Foreign Quotes
1571 quotes by 1108 authors
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There’s no copy-and- paste system in foreign aid.
— Atifete Jahjaga
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Iraq is not occupied, but there are foreign forces on its soil, which is different.
— Jalal Talabani
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Since our economy is closely allied with that of foreign countries, not one of us can be indifferent to what consequences these disturbances can have…
— Hjalmar Schacht
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In the twenty-five years that have passed since the ending of the World War when the people of this country emerged from generations of humiliation…
— Tunku Abdul Rahman
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One of the first signs that you’re beginning to develop boundaries is a sense of resentment, frustration, or anger at the subtle and not-so-subtle violations…
— Henry Cloud
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No, this customary aim of research by excavators is completely foreign to the historical work with which I am occupied... my sole and only aim…
— Heinrich Schliemann
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I do not feel that the West has really become less condescending toward foreign cultures than the Greeks and Romans were: it has only become…
— Muhammad Asad
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It is the same India which has withstood the shocks of centuries, of hundreds of foreign invasions of hundreds of upheavals of manners and customs.…
— Swami Vivekananda
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Every barrel of oil that comes out of those sands in Canada is a barrel of oil that we don't have to buy from a…
— Rick Perry
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I beg you, to have patience with everything unresolved in your heart and to try to love the questions themselves as if they were locked…
— Rainer Maria Rilke
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But if the life will not be easy, it will be rich and satisfying. For every young American who participates in the Peace Corps-who works…
— John F. Kennedy
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Never use a foreign phrase, a scientific word, or a jargon word if you can think of an everyday English equivalent.
— George Orwell
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Sometimes, some foreign reporters who come to Singapore to interview me, and they wonder, why we conduct Meet-the-People’s sessions at the void deck. So much…
— Low Thia Khiang
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I don't go around trying to stir up foreign wars.
— Conrad Black
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There is one way to understand another culture. Living it. Move into it, ask to be tolerated as a guest, learn the language. At some…
— Peter Høeg
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A standing army is like a standing member. It's an excellent assurance of domestic tranquility, but a dangerous temptation to foreign adventure.
— Elbridge Gerry
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Writing a novel is like working on foreign policy. There are problems to be solved. It's not all inspirational.
— James M. Cain
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Foreign policy can mean several things, not only foreign policy in the narrow sense. It can cover foreign policy, relations with the developing world, and…
— Romano Prodi
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All of the American's foreign wars have been fought with foes either too weak to resist them or too heavily engaged elsewhere to make more…
— H. L. Mencken
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I must have just dreamed that about Liverpool playing 3-4-3. What do people think that was, a bit of luck? A British coach playing 3-4-3?…
— Brendan Rodgers
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