Arabia Quotes - Page 10

• Donald Trump believes that the world will be safer if more nations have nuclear weapons. He's said Saudi Arabia should get them, Japan should get them, Korea should get them. And when he was confronted with this and told, wait a minute, terrorists could get those, proliferation could lead to nuclear war, here's what Donald Trump said, and I quote, go ahead, folks, enjoy yourselves.

  Tim Kaine

  War, Believe, Japan

  Source: www.politico.com

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• One reason why I am quite angry with what is happening in Nigeria today is that everything has collapsed. If I decide to go back now, there will be so many problems - where will I find the physical therapy and other things that I now require?

  Chinua Achebe

  Doctors, America, Leaving

  "Things fall apart: Chinua Achebe and Nigeria" by Tolu Ogunlesi, www.cnn.com. March 25, 2013.

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• They [ Germany, Japan, South Korea, Saudi Arabia] will fully understand. They're economic behemoths. They're tremendously successful countries, but we're subsidizing them for billions and billions of dollars.

  Donald Trump

  Country, Successful, Japan

  Source: www.rushlimbaugh.com

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• ... And if Europe gives Arabia a railway, Arabia gives Europe an idea - which I think balances the account.

  Ameen Rihani

  Thinking, Europe, Ideas

  Ameen Fares Rihani (1921). “The Path of Vision: Pocket Essays of East and West”

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• The perpetual charm of Arabia is that the traveler finds his level there simply as a human being; the people's directness, deadly to the sentimental or pedantic, likes the less complicated virtues.

  Freya Stark

  People, Levels, Likes

  Freya Stark (2011). “A Winter in Arabia: A Journey Through Yemen”, p.92, The Overlook Press

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• The war with Iraq ... had to be one of the greatest non sequiturs in military history. Attacked by a gang composed largely of Islamic militants from Saudi Arabia, the United States countered by invading an unrelated country, and one of the most secular in the Middle East at that.

  Barbara Ehrenreich

  Country, Military, War

  Barbara Ehrenreich (2008). “Going to Extremes: Notes from a Divided Nation”, Granta Books (UK)

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• I would not exchange my life of ease and quiet for the riches of Arabia.

  Horace

  Ease, Riches, Quiet

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• Saudi Arabia's first female athlete will be allowed to compete while wearing a head scarf. The Saudi woman said she was thrilled about the ruling all she needs now is a man to drive her to the Olympics.

  Conan O'Brien

  Funny, Athlete, Men

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• Religious liberty in a nation is as real as the liberty of its least popular religious minority. Look not to the size of cathedrals or even to the words on the statute books for proof of the reality of religious freedom. Ask what is the fate of the Protestant in Spain, the Jew in Saudi Arabia, the Arab in Israel, the Catholic in Poland or the atheist in the United States.

  Paul Blanshard

  Religious, Atheist, Real

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• If we had allowed things to drift, everything would have gone from bad to worse. Nasser would have become a kind of Moslem Mussolini, and our friends in Iraq, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and even Iran would gradually have been brought down. His efforts would have spread westwards, and Libya and North Africa would have been brought under his control.

  Anthony Eden

  Iran, Iraq, Effort

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• I don't like movies that are shot on green screen much, you know. I mean, I know that's the thing to do, and I know that it's getting. I'll put it this way; David Lean would probably kill himself, you know, again if he knew that people were watching Lawrence of Arabia on a telephone.

  Billy Bob Thornton

  Mean, People, Green

  Source: www.hollywoodreporter.com

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• I would like to find a way in which people in Saudi Arabia could learn that they can be something other than a Muslim. Some people may not realize this. Of course, there is the problem that you can get in trouble or get stoned.

  Richard Dawkins

  People, May, Way

  "Richard Dawkins Keeps Making New Enemies". Interview with Isaac Chotiner, newrepublic.com. October 29, 2013.

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• Even non-democratic allies no longer trust America. Barack Obama has alienated our most important and longest standing Arab allies, Egypt and Saudi Arabia. Both the anti-Muslim Brotherhood and the anti-Iran Arab states have lost respect for him.

  Dennis Prager

  Egypt, Iran, America

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• The way women today are treated in Saudi Arabia is a direct result of the education our children, boys and girls, receive at school.

  Basmah bint Saud

  Girl, Children, School

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• At last an authentic voice from Saudi Arabia. Al-Mohaimeed has written a remarkable, rhythmic, genuine novel. Wolves of the Crescent Moon throbs with sensuality and moral courage, as if it didn't take place in a society that denies the tick of the heart.

  Hanan al-Shaykh

  Heart, Moon, Voice

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• On the whole it is the rights and freedoms of all citizens that are crucial in Saudi Arabia and from those the rights of women will emanate.

  Basmah bint Saud

  Rights, Citizens, Emanate

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• I proceeded in my national mission, seeking to pave the way for an understanding between His Majesty and the other ruling princes of Arabia.

  Ameen Rihani

  Understanding, Majesty, Way

  Ameen Fares Rihani (1930). “Around the Coasts of Arabia”

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• NATO has been supporting Haj pilgrimage for those Afghans who wish to go to Saudi Arabia. The Alliance has played a role in helping transport concerning their security as they leave and come back to Afghanistan.

  James Appathurai

  Wish, Roles, Alliances

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• I covered the first Gulf War in Saudi Arabia and Israel for ABC News.

  Leslie Cockburn

  War, Israel, Firsts

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• Is there any wilderness of sand in the deserts of Arabia, is there any prospect of desolation among the ruins of Palestine, which can rival the repelling effect on the eye, and the depressing influence on the mind, of an English country town in the first stage of its existence, and in the transition state of its prosperity?

  Wilkie Collins

  Country, Depressing, Eye

  Wilkie Collins (2015). “The Woman in White: Wilkie Collins Top Collections”, p.432, 谷月社

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• King Fahd was a man of great vision and leadership who inspired his countrymen for a quarter of a century as king. He led Saudi Arabia through a period of unparalleled progress and development.

  Tony Blair

  Kings, Men, Vision

  "Saudi king dies" by James Sturcke, www.theguardian.com. August 1, 2005.

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• The King had been a good friend of the government and the people of South Africa and we all mourn his passing with our brothers and sisters in Saudi Arabia.

  Thabo Mbeki

  Brother, Kings, Good Friend

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• This week the White House proposed fingerprinting and photographing foreign visitors so they can do background checks. Officials in Saudi Arabia said this will only increase anti-American feelings in the Mideast. Is that possible? Gee, you hate to have people dislike us for no reason. Things were going so well.

  Jay Leno

  Hate, White, People

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• Yay Condi Rice. I want her to go to Saudi Arabia, and I want her first words upon getting off the plane to be 'I'll drive.'

  James Lileks

  Yay, Want, Firsts

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• If we don't have a more serious energy policy, the difference between a good day and bad day for America from here on will hinge on how the 86-year-old king of Saudi Arabia manages...change.

  Thomas Friedman

  Kings, Good Day, Bad Day

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