“When I left the University of Iowa and made the decision to come to Rutgers, I said to my athletic director, as both of us stood there crying, 'I wish I could just take Iowa to the East Coast. That would be the best of all worlds.' Of course, I couldn't. I have the best of all worlds now by being at Rutgers, being in this part of the country and being able to embrace and receive the great prestige that is part of the Big Ten.” WorldMadeSaidCountryBigsWould BeAbleCoursesLeftWishDecisionCryDirectorsTenEmbraceUniversityEastBeing The BestCoastAthleticPrestigeIowaEast CoastRutgers Author:C. Vivian Stringer
“We can understand that the Fathers of the Church in the East wanted Apocalypse left out of the New Testament. But like Judas among the disciples, it was inevitable that it should be included. The Apocalypse is the feet of clay to the grand Christian image. And down crashes the image, on the weakness of these very feet. There is Jesus--but there is also John the Divine. There is Christian love--and there is Christian envy. The former would "save" the world--the latter will never be satisfied till it has destroyed the world. They are two sides of the same medal.” WorldShouldTwoWantedChristianFatherJesusLeftSidesChurchFeetDivineWeaknessEnvyEastSatisfiedDestroyedFormerInevitableLatterCrashDiscipleTestamentApocalypseClayMedalNew TestamentTwo SidesSave The WorldLeft OutChristian LoveJudas Book:Apocalypse Source: Apocalypse
“The Philippines is in a strategic position. It is both East and West, right and left, rich and poor. We are neither here nor there.” LeftPoorRichPositionWestEastStrategicRich And PoorPhilippinesEast And West Author:Imelda Marcos
“I remember walking into the Bible study. I had a knot in my stomach. In my mind, only weirdoes and zealots went to Bible studies. I don't remember what was said that day. All I know is that when I left, everything had changed. I'll never forget standing outside that apartment on the Upper East Side and saying to myself, “It's true. It's completely true.” The world looked entirely different, like a veil had been lifted off it. I had not an iota of doubt. I was filled with indescribable joy.” KnowsWorldMindSaidDifferentRememberJoyLeftSidesForgetStudyDoubtChangedWalkingStandingFilledEastNever ForgetStomachApartmentStanding OutVeilsKnotsBible StudyIndescribableZealotEast SideUpper East Side Author:Kirsten Powers
“The manly pride of the Romans, content with substantial power, had left to the vanity of the East the forms and ceremonies of ostentatious greatness. But when they lost even the semblance of those virtues which were derived from their ancient freedom, the simplicity of Roman manners was insensibly corrupted by the stately affectation of the courts of Asia.” FormLostLeftHistoryVirtueGreatnessPrideCourtSimplicityAncientEastVanityMannersAsiaCeremonyManlyRoman EmpireSemblanceOstentatious Book:History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Source: History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
“Iraq will drive American agenda for a long time because Iraq policy has so damaged America in the Middle East region, left us isolated. We are there now by brute strength, we are not there because we are desired.” LongAmericaLeftMiddlePolicyLong TimeIraqEastRegionsAgendasIsolatedMiddle EastBrutes Author:Jesse Jackson
“When Western people train the mind, the focus is generally on the left hemisphere of the cortex, which is the portion of the brainthat is concerned with words and numbers. We enhance the logical, bounded, linear functions of the mind. In the East, exercises of this sort are for the purpose of getting in tune with the unconscious--to get rid of boundaries, not to create them.” PeopleMindPurposeLeftNumbersFocusExerciseConcernedFunctionTrainWesternEastBoundariesUnconsciousTunesLogicalPortionsLinearHemisphere Author:Edward T. Hall
“We have heard all of our lives how, after the Civil War was over, the South went back to straighten itself out and make a living again. It was for many years a voiceless part of the government. The balance of power moved away from it--to the north and the east. The problems of the north and the east became the big problem of the country and nobody paid much attention to the economic unbalance the South had left as its only choice.” YearsWarCountryProblemBigsGovernmentChoicesLeftAttentionOur LivesHeardEconomicBalanceEconomicsPaidAdversityMovedSouthEastCivil WarReconciliationBig ProblemsVoicelessBalance Of Power Author:Lyndon B. Johnson
“This is one thing that's very interesting, how the people on the left always talk about separation of church and state. When you look at the theocracies all across the Middle East, where we look at constitutions that are based upon the Qur'an, I don't think you want to see that happening in the United States of America. So it is a theocratic political construct.” PeopleThinkingWantLooksStatesAmericaPoliticalLeftChurchInterestingUnitedUnited StatesOne ThingMiddleHappeningsConstitutionEastSeparationMiddle EastUnited States Of AmericaConstructsVery InterestingChurch And StateSeparation Of Church And StateTheocracy Author:Allen West