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“The Russian drama began at the end of 1991, when the Soviet Union mercifully ended. Russia and 14 other new countries emerged from the ruins of the Soviet Union. Every one of those 15 new states faced a profound historical, economic, financial, social and political challenge.”

Ends Country States Political Social Challenges Economic Drama Unions Historical Profound Financial Russia Ruins Soviet Soviet Union

Author:Jeffrey Sachs

“My movies have always done pretty well in the UK - 'The Matrix' films did very well in this country and I do like the crews here and the people we're working with here.”

People Wells Country Done Film Crew

Author:Joel Silver

“I really love nature. I grew up in the country. But one of the things about nature is that it is beautiful but it's also very dangerous.”

Country Beautiful Dangerous Grew Grew Up Nature Love

Author:Maggie Stiefvater

“I'm a dirt road out in the country kind of person, but I remember thinking, I could live in Chicago.”

Thinking Kind Persons Country Remember Chicago Dirt Dirt Roads

Author:Maggie Stiefvater

“The Indian economy grew at 5.5 percent, but if you look at the last 30 years - for example, 1960 to 1985 - the progress made by East Asian countries was phenomenal. In a single generation they had been able to transform the character of their economy. They were able to get rid of chronic poverty.”

Ifs Years Looks Made Country Character Able Lasts Poverty Economy Progress Generations Example Grew Percent East Indian Asian 1960s Phenomenal Asian Countries

Author:Manmohan Singh

“We are a mixed economy. We will remain a mixed economy. The public and private sector will continue to play a very important role. The private sector in our country has very ample scope and I am confident that India's entrepreneurs have the capacity, and the will to rise to the occasion.”

Important Country Play Roles Economy Capacity India Entrepreneur Our Country Occasions Scope Private Sector Mixed Economy

Author:Manmohan Singh

“I love playing for my country, getting the support. Especially for the kids and everybody, showing my example of what I can achieve so early. And maybe they can achieve it, too, just to get that in their minds.”

Mind I Can Country Kids Support Achieve Example

Author:Maria Sharapova

“I'm ready to become a French person amongst French people, and more than ever I have the love for my country deeply ingrained in my heart.”

People Heart Persons Country Ready My Heart

Author:Nicolas Sarkozy

“Not that money is a driving force. It's an honor to play for your country.”

Country Play Force Sports Honor Driving Driving Force

Author:Payne Stewart

“When I hear bluegrass today, I hear so many new sounds in it. It's almost like country music in a way.”

Way Country Today Sound Bluegrass

Author:Ricky Skaggs

“I always had a standard of, back when I was doing the country music I always told people I would never record a song that I wouldn't sit down and sing in front of my mom and dad.”

People Country Song Records Fronts Mom Dad Standards Down And My Mom Old People Back When Mom And Dad

Author:Ricky Skaggs

“Al-Qaeda has a kind of loose, almost entrepreneurial structure with lots of cells in various countries that are semi-independent.”

Kind Country Independent Structure Various Cells Als Entrepreneurial Al Qaeda

Author:Ron Suskind

“Norway is a small country, about half the size of Sweden, but it has a very good film climate because they have municipal cinemas, so even in the smallest towns you have a cinema that shows art house films from all over the world.”

World Art Country Shows Film House Half Towns Climate Very Good Size Cinema Smallest Sweden Good Films Norway Small Countries

Author:Stellan Skarsgard

“Before Barack Obama took office, it looked like that pride could have vanished forever, but today, from the staggering depths of the Great Recession, the nation has had 29 straight months of job growth. Workers across my state and across the country are getting back the dignity of a good job and a good salary.”

Country States Today Jobs Nations Growth Forever Pride Months Office Dignity Depth Workers Barack Good Job Salary Recessions Staggering Job Growth Great Recession

Author:Ted Strickland

“I always say, I'm certain I changed 'Watchmen' less than the Coen brothers changed 'No Country for Old Men.' I'm certain of it. But you don't hear the Cormac McCarthy fans, like, up in arms about it. They should be. It's like an amazing Pulitzer Prize-winning book.”

Men Should Book Country Certain Winning Fans Changed Brother Arms Prize Old Man Coen Brothers Prize Winning

Author:Zack Snyder

“When I visit a country, I like to experience local food.”

Country Locals Local Food

Author:Bruno Tonioli

“Sure, I can sing a country song, but so can a lot of people.”

People I Can Country Song

Author:Conway Twitty

“The artists in country music who stopped having hits are the ones who were led into something that wasn't them.”

Country Artist

Author:Conway Twitty

“The entire American media apparatus bought into the drug war - which is an enormously damaging and costly undertaking for this country - and there wasn't enough critical reporting about it and that's why it's gotten out of hand.”

War Country Enough Hands Literature Media Drug Critical Undertakings War On Drugs American Media

Author:David Talbot

“In an age where everything and everyone is linked through networks of glass and air, no one - no business, organization, government agency, country - is an island. We need to do right by all our stakeholders, and that's how you create value for shareholders. And one thing is for sure - no organization can succeed in a world that is failing.”

World Needs Country Government Age Values Failing One Thing Air Succeed Organization Glasses Islands Agency Linked Shareholders Stakeholder Government Agencies Business Organization

Author:Don Tapscott

“We are at last on the high lands of Mexico, the districts which at least three different races have chosen to settle in, neglecting the fertile country below.”

Different Country Lasts Three Race Land Chosen Settling Neglect Mexico Fertile Different Races

Book:Anahuac; Or, Mexico and the Mexicans: Ancient and Modern

Source: Anahuac; Or, Mexico and the Mexicans: Ancient and Modern

“But obviously, we can't afford to make some bad long-term decisions with regard to basic commitments our country has - trade those away for some short-term assistance that may or may not be there a month from now.”

May Long Country Term Decision Months Commitment Regard Trade Our Country Long Term Assistance Short Term

Author:Fred Thompson

“There is a battle to be waged over what kind of country we are going to leave our children and grandchildren and that battle is happening now in Washington, not two years from now.”

Years Kind Children Two Country Battle Happenings Our Children Two Years Grandchildren Children And Grandchildren

Author:John Thune

“French culture takes ageing very seriously. There's much less ageism than in Anglo-Saxon countries.”

Country Culture Ageing Ageism Anglo Saxon French Culture

Author:Kristin Scott Thomas

“I'm so over the moon that I have the opportunity to represent my country at a third Olympic Games.”

Country Opportunity Games Moon Thirds Olympic Games

Author:Libby Trickett

“But in those days - in the mid-'50s, early '60s - there was less than 300 radio stations that were playing country music and a lot of that wasn't full time.”

Country Radio Stations Radio Stations

Author:Mel Tillis

“We've got great fans that rock and roll won't have, because you can have a one-hit record and country music used to, not so much anymore and you have a fan forever.”

Country Used Forever Records Fans Rocks Rock And Roll Great Fans

Author:Tanya Tucker

“We have terrorists coming into the country both through our Northern and Southern borders.”

Country Terrorist Borders Southern

Author:Tom Tancredo

“We strain to tell Americans and aliens in this country that there's nothing unique about America, nothing unique about American civilization, nothing that requires their allegiance, nothing of great value that they should sacrifice for.”

Should Country America Values Sacrifice Civilization Unique Aliens Strain Allegiance Great Value

Author:Tom Tancredo

“I ask you, people who care about the soul of Ukraine, those who want to preserve the heart, the spirit and the faith of our country for future generations, to please defend it.”

People Want Heart Soul Country Care Spirit Asks Generations Please Our Country Preserves Who Cares Future Generation Ukraine

Author:Yulia Tymoshenko

“Without international participation, jobs and emissions will simply shift overseas to countries that require few, if any, environmental protections, harming the global environment as well as the U.S. economy.”

Ifs Wells Country Jobs Economy Environment Environmental International Protection Participation Emissions Environmental Protection

Author:Fred Upton

“My father's record collection was all country. That's how I was exposed to it.”

Country Father Records Collections Exposed

Author:Keith Urban

“In a country as large and diverse as America, compromise is how we get things done. It isn't always pretty, but we have to find solutions to our problems that, at the end of the day, most people can live with.”

People Ends Country Done Problem America Solutions Compromise The End Of The Day Diverse Things Done

Author:Mark Udall

“I regard myself as a man without charm in a country of charmers.”

Men Country Regard Charm Charmers

Author:Roberto Unger

“We played in Texas about a year ago, at Emo's, the famous country and western club in Austin. And I figured, well, if I'm finally gonna die onstage, that's where it's going to be!”

Ifs Years Wells Country Dies Years Ago Western Clubs Texas Austin Emo

Author:Alan Vega

“We've had risk assessments performed by Harvard University, which said that even if we did have a small number of cases in this country that the likelihood of it spreading or getting into any kind of human health problem is very, very small.”

Ifs Humans Kind Said Country Problem Numbers Cases Risk University Harvard Assessment Likelihood Small Numbers Health Problems Human Health Harvard University

Author:Ann Veneman

“Nonetheless, the research budgets of the Department of Defense are under enormous stress-and they are extremely important because they support more than 40 percent of all federal funding for engineering schools across the country. So the threat was and is real.”

Important Real Country School Support Research Percent Stress Threat Defense Enormous Budgets Department Engineering Funding

Author:Charles M. Vest

“Unemployment is due to the large import of goods from Britain and other countries. The Government haven't used the powers which they have for the benefit of the country.”

Country Government Used Havens Benefits Dues Britain Goods Other Countries Unemployment Imports

Author:Eamon de Valera

“Six months ago, I traveled to India to see firsthand what the prime minister of that country calls a national shame. It is the systematic, widespread, shocking elimination of India's baby girls. Some 50,000 female fetuses are aborted every month in India.”

Country Girl Baby Months Six Female India Shame Ministers Prime Traveled Shocking Prime Minister Six Months Systematic Elimination Baby Girl Fetus

Author:Elizabeth Vargas

“Everyone should respect the sovereignty of the EU countries.”

Should Country Sovereignty

Author:Evangelos Venizelos

“Greece is a medium-sized country in Europe. Our debt accounts for only 2.5 percent of the total of all members of the euro zone.”

Country Members Percent Europe Accounts Debt Mediums Zone Greece Euro

Author:Evangelos Venizelos

“The vast majority of Greeks accept the need for reform and want to keep our country inside the euro zone.”

Want Needs Country Accepting Majority Our Country Reform Greek Zone Euro

Author:Evangelos Venizelos

“Europe and the euro zone have no reason, rationally, to push Greece out of the euro. But this is a system in which many parties, many countries, many governments, many electorates participate and we could have events which, rationally, are not controllable.”

Country Reason Government Party Events Europe Zone No Reason Greece Euro Electorate

Author:Evangelos Venizelos

“The country needs someone with experience and determination to make tough decisions. All the money aside, it is important that Greece restore its reputation.”

Needs Important Country Decision Tough Determination Reputation Greece Tough Decisions

Author:Evangelos Venizelos

“I don't understand why people in this country are so bent on doing the 'perfect,' when you have something that is good and makes sense from a cost-benefit point of view.”

People Country Perfect Views Cost Benefits Point Of View Make Sense Bent

Author:George Voinovich

“This is a perilous time, and more than ever, the world needs a united and strong America. If, God forbid, we live to see Mr. Obama president, we will live through a socialist era that America has not seen before, and our country will be weakened in every way.”

Ifs World Way Needs Country America Strong President United Our Country Eras Socialist Perilous Times Strong America

Author:Jon Voight

“And as journalists we look for differences - differences between countries, cultures, classes, and communities. We're very sensitized to difference, but it's much harder to write about similarities across countries, cultures, classes, and communities.”

Writing Looks Country Culture Community Differences Class Harder Journalist Similarity

Author:Amy Waldman

“I think in the wake of 9/11, like a lot of Americans, you know, we were all very traumatized by the attacks, traumatized in a totally different way by some of what happened afterward in response. And I think there have been these questions hovering in the past decade of, what kind of country are we? Who are we?”

Thinking Knows Way Kind Has Beens Different Country Past Happened Response Decades Different Ways Hovering

Author:Amy Waldman

“Everything officers go through in any chase anywhere in the country, but amped up 100 times! I'm right in the thick of things in a car going like 80 miles an hour, and doing 360s in the middle of the road. It was a wild ride.”

Country Hours Middle Car Miles Officers Thick Middle Of The Road Wild Ride

Author:Amy Weber

“If I wanted to be a pop singer, I would have done that 20 years ago. I love country music.”

Ifs Years Country Done Wanted Years Ago Pops Singers Country Love

Author:Chely Wright

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