“My own perception is that there are two tiers of countries, one, the original ASEAN, and then the new members. The new members are in various stages of development.” TwoCountryMy OwnStageDevelopmentMembersPerceptionOriginalsVariousStages Of DevelopmentAsean Author:S. R. Nathan
“I consider that 9/11 was the day when war was started against my own work and against myself. Even though we are not sure of the links, Iraq was one of the countries that did not lower its flags in mourning on 9/11.” WarCountryMy OwnIraqNot SureMourningLinksFlags Author:Adam Michnik
“I want to keep talking about my people and my country in my own language.” PeopleWantCountryLanguageMy OwnTalkingKeep Talking Author:Nadine Labaki
“In order for peace to reign, one must speak the truth, and that is why I have spoken of a political abduction, ... ... Far from my own country, but in deep communion with all Haitians, including Haitians abroad, I continue to launch an appeal for peaceful resistance.” CountryPoliticalOrderSpeakMy OwnIncludingResistancePeacefulAppealsCommunionReignSpeak The TruthAbduction Author:Jean-Bertrand Aristide
“It is in community that we come to see God in the other. It is in community that we see our own emptiness filled up. It is community that calls me beyond the pinched horizons of my own life, my own country, my own race, and gives me the gifts I do not have within me.” GivingCountryGrowthCommunityMy OwnRaceGive MeFilledEmptinessCall MeHorizonMy Own LifeFilled Up Author:Joan D. Chittister
“Los Angeles was a place after my own heart. The people were hospitable. The country had the same attraction for me that it had for the Indians who originally chose this spot as their place to live. The Los Angeles River was a beautiful, limpid little stream, with willows on its banks. It was so attractive to me that it at once became something about which my whole scheme of life was woven, I loved it so much.” PeopleHeartLittlesCountryWholeBeautifulMy OwnRiversAttractionSpotsAttractiveStreamsLos AngelesSchemesWovenPlaces To Live Author:William Mulholland
“Without translation, I would be limited to the borders of my own country. The translator is my most important ally. He introduces me to the world.” WorldImportantCountryWould BeMy OwnBordersAlliesIntroducingTranslationsTranslators Author:Italo Calvino
“It was very difficult to write about my own country, because I have always been the outsider looking in.” WritingCountryDifficultMy OwnOutsiders Author:Asne Seierstad
“This country needs room to grow and expand. In all my own newspapers I read frightful tales of the shameful atrocities being perpetrated on our Democratic minorities in Maine and Vermont. My patience is almost at an end, and if provoked much further I will place both countries under American protection, even if I have to send in my tourists to start trouble so I'll have to send in a force to restore order.” IfsNeedsEndsCountryOrderForceGrowsMy OwnRoomsTroubleDemocraticProtectionNewspapersTalesMinoritiesTouristsShamefulAtrocitiesMaineProvokedVermont Author:Gracie Allen
“I am conscious of having served England as I served my own country.” CountryMy OwnConsciousEngland Author:Ferdinand Foch
“I have the deepest regret about 9/11. Sept. 11, 2001, was one of the most difficult days I've ever had. I was in Lima, Peru, and had to fly back eight hours not knowing what happened in my own country, knowing thousands of my fellow citizens had died.” CountryDifficultHoursMy OwnKnowingHappenedRegretCitizensDiedFellowsEightNot KnowingPeruSept 11Difficult Days Author:Colin Powell
“It is only when we speak what is right that we stand a chance at night of being blown to bits in our homes. Can we call this a free country, when I am afraid to go to sleep in my own home in Mississippi?... I might not live two hours after I get back home, but I want to be a part of setting the Negro free in Mississippi.” WantTwoCountryHomeMightNightSpeakBitsHoursChanceMy OwnSleepSettingSettingsGet BackGoing To SleepBack HomeMississippiFree Country Author:Fannie Lou Hamer
“I love music.. everything from R&B to Rap to Modern Country.. I still haven't figured out my own personal vibe.. it was sort of Nora Jones then sort of electronic.. then country.. it is very hard to make it in the music industry so we shall see if I ever find the time to finish it!” IfsStillsCountryHardMy OwnModernHavensIndustryRapMusic IndustryMusic LoveI Love Music Author:Amy Weber