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“The thing that makes countries want to pursue some kind of nuclear deterrent is precisely the fact that they feel threatened.”

Want Feels Kind Country Facts Nuclear Pursue Threatened Deterrent

Author:Stephen Walt

“We are determined that our nation shall cease to be a burden on other countries but shall contribute positively to world prosperity, while observing fully the fair trade practices in international commerce.”

World Country Nations Practice Fairs Trade International Prosperity Burden Determined Cease Commerce Other Countries Observing Positively Fair Trade

Author:Shigeru Yoshida

“In London - and forget those extra public pressures on politicians - the lovely old Sloane world of manor houses simply hasn't cut it since Big Bang in 1986, the point at which Mrs. Thatcher really started to achieve her ambition to make this country more like America - its ambition, economy, it's very tangible measures of success.”

World Country Bigs America House Forget Economy Cutting Achieve Politician Ambition Pressure London Lovely Extras Bangs Tangible Measure Of Success Mrs Thatcher

Author:Peter York

“To most of you, your neighbor is a stranger, a guy with a barkin' dog and a high fence around him. Now you can't be a stranger to any guy that's on your own team. So tear down the fence that separates you. Tear down the fence and you'll tear down a lot of hates and prejudices. Tear down all the fences in the country and you'll really have teamwork.”

Country Guy Hate Team Dog Tears Prejudice Stranger Neighbor Teamwork Fence Barking Dogs

Author:Robert Riskin

“America is the only country capable of producing national movies: its culture has become a global culture.”

Country America Culture Capable Producing Movies

Author:Jean-Jacques Annaud

“We have witnessed the most educated, successful, and monied professionals in the country put their companies - not to mention their own liberty - at risk by engaging in flagrant and foolhardy illegal conduct.”

Country Company Liberty Successful Risk Educated Illegal Engaging Foolhardy

Author:Preet Bharara

“I drive a lot. Just for pleasure. Sometimes I'll get in the Cadillac and drive around the city or the country, kind of trying to get lost basically. Y'know, just see where roads lead.”

Knows Trying Kind Country Sometimes Lost Pleasure Cities Cadillacs

Author:Black Francis

“If Willie Nelson had been Rosa Parks, there never would have been a civil rights movement in this country, because he refuses to leave the back of the bus.”

Ifs Has Beens Country Rights Movement Refuse Civil Rights Parks Bus Hippie Civil Rights Movement Nelson Rosa Civil Right Movement

Author:Kinky Friedman

“I spent a little time in Germany as a schoolboy learning German, and it's a country I knew very well, spent a lot of time in. I knew the history very well. I've always wanted to do a piece of work about the post-war period, of one sort or another.”

Wells Littles War Country Wanted Pieces Periods Posts Germany Little Time Post War

Author:Stephen Daldry

“Is it appropriate still for a German to have a gun? I only use that as an example of a country that's still deeply involved and engaged in the conversations about how to come to terms with the past. Certainly for that country, it's not forgotten.”

Stills Country Use Past Term Example Involved Conversation Gun Forgotten Engaged Appropriate

Author:Stephen Daldry

“I think Tahoe is one of the hidden gems in the country, and I've played a lot of golf around the country. You can't beat the smells and the clean air and just the way it makes you feel.”

Thinking Way Feels Country Air Beats Clean Golf Smell Gems Clean Air Tahoe

Author:Trent Dilfer

“I look forward to continuing to be a role model to women across the country and helping them have confidence in all they do in the ring, on the court or in the game of life!”

Looks Country Helping Games Roles Models Court Rings Role Models Continuing Have Confidence

Author:Marlen Esparza

“The direct investment of Japanese businesses to East Asian economies accelerates the reallocation of their production bases. Consequently, between Japan and the other East Asian countries, both exports and imports are growing substantially.”

Country Economy Growing Direct Bases Investment Productions East Japan Asian Imports Accelerate Asian Countries

Author:Toshihiko Fukui

“The aging and decreasing population is a serious problem in many developed countries today. In Japan's case, these demographic changes are taking place at a more rapid pace than any other country has ever experienced.”

Country Problem Today Cases Serious Aging Population Japan Pace Other Countries Rapids Demographics Developed Country

Author:Toshihiko Fukui

“During the past two decades, inflation has fallen to a low level in major industrial countries.”

Two Country Past Levels Majors Lows Decades Fallen Inflation Low Level

Author:Toshihiko Fukui

“And it is practically the same in the case of the four or five million poor peasants in France, and also for Switzerland, Belgium, Holland, and two of the Scandinavian countries. Everywhere small and medium sized industry prevails.”

Two Country Poor Millions Cases Five Four Industry Mediums France Peasants Belgium Switzerland Holland Scandinavians Scandinavia

Author:Herman Gorter

“The globalization of the capital market is actually part of economic globalization. This will create a change in the entire world economy, not just restricted to some fields in some countries.”

World Country Economy Economic Fields Globalization World Economy Economic Globalization

Author:Richard Grasso

“This is a basic requirement the meaning of globalization is that we should admit that the economy of each country is dependent on the economy of all the others.”

Should Country Economy Dependent Requirements Globalization

Author:Richard Grasso

“I think the University of Texas has the chance to become the finest public university in the country.”

Thinking Country Chance University Texas Finest University Of Texas

Author:Tom Hicks

“I used to have a pony but I outgrew it and I do dream that one day I will live in the country and have lots of horses and be like a proper English lady who goes hunting and everything.”

Country Dream Used One Day Horse Hunting Ponies

Author:Georgia May Jagger

“I love America. I think it's the best country in the world. But I also think we're not tending to our sauce.”

Thinking World Country America Sauce Best Country World Is Flat

Author:Thomas Friedman

“I keep up with everything in terms of health, fitness, nutrition, skin care, hair, nails. Really, everything. I'm an avid reader of every women's health newsletter from every hospital in the country.”

Country Care Term Hair Reader Skins Hospitals Nutrition Nails Avid Health Fitness Skin Care Women's Health Newsletters

Author:Evelyn Lauder

“France cannot be destroyed. She is an old country who, despite her misfortunes, has, and always will have, thanks to her past, a tremendous prestige in the world, whatever the fate inflicted upon her.”

World Country Past Fate Despite Destroyed Thanks France Misfortunes Prestige

Author:Pierre Laval

“Workers of France, it is for the freedom of the prisoners that you will go to work in Germany! It is for our country that you will go in large numbers!”

Country Numbers Workers Our Country France Germany Prisoner Large Numbers

Author:Pierre Laval

“Students who are interested in learning about the environment should not be dissuaded from doing so, but only if they have proved their proficiency in other basic courses, such as U.S. history. Until then, we need to focus on producing well-educated citizens steeped in their country's history and mindful of their civic responsibilities.”

Ifs Needs Should Wells Country Courses Responsibility Environment Focus Students Citizens Educated Civics Well Educated Proficiency Civic Responsibility

Author:George Nethercutt

“I have some friends, colleagues here at the Karolinska Institute and even in the United States and many other countries too, because we are working together as scientists.”

Country States Together United United States Scientist Working Together Other Countries Colleagues Institute

Author:Lennart Nilsson

“There are too many countries where the values we take for granted in our civil servants simply do not exist. Seeing these values in action, applied with dedication by hardworking individuals, makes me proud to lead a service that is making life better for millions across Britain.”

Country Action Values Individual Millions Seeing Proud Granted Servant Britain Dedication Hardworking Civil Servants

Author:Gus O'Donnell, Baron O'Donnell

“I think protest and actions have to be organised against the Israelis and their backers. There needs to be a concerted high profile campaign to raise awareness of the people in this country.”

People Thinking Needs Country Action Awareness Raises Campaigns Protest Profile Organised High Profile

Author:Tom Paulin

“The mean pattern of educational and economic achievement within multi-racial countries such as Canada and the United States has increasingly been found to prove valid internationally.”

Mean Country States Found United United States Economic Prove Achievement Patterns Educational Canada Canada And The United States

Author:J. Philippe Rushton

“I find it interesting that many of the people who want to restrict fossil fuels live in well-developed countries where abundant and affordable energy is readily available.”

People Want Wells Country Energy Interesting Available Fuel Fossils Affordable Fossil Fuel Developed Country Burning Fossil Fuels

Author:Lee R. Raymond

“I have a great deal of difficulty with those who live in a hugely prosperous country telling people in the developing world that they should be deprived of a critical source of energy.”

People World Should Country Energy Deals Economy Source Difficulty Critical Developing Deprived Prosperous Prosperous Country

Author:Lee R. Raymond

“The Dell Theory of Conflict Prevention argues that no two countries that are both part of the same global supply chain will ever fight a war as long as they are each part of that supply chain.”

Long Two War Country Fighting Theory Conflict Arguing Chains Ties Prevention Supply Chain Two Countries Dell

Author:Thomas Friedman

“It is the potential for economic growth that provides the basis for the development of countries, for bringing to people essential goods and services, such as water to drink and facilities for healthcare.”

People Country Growth Water Economy Economic Development Drink Essentials Bases Goods Healthcare Facility Economic Growth Goods And Services

Author:Lee R. Raymond

“The other countries did not share the same concern the United States had in the early '90's - that North Korea actually had an ongoing nuclear weapons program.”

Country States United United States Share Weapons Concern Program Nuclear Nuclear Weapons Other Countries Ongoing Korea North Korea

Author:Mitchell Reiss

“The most stylish country in the world is Italy.”

World Country Stylish

Author:Nick Rhodes

“Sweden is a small country and, well, our family's pretty prominent in that world, I guess. And I really didn't like the sound of just being 'the fourth acting Skarsgard.”

World Wells Country Sound Acting Our Family Fourth Just Being Prominent Sweden Small Countries

Author:Bill Skarsgard

“The Nordic countries are leading the way on women's equality, recognizing women as equal citizens rather than commodities for sale.”

Way Country Citizens Equal Commodity Recognizing Nordic Leading The Way

Author:Johanna Sigurðardottir

“I think we have lost our groove as a country. One of the reasons was the attack on 9/11. We got knocked off our game. From a country that always exported hope we went into the business of exporting fear.”

Thinking Country Reason Games Lost Groove Exporting

Author:Thomas Friedman

“Most artists come in and out of the country, they stay may be 2 weeks - or a month max and then they leave.”

May Country Artist Week Months Max

Author:Edwin Starr

“The country that owns green, that dominates that industry, is going to have the most energy security, national security, economic security, competitive companies, healthy population and, most of all, global respect.”

Country Energy Company Economic Security Industry Healthy Green Population National Security Economic Security Energy Security

Author:Thomas Friedman

“There has been no appreciable improvement in our country's ability to produce the kind of talent we need in this space. There have been some small initiatives around the country that have been noteworthy.”

Needs Kind Has Beens Country Ability Space Talent Produce Improvement Our Country Initiative

Author:John W. Thompson

“I'm always trying to be a good ambassador for my country.”

Trying Country Always Trying Ambassadors

Author:Goran Visnjic

“But I am not allowed to speak to foreigners and I am not allowed to leave the country. So I'm not so happy.”

Country Speak Foreigners

Author:Mordechai Vanunu

“I might say that when the settlement was made the Nixon administration issued what they called a second inflation alert in which the General Motors settlement was branded as being inflationary and bad for the country.”

Made Country Might Administration Inflation Motor Settlement Branded General Motors

Author:Leonard Woodcock

“To be a superstar is incredible pressure. And also in our country, I'm going to speak about this, America. We have a way of kind of making it hard on our superstars. I don't sense it when I go to Europe or I go to Japan.”

Way Kind Country Hard America Speak Europe Pressure Incredibles Our Country Japan Superstar

Author:Narada Michael Walden

“The thing you've got to watch for is going broke when you're old. Look at all the people that go down and out at the finish. The man who built my country place is blind now and penniless. That's terrible!”

People Men Looks Country Watches He Man Terrible Built Down And Blind Broke

Author:Pearl White

“When I was growing up you would see big American films that really mythologised their landscape, that really showed the vastness and the drama of their country.”

Country Bigs Film Growing Up Growing Drama Landscape Vastness American Film

Author:Baz Luhrmann

“In a free country it is the duty of writers to pay no attention to duty.”

Country Pay Attention Duty Free Country

Book:In the Words of E.B. White: Quotations from America's Most Companionable of Writers

Source: In the Words of E.B. White: Quotations from America's Most Companionable of Writers

“To preserve the life of citizens, is the greatest virtue in the father of his country.”

Country Father Virtue Citizens Preserves Patriotism

Author:Seneca the Younger

“The historical sense compels a man to write not merely with his own generation in his bones, but with a feeling that the whole of literature from Homer and within it the whole of the literature of his own country has a simultaneous existence and composes a simultaneous order.”

Men Writing Country Whole Feelings Order Literature Existence Generations Tradition Historical Bones Simultaneous Individual Talent

Book:The Sacred Wood and Major Early Essays

Source: The Sacred Wood and Major Early Essays

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