Country Quotes
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It's incredibly disturbing when a country, particularly your own country, uses discrimination as a basis for an investigation.
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In the little travel I've done to other countries, the Jews there embraced me saying, Come to our house, come and have Shabbat with us. Jews in the Diaspora. I didn't imagine an Israeli traveling to the U.S. would feel this intensity of a forced relationship.
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At the heart of all problems lies the politics of the country.
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Seems to me that the institutions that function in this country are clearly racist, and that they're built upon racism.
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Nashville feels like a big little town to me. It's got lots of culture and lots of interesting things to do and lots of interesting people. At the same time, it feels very small and tight-knit and very close. Everyone feels like they know each other.
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I believe it is important that we Japanese write a constitution for ourselves that would reflect the shape of the country we consider desirable in the 21st century.
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The dumbing down of the country reflects itself on Broadway. The shows get dumber, and the public gets used to them.
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When you introduce something new to a country, you want to do it right. Generally, that means you have to do it yourself.
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In the winter, I enjoy cross-country skiing and raising orchids and amaryllises. If I could grow tropical flowers as perennials, I would, especially hibiscus and mandavilla.
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We can change the direction of the country with our vote.
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Every friend to the liberty of his country is bound to reflect, and step forward to prevent the dreadful consequences which shall result from a government of events.
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I don't believe in dynasties; I don't believe in coronations. That is not how it works in this country.
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The country needs the political work of women today as much as it has ever needed woman in any other work at any other time.
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The visits Prime Minister Koizumi made to the Yasukuni Shrine, I believe, had nothing to do with approval ratings. He paid respects at the Yasukuni Shrine to pay respects to the people of Japan who fought and lost their lives for the country and to pray for the peace of their souls.
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All I want to say, with the utmost emphasis at my command, is that the description of India as a military country is wrong.
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I see country music, I see people who take care of their own. You've got 75 year-old guys on the road. That's what I was put here to do, y'know, so I wanna make sure I surround myself with people who are gonna take care of me. 'Cause I'm in it for the long run.
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You see we're a country that talks about family values. But we haven't passed anything to help family values since the Family and Medical Leave Act. And the Family and Medical Leave Act was one of the first things I voted on when I came to Congress. It was very thrilling to me, because when my first child was born, I was terrified of being fired. When my second child was born, I was a member of the city council, and in some ways it was easier to respond to 250 constituents than it was to respond to one employer.
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I believe that a strong man makes a strong country.
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California is like an artificial limb the rest of the country doesn't really need. You can quote me on that.
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Woody Harrelson and I actually worked together years ago on North Country. So I felt completely at ease.
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In fact, when the fires of empire get hidden, they still stay burning underneath the moss, seething away. This is true with a lot of the countries with really difficult, impenetrable nationalist movements - countries that once had a big empire, like Turkey, England, or even in Italy, with the fascists in the middle of the last century. People who had empires, unfortunately, want them back eventually, somehow, someway.
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Spirituality is a word that is bandied about a lot. So I think it might mean different things to different people. I know that the United States of America is something of a religious country, but not necessarily a spiritual country.
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I didn't consider myself a fashion designer at all at the time of punk. I was just using fashion as a way to express my resistance and to be rebellious. I came from the country, and by the time I got to London, I considered myself to be very stupid. It was my ambition to understand the world I live in.
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The way I play cricket is to win games and do the best for the country and the team. If I happen to be ranked number one, great. But it doesn't mean anything to me as a player.
