“My observation is that after one hundred and twenty years of modernisation since the opening of the country, present-day Japan is split between two opposite poles of ambiguity.” YearsTwoCountryHundredOppositesTwentiesOpeningObservationJapanSplitsAmbiguityPresent DayTwo OppositesModernisation Author:Kenzaburo Oe
“Our country, like every modern state, needs profound democratic reforms. It needs political and ideological pluralism, a mixed economy and protection of human rights and the opening up of society.” NeedsHumansCountryStatesPoliticalEconomyRightsModernDemocraticProfoundHuman RightsProtectionOpeningOur CountryReformIdeologicalOpening UpPluralismMixed Economy Author:Andrei Sakharov
“China has established friendship with many African countries, and is opening itself up to Africa and providing assistance. It is cooperating with African countries on an equal basis and has no desire to colonize Africa.” CountryDesireEqualBasesChinaOpeningProvidingAssistanceCooperating Author:Wen Jiabao
“In opening and conquering a country great and wild and rich - a country indeed not yet fully known or conquered - we have still to learn more about ourselves and each other.” StillsCountryKnownRichOpeningConquer Author:Vincent Massey
“Mitt Romney will travel to London where he will attend the Olympics opening ceremony. Of course it's going ot be weird when they're announcing all the countries, and he's like 'Got a bank account there, got one there, two bank accounts there.'” TwoCountryFunnyCoursesAccountsLondonOpeningOlympicsCeremonyRomneyBank AccountsAnnouncingLondon OlympicsOpening Ceremony Author:Jimmy Fallon
“There are many different places of power around the world. They're invisible openings to other worlds. We find a preponderance of these places in the Himalayas, in the western part of the United States; of course, in every country of the world there are some.” WorldDifferentCountryStatesCoursesUnitedUnited StatesBuddhismWesternInvisibleOpeningAround The WorldOther WorldsDifferent PlaceHimalayasCountries Of The World Author:Frederick Lenz