Countries Quotes

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It's a shame that we have to choose between two such second-rate countries as the USSR and the USA. — Jorge Luis Borges
Yes, we all know that there's a good chance the missiles won't work properly when the government people finally come to get them, but over… — Shaun Tan
Heroes who shed their blood and lost their lives! You are now lying in the soil of a friendly country. Therefore rest in peace. There… — Mustafa Kemal Ataturk
In all times, and all countries especially in those countries which are divided within by religious faith, there are always fanatics who will be well… — Alexandre Dumas
Hence, in all countries the chief occupation of society is card-playing, and it is the gauge of its value, and an outward sign that it… — Arthur Schopenhauer
The ideal country in a flat world is the one with no natural resources, because countries with no natural resources tend to dig inside themselves.… — Thomas Friedman
Living with him is like being told a perpetual story: his mind is the biggest, most imaginative I have ever met. I could live in… — Sylvia Plath
I have seen sights and travelled in countries you cannot imagine. I have been afraid and I have been in danger, and I have never… — Philippa Gregory
In a brutal country like ours, where human life is 'cheap', it's stupid to destroy yourself for the sake of your beliefs. Beliefs? High ideas?… — Orhan Pamuk
Once upon a time there were two countries, at war with each other. In order to make peace after many years of conflict, they decided… — Vera Nazarian
Novels ought to have hope; at least, American novels ought to have hope. French novels don't need to. We mostly win wars, they lose them.… — Anne Lamott
Cheer up,' I said. 'All countries look just like the moving pictures. — Ernest Hemingway
We Americans live in a nation where the medical-care system is second to none in the world, unless you count maybe 25 or 30 little… — Dave Barry
There was very little about her face and figure that was in any way remarkable, but it was the sort of face which, when animated… — Susanna Clarke
The humanities are like the great old Paris Flea Market where, amidst masses of junk, people with a good eye found cast away treasures...They are… — Allan Bloom
I've been homesick for countries I've never been, and longed to be where I couldn't be. — John Cheever
Indians are the Italians of Asia and vice versa. Every man in both countries is a singer when he is happy, and every woman is… — Gregory David Roberts
One day there will be no borders, no boundaries, no flags and no countries and the only passport will be the heart — Carlos Santana
In that little party there was not one who would desert another; yet we were of different countries, different colours, different races, different religions--and one… — Edgar Rice Burroughs
War may be an auction for countries. For soldiers it's a lottery. — David Mitchell

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