“There's a phrase you hear in Israel: "We're not Jews, we're Israelis." What that means is that the stereotype we're familiar with here in the States of the Diaspora Jew, i.e. Jews in America or Europe or Russia, etc. does not fit at all with the reality of the homegrown "sabras" of Israel.” MeanDoeStatesRealityAmericaFitEuropeJewIsraelRussiaFamiliarPhrasesEtcStereotypeDiasporaHomegrown Author:Steven Pressfield
“Of course, in the reality of history, the Machiavellian view which glorifies the principle of violence has been able to dominate.Not the compromising conciliatory politics of humaneness, not the Erasmian, but rather the politics of vested power which firmly exploits every opportunity, politics in the sense of the "Principe," has determined the development of European history ever since.” Has BeensRealityAbleCoursesOpportunityViewsPrinciplesHistoryViolenceDevelopmentEuropeDeterminedCompromiseExploitsGlorifyEuropean History Author:Stefan Zweig
“We all accuse Vladimir Putin of Cold War nostalgia, but Washington's elites - politicians and intellectuals - miss the old days as well. They wish for the world in which the United States was utterly dominant over its friends, its foes were to be shunned entirely, and the challenges were stark, moral, and vital. Today's world is messy and complicated. China is one of our biggest trading partners and our looming geopolitical rival. Russia is a surly spoiler, but it has a globalized middle class and has created ties in Europe.” WorldWellsWarStatesRealityTodayPoliticsWishCommunityChallengesLeadershipUnitedMoneyMoralClassHistoryUnited StatesDemocracyGenerationsMiddleMissingPolicyColdPoliticianEthicsEuropeTradeStrategyHuman RightsChinaComplicatedNostalgiaPartnersRussiaIdeologyTiesMiddle ClassOver ItElitesForeign PolicyDominantCold WarTradingDiplomacyFoeFree MarketRivalsCivilityMessyPutinOld DaysStarksToday's WorldLoomingGeopoliticalSurlySpoilersTrading Partners Author:Fareed Zakaria
“There is not an inherent contradiction between a Ukraine that has longstanding historic and cultural ties to Russia, and a modern Ukraine that wants to integrate more closely with Europe.” WantRealityPoliticsCommunityHistoryGenerationsModernPolicyEuropeStrategyRussiaIdeologyTiesContradictionForeign PolicyInherentHistoricUkraineIntegrating Author:Susan Rice
“In 2003, at the time I made my "Old Europe" comment, the center of gravity in NATO and Europe had long since shifted to the East. With the former Warsaw Pact countries joining NATO, the alliance has a different mix today. Some people were sensitive about my comment because they thought it was a pejorative way of highlighting demographic realities. Apparently they felt it pointed a white light at a weakness in Europe - an aging population. Europe has come some distance since World War II in becoming Europe.” PeopleWorldWayLongMadeDifferentWarCountryRealityLightTodayFeltWhiteBecomingWeaknessEuropeDistanceAgingPopulationEastFormerSensitiveWar Of The WorldsCommentWorld War IiGravityWorld War IAlliancesJoiningNatoDemographicsPactWhite LightHighlightingWarsawCenter Of GravityAging PopulationWarsaw Pact Author:Donald Rumsfeld
“The president should stop apologizing, stop being defensive. The reality is the NSA has saved thousands of lives not just in the United States but in France, Germany and throughout Europe.” ShouldStatesRealityPresidentUnitedUnited StatesEuropeSavedFranceGermanyApologizingNsa Author:Peter King
“Nations are an historic reality in Europe. They all have different histories, and they joined the EU at very different times and under widely differing circumstances. I was mayor of Warsaw for three years and always in favor of Poland joining the EU. But I also experienced how we had to implement EU regulations that were completely inappropriate to our situation.” YearsDifferentRealityThreeNationsSituationCircumstancesEuropeFavorsThree YearsRegulationHistoricJoiningMayorsInappropriatePolandDifferent TimesWarsaw Author:Lech Kaczynski
“Many upscale American parents somehow think jobs like their own are part of the nation's natural order. They are not. In Europe, they have already discovered that, and many there have accepted the new small-growth, small-jobs reality. Will we?” ThinkingRealityJobsOrderNationsParentGrowthNaturalEuropeAcceptedNatural OrderSmall Jobs Author:Daniel Henninger
“I never thought I would have an opportunity to act in the United States, and continue to expand my career outside of Europe. To be honest, my reality is bigger than I would have ever dared to dream.” StatesDreamRealityOpportunityUnitedCareersUnited StatesHonestEuropeBiggerBeing Honest Author:Diane Kruger
“You have the mainstream bourgeois life of the U.S., Europe, the "developed" world - the life of technology, education, mortgages, careers, a certain level of physical comfort - while on the other hand, several billion people on the planet exist on less than a dollar a day. That's a huge and terrible reality to get your head around.” PeopleWorldHandsRealityCertainLevelsCareersTechnologyPlanetsHugeTerribleComfortEuropeDollarsBillionsMainstreamMortgageBourgeoisTechnology In Education Author:Ben Fountain
“In France those absurd perversions of the art of war which covered themselves under the name of chivalry were more omnipotent than in any other country of Europe. The strength of the armies of Philip and John of Valois was composed of a fiery and undisciplined aristocracy which imagined itself to be the most efficient military force in the world, but which was in reality little removed from an armed mob.” WorldLittlesArtWarCountryRealityNamesForceMilitaryEuropeArmyAbsurdFranceCoveredEfficientOther CountriesArt Of WarAristocracyFieryChivalryPerversionPhilipOmnipotentMilitary ForceUndisciplined Book:A history of the art of war in the middle ages Source: A history of the art of war in the middle ages
“...I suddenly felt in myself all the weight of Europe: the weight of deliberate purpose in all our actions. I thought to myself, 'How difficult it is for us to attain to reality... We always try to grab it: but it does not like to be grabbed. Only where it overwhelms man does it surrender itself to him.” MenTryingDoeRealityActionPurposeFeltDifficultEuropeWeightSurrenderDeliberateOur Actions Book:The Road To Mecca Source: The Road To Mecca
“Reincarnation contains a most comforting explanation of reality by means of which Indian thought surmounts difficulties which baffle the thinkers of Europe.” MeanRealityEuropeDifficultyIndianExplanationThinkerReincarnationComfortingIncarnation Author:Albert Schweitzer
“Europe needs a clear and more collective and cohesive policy on security and energy supply. Today the issue of security of energy supply is only really considered at a national member-state level, but in reality we need a much greater European-wide approach on this issue.” NeedsStatesRealityTodayEnergyLevelsIssuesClearGreaterSecurityPolicyMembersApproachEuropeWideCollectives Author:Andris Piebalgs
“If we use our policy instruments wisely with regard to broadband, we can do some very practical things to make 'growth and jobs' a reality in the less-developed and rural regions of Europe, too.” IfsUseRealityJobsGrowthCan DoPolicyEuropeRegardInstrumentsPracticalsRegionsBroadbandPractical ThingsToo Real Author:Viviane Reding