“I don't really care where I work, actually, because you know making a movie is like living in movie world. There's such a secluded world, and the director is the king ruling the country, and everybody's building this little town to speak in symbolism.” KnowsWorldLittlesCountryCareSpeakBuildingKingsDirectorsTownsRulingSymbolismLittle TownsSecluded Author:Franka Potente
“The Internet is allowing for us to really experience people in some of the most distant places in the world - as other people just like us. So get to know people, seek out bloggers from a country you're kind of curious about. It's about building empathy and breaking through to the point of recognizing people as people.” PeopleKnowsWorldKindCountryBuildingInternetEmpathyCuriousAllowingRecognizingPlaces In The WorldBloggers Author:Jimmy Wales
“There are emerging countries. I mean, there are countries, you know, China, India, and Brazil, and all of these countries that are emerging. They are building homes. They are building - so there is a new lifestyle.” KnowsMeanCountryHomeBuildingIndiaChinaLifestyleEmergingBrazilBuilding A Home Author:Diane von Furstenberg
“You don't like a particular policy or a particular president? Then argue for your position. Go out there and win an election. Push to change it. But don't break it. Don't break what our predecessors spent over two centuries building. That's not being faithful to what this country's about.” TwoCountryWinningPresidentBreakCenturyPolicyPositionBuildingParticularElectionArguingFaithfulPredecessorsBeing Faithful Author:Barack Obama
“Books are the way that we communicate with the dead. The way that we learn lessons from those who are no longer with us, that humanity has built on itself, progressed, made knowledge incremental rather than something that has to be relearned, over and over. There are tales that are older than most countries, tales that have long outlasted the cultures and the buildings in which they were first told.” WayFirstsLongMadeBookCountryHumanityCultureBuildingLessonsBuiltCommunicateTalesLearning Lessons Book:The View from the Cheap Seats: Selected Nonfiction Source: The View from the Cheap Seats: Selected Nonfiction
“I'm quite optimistic. I'm also a realist. And I hope, you know, things work out. I don't think that the world will ever know peace. Complete peace in all countries. I think perhaps that's not in our makeup to do this although we can pray for it and work for it. But I think that the building blocks of peace are moving into shape, and I think that the world is going to be a better place.” ThinkingKnowsWorldCountryMovingBuildingPrayingShapesWork OutBlockOptimisticMakeupBetter PlaceRealistBuilding BlocksThings Work Out Author:Shirley Temple
“Our country as a whole, no less than the Hastings College of Law, values tolerance, cooperation, learning, and the amicable resolution of conflicts. But we seek to achieve those goals through "[a] confident pluralism that conduces to civil peace and advances democratic consensus-building," not by abridging First Amendment rights.” FirstsCountryWholeLawValuesGoalRightsAchieveBuildingCollegeConflictDemocraticToleranceOur CountryResolutionCooperationAmendmentsConsensusFirst AmendmentPluralismFirst Amendment RightsConsensus Building Author:Samuel Alito
“Show me a country where the bombs had to fallShow me the ruins of buildings so tallAnd I'll show you a young landWith many reasons whyThere but for fortune, go you or IYou or I.” CountryReasonShowsYoungBuildingFortuneRuinsBombsShow Me Author:Phil Ochs
“Farm country -- you know, hay, horses, cattle. It's the ideal situation for me. I like the physical endeavors that go with the farm -- cutting hay, cleaning out stalls, or building a barn. You go do that and then come back to the writing.” KnowsWritingCountrySituationCuttingBuildingIdealsHorseEndeavorFarmsCleaningCattleBarnsHay Author:Sam Shepard
“The message of reconciliation, of nation-building, of granting amnesty, indemnity, has struck a powerful, favorable chord. And people can understand that we're here not for purposes of retribution but to forget the past and to build our country.” PeopleCountryPastPurposeNationsForgetPowerfulBuildingMessagesOur CountryChordsReconciliationRetributionNation BuildingAmnestyForget The Past Author:Nelson Mandela
“If you come to France and you wear a veil, if you go to one of the administrative buildings, then that's not acceptable. If you don't want your wife to be examined by a male doctor, then you're not welcome here. France is a country that's open.” IfsWantCountryWifeBuildingDoctorsMalesWelcomeFranceAcceptableVeilsAdministrative Author:Nicolas Sarkozy
“There are roles I am never considered for. Meryl Streep roles, let's say. Why not? I really wanted to do 'Ironweed,' for example, because the depression era in this country was one of the best for multiracial people, because everybody was poor. Everybody lived in the tents, and under buildings, and under gratings, together.” PeopleCountryWantedTogetherPoorRolesExampleBuildingErasWhy NotTentsMultiracial Author:Whoopi Goldberg