The manly pride of the Romans, content with substantial power, had left to the vanity of the East the forms and ceremonies… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
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We're stuck. We're stuck between the East and the West. Between the past and the future. On the one hand there are… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Hot, dry katabatic winds, like the south foehn in Europe, the sharav in the Middle East, and the Santa Ana of Southern… — Tim Cahill Copy Share Image
One may guess the why and wherefore of a tear and yet find it too subtle to give any account of. A… — Henri Frederic Amiel Copy Share Image
The difficulty of saying I-a phrase from the East German novelist Christa Wolf. But once having said it, as we realize the… — Adrienne Rich Copy Share Image
To adjoin the instinctual nature does not mean to come undone, change everything from left to right, from black to white, to… — Clarissa Pinkola Estes Copy Share Image
What is the most entrepreneurial country in the Middle East today? It's Lebanon. Which country has no oil or gas? Lebanon. The… — Thomas Friedman Copy Share Image
I think East Asian countries, I think they're very fortunate to have Buddhism survive as a strong influence because right from the… — Amartya Sen Copy Share Image
Thine eyes I love, and they, as pitying me, Knowing thy heart torment me with disdain, Have put on black and loving… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
A surprise to others, but not to me, since I've watched this closely for eight years now, is how George W. Bush… — Paul Kengor Copy Share Image
This president's committed to taking steps to move the Middle East peace process forward, to bringing the two parties to the table… — Jay Carney Copy Share Image
In view of the vast size of the occupied areas in the East the forces available for establishing security in these areas… — Alfred Jodl Copy Share Image
Israel's democracy is the bedrock on which our relationship stands. It's a shining example for people around the world who are on… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
American foreign policy is not understood by the vast majority of American people. And that this is due to a media that… — Denis Halliday Copy Share Image
I wanted to get out of Ashland, and I thought it would be pretty cool to go to school in the East.… — Winona LaDuke Copy Share Image
Two deep human desires were at war ... the longing for stability, for form, for permanence, which in its essence is the… — Rose Wilder Lane Copy Share Image
God did everything necessary to get Herod's attention. He sent messengers from the East and a message from the Torah. He sent… — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
When we talk about the Far East we usually mean the Far East itself, including Primorye Territory, Khabarovsk Territory, Kamchatka, and Chukotka,… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
I don't like the definition 'war correspondent'. It is history, not journalism, that has condemned the Middle East to war. I think… — Robert Fisk Copy Share Image
We always say Jordan is not rich in natural resources - we don't have oil or gas like some of our neighbors… — Queen Rania of Jordan Copy Share Image
The situation of women living in Islam-stricken societies and under Islamic laws is the outrage of the 21st century. Burqa-clad and veiled… — Maryam Namazie Copy Share Image
The ways sexuality plays out in political economies is central. And Cambodia's political economy is organized around this notion of family. So… — Anne Elizabeth Moore Copy Share Image
Royal Young has accomplished a rare feat in his fresh and riveting debut: he manages to recount his fascinating youth and unconventional… — Kristen Johnston Copy Share Image
A hierarchical society is only possible on the basis of poverty and ignorance, this new version is the past and no different… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
Some people say Russia is running at 50 percent of its gross domestic product under that during the Communist period. In fact,… — Kenneth Arrow Copy Share Image
Some who call themselves realists question whether the spread of democracy in the Middle East should be any concern of ours. But… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
After visits to several Communist countries (USSR, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Slovenia, East Germany, Vietnam, China, Cuba), I feel strongly that most "revolutionary" types… — Pete Seeger Copy Share Image
China is the center of the Asian energy security grid, which includes the Central Asian states and Russia. India is also hovering… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
There are many reasons that universities in East Asia have not reached the positions that they had hoped for. After all, we… — Henry Rosovsky Copy Share Image
Gas prices in many parts of the country are nearing $4 a gallon; it could get even worse as unrest spreads throughout… — Victor Davis Hanson Copy Share Image
Sometimes, because of its immediacy, television produces a kind of electronic parable. Berlin, for instance, on the day the Wall was opened.… — John Berger Copy Share Image
Now the bright morning-star, Day's harbinger, Comes dancing from the East, and leads with her The flowery May, who from her green… — John Milton Copy Share Image
There may be countries [where] there's no gender inequality in schooling, even in higher education, but [where there is] gender inequality in… — Amartya Sen Copy Share Image
Reading their letters and the First Amendment of the US Constitution, I infer that this nation's founders noted that religions have been… — Bill Nye Copy Share Image
We have heard all of our lives how, after the Civil War was over, the South went back to straighten itself out… — Lyndon B. Johnson Copy Share Image
The same goes for the refugees. Mrs.[Indira] Gandhi says ten million. It's obvious she started with that figure in order to legalize… — Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Copy Share Image
“The hope that fuels the pursuit of endless economic growth – that billions of consumers in India & China will one day… — Pankaj Mishra Copy Share Image
Many years ago, in the late '70s, I toured colleges along the East Coast and I presented a kind of show where… — Al Pacino Copy Share Image
Okay, gang," I said, "according to blueprints, there's an elevator access panel on the east side of the building. We may get… — Ally Carter Copy Share Image
![“I think East Asian countries, I think they're very fortunate to have Buddhism survive as a strong influence because right from the time when Buddha himself, 2,500 years ago, made the point about the importance of education, and the word "Buddha" also means enlighten[ed] or educated. So all the…” quote by Amartya Sen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/d15/amartya-sen-2518_asian_i-think-east-asian-countries-i-think-the_2344083.jpg)
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![“The same goes for the refugees. Mrs.[Indira] Gandhi says ten million. It's obvious she started with that figure in order to legalize her offensive and invade East Pakistan. But when we invited the United Nations to check, the Indians were opposed. Why were they opposed? If the figure were exact…” quote by Zulfikar Ali Bhutto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/136/zulfikar-ali-bhutto-13955_checks_the-same-goes-for-the-refugees-mrs-indir_2665121.jpg)
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