“The failure of Christianity in the areas west from Sicily was even greater, and was increased by the spread of Arab outlooks and influence to that area, and especially to Spain.” ChristianityGreaterInfluenceFailureAreasWestSpreadSpainOutlook Author:Carroll Quigley
“I grew up in Glen Ellyn, which is about 20 miles west of Chicago. I attended Glenbard South High School and University of Illinois. I didn't study acting until I moved to Los Angeles after college, but the fact that I was raised in the Chicago area set the stage for all of my comedic and acting sensibilities.” FactsSchoolActingStudyStageCollegeGrewGrew UpHigh SchoolAreasMovedWestSouthRaisedUniversityMilesLos AngelesChicagoSensibilityComedicIllinois Author:Ryan McPartlin
“I've lived out West some... I've always liked the High Plains areas - eastern Colorado, eastern Wyoming, western Nebraska.” AreasWestWesternEasternColoradoNebraskaWyoming Author:Charles Frazier
“Unfortunately there are still people in other areas who regard New York City not as part of the United States, but as a sort of excrescence fastened to our Eastern shore and peopled by the less venturesome waves of foreigners who failed to go West to the genuine American frontier.” PeopleStillsStatesUnitedCitiesUnited StatesNew YorkAreasRegardWestWaveGenuineShoreNew York CityEasternFrontiersForeigners Book:Working for the People: Promise and Performance in Public Service Source: Working for the People: Promise and Performance in Public Service
“Liverpool's grand opera also gave us some light comedy - on hearing the news that the house of goalkeeper Pepe Reina was burgled, and his Porsche stolen, while he was heroically saving penalties at Anfield, fans took a typically witty line: police were said to be interviewing a man from the West London area, a certain Frank Lampard, whose whereabouts on Tuesday between 7.45pm and 10.15pm are unknown. Indeed.” MenSaidLightCertainHouseLinesComedyFansFootballNewsAreasPoliceWestWittyHearingLondonSavingSoccerAnalysisOperaFrankPenaltiesStolenLiverpoolTuesdayGoalkeepersPorscheWhereaboutsAnfield Author:Declan Lynch
“My mother's family came from the British West Indies. And my father's family came from, well, my father's father came from the Montana/South Dakota area. They were Blackfoot Indian.” WellsMotherFatherHavensAreasWestSouthBritishIndianMontanaDakotaSouth DakotaWest Indies Author:Richie Havens
“I grew up in Ann Arbor, about 25 miles west of Detroit. And when you grow up in that area, you get a healthy dose of Motown automatically.” GrowsGrowing UpGrewHealthyGrew UpAreasWestMilesDetroitDoseMotownArbors Author:Mayer Hawthorne
“I just moved onto Queen West, after 20 years in Cabbagetown. The whole area around Trinity-Bellwoods is one of the juiciest in Toronto - all kinds of people to watch, dogs to pat, food to eat, galleries to check out. And the walk home from CBC delivers some of the most interesting window-shopping in town.” PeopleYearsKindWholeHomeWalksInterestingWatchesDogAreasWindowTownsMovedWestChecksAll KindsQueensShoppingMost InterestingGalleryTrinityTorontoWindow ShoppingCbc Author:Andy Barrie
“Gas prices in many parts of the country are nearing $4 a gallon; it could get even worse as unrest spreads throughout the oil-exporting Middle East. Yet the Obama administration once again seems to see no crisis. It has curtailed new leases for offshore oil exploration for seven years and exempted thousands of acres in the West from new drilling. It will not reconsider opening up small areas of Alaska with known large oil reserves.” YearsCountrySeemsKnownMiddleAreasCrisisWestSevenSpreadOilEastOpeningAdministrationGasExplorationMiddle EastReservesSeven YearsAlaskaOpening UpAcresUnrestGallonsDrillingLeaseGas PricesOffshoreExporting Author:Victor Davis Hanson
“I get a lot of support from the West Coast. But I think that's beginning to change. I think, as the awareness goes up, and as I continue to be consistent, more people from my area come around, and they're converted into Joe Budden fans.” PeopleThinkingSupportFansAwarenessAreasWestConsistentCoastWest Coast Author:Joe Budden
“One of the cool things, obviously there's 'Scandal,' 'House of Cards,' there was 'West Wing.' Other than that Jack Lemmon/James Garner movie about ex-presidents, no one's ever done anything in this area, whereas a lot of times, we do a story where someone goes, "Oh, yeah, they did someone sleeping with a Secret Service agent on 'House of Cards.'"” DoneStoriesHousePresidentSleepSecretAreasYeahWingsWestCardsAgentsExesScandalCool ThingsSecret ServiceHouse Of Cards Author:David Mandel
“You have to look at the reality in Syria. Whenever we liberate any city or village from the terrorists, the civilians will go back to the city, while they flee that city when the terrorists attack that area, the opposite. So, they flee, first of all, the war itself; they flee the area under the control of the terrorists, they flee the difficult situation because of the embargo by the West on Syria.” FirstsLooksWarRealityDifficultCitiesSituationAreasOppositesWestTerroristVillageSyriaCiviliansDifficult SituationsEmbargo Author:Bashar al-Assad
“Permafrost in the soil [is melting], in the boreal and arctic areas in the world, and, probably even more alarming in the last six or eight months, the data on what is happening to the ice shelves in Greenland and the west Antarctic has begun to cause people to radically reassess the earlier conviction that those ice shelves were stable on a kind of century-long time scale.” PeopleWorldKindLongLastsCausesCenturyMonthsSixLong TimeHappeningsAreasWestConvictionEightScalesIceDataSoilStableShelvesMeltingArcticGreenland Author:Bill McKibben
“Two years and a half and Syria is still withstanding against the United States, the West, Saudi Arabia, the richest countries in this area, including Turkey, and, taking into consideration what your question implies, that even the big part or the bigger part of the Syrian population is against me, how can I withstand till today ? Am I the superhuman or Superman, which is not the case !” YearsStillsTwoCountryStatesBigsTodayUnitedHalfCasesUnited StatesAreasBiggerWestIncludingPopulationConsiderationTwo YearsSyriaTurkeysArabiaSaudi ArabiaSaudisSuperhumanWithstanding Author:Bashar al-Assad
“The great thing about London is the little pockets of culture, like Hackney, which has its panto and its great community. Of course there's also the West End with its brilliant theatres and thriving tourism but to also have areas like Hackney which are so community based but not exclusive, that remind you that those surrounding you are the most important, is what makes London what it is.” LittlesImportantEndsCultureCoursesCommunityAreasWestLondonTheatreBrilliantGreat ThingsPocketsExclusiveTourismWest EndHackney Author:Clive Rowe
“I consider both the West Bank and Gaza to be colonised, even though Gaza is not occupied in the same way that the West Bank is. The Israeli government and military control all goods that pass in or out of that area, and they have restricted employment and building material that would allow Palestinians to rebuild homes and structures that were destroyed by bombardment.” WayHomeGovernmentMilitaryBuildingMaterialsAreasStructureWestDestroyedEmploymentGoodsPalestinianIsraeliGazaBuilding Materials Author:Judith Butler
“Russia comes from a place of deep resentment against the West, in general, and the United States in particular. They are rapacious, because they want back as much of their empire as they can grab. And we need to resist that. At the same time, we should be able to look for areas of common interest.” WantNeedsShouldLooksStatesAbleInterestUnitedCommonUnited StatesParticularAreasWestRussiaEmpiresResentmentCommon Interests Author:Daniel Fried
“'Kitchen Confidential' wasn't a cautionary or an expose. I wrote it as an entertainment for New York tri-state area line cooks and restaurant lifers, basically; I had no expectation that it would move as far west as Philadelphia.” StatesMovingLinesNew YorkExpectationsAreasWestEntertainmentCooksKitchenRestaurantsPhiladelphiaKitchen ConfidentialConfidential Author:Anthony Bourdain