East Quotes - Page 33

• Well I travelled quite a lot in the east, and one of the things that impressed me greatly was the buddhist notion of the continuity of things, the wheel of life which is what we're talking about, the ever turning wheel.

  Morris West

  Buddhist, Talking, Continuity Of Life

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• The question of modernization is central to disturbances in the Middle East and in Africa. Everyone is after modernization, no matter where they come from. But you have to be careful about it, and more importantly, you have to have sense about it.

  Youssou N'Dour

  Middle East, Matter, Be Careful

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• East Asia has prospered since the end of the Vietnam War, and Northeast Asia has prospered since the end of the Korean War in a way that seems unimaginable when you think of the history of the first half of the century.

  William C. Kirby

  War, Thinking, Vietnam

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• People in the Middle East may consider the U.S. an evil hegemony that has tainted their culture, but when I look at the growth of racial and ethnic tolerance and understanding in my generation in the U.S., and see those sentiments make it around the world, it makes me feel proud.

  Aloe Blacc

  People, Evil, Tolerance

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• I was surprised when I finally moved to Boston and the East Coast, to discover that there weren't that many vibraphone players around. And I was the only one playing with four mallets.

  Gary Burton

  Player, Boston, Four

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• There is no question that al-Qaida operatives are currently active in Iraq. A premature exit before the threat they represent has been dealt with would endanger America and the prospects of eventual peace in the Middle East.

  Robert Foster Bennett

  Iraq, America, Middle East

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• Syria is geographically and politically in the middle of the Middle East.

  Bashar al-Assad

  Middle East, Middle, Syria

  "Interview With Syrian President Bashar al-Assad". The Wall Street Journal Interview, www.wsj.com. January 31, 2011.

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• Our actions in the Middle East over the last 15 years have already guaranteed radical Muslims quite enough ammunition to kill Americans for the next century, even if Guantanamo did not exist.

  Nick Clooney

  Years, Our Actions, Lasts

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• In Georgia it's a little different because of the East Cobb program. It's such a strong program that we see a lot of kids that come through here on a lot of different teams from across the country that come here to play in tournaments.

  Roy Clarke

  Country, Strong, Team

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• I'm from California, but my father, who passed away when I was young, was from Newark. When I was kid, we would go back east and catch Yankees games. His side of the family are big Yankees fans. But, the real connection came in '97 when I moved to New York and became friends with the team.

  Carson Daly

  New York, Father, Real

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• I didn't come east of the Mississippi for the first time in my life until I was 26 years of age, but I knew. I read magazines, I listened to radio, I watched television. I knew there was something out there, and I wanted a part of it.

  Sam Donaldson

  Years, Age, Magazines

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• Although most Americans don't know it, the U.S. gets more oil from Canada than it does from the entire Middle East.

  Jeff Goodell

  Oil, Middle East, Doe

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• I think the Lower East Side inspires me. That whole neighborhood, a lot of the people that I worked with, seeing what we've gone through in life, being given an opportunity to understand who I am; my identity, my culture, and my roots.

  Luis Guzman

  Opportunity, Thinking, Who I Am

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• It's been interesting to see how similar audiences in the East and West are, actually, and how it makes you realize that when politicians emphasize the differences between our cultures, it's usually because it benefits them more so than us.

  Asghar Farhadi

  Differences, Interesting, Culture

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• One substitute for the disappearing Evil Empire (The Soviet Union) has been the threat of drug traffickers from Latin America. In early September 1989, a major government-media blitz was launched by the President. That month the AP wires carried more stories about drugs than about Latin America, Asia, the Middle East and Africa combined. If you looked at television, every news program had a big section on how drugs were destroying our society, becoming the greatest threat to our existence, etc.

  Noam Chomsky

  Latin, Media, Government

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• Herpes, AIDS, the Middle East at full throttle. Better check that sausage before you put it in the waffle.

  Lou Reed

  Reality, Middle East, Sausage

  Song: The Original Wrapper

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• I'm tearing down Route 80 East, the sun's on my right side. I'm drunk, but my vision's good.

  Lou Reed

  Order, Law, Drunk

  Song: Bottoming Out, Album: Legendary Hearts

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• I don't think there is a sound UK bank now, at least, if there is one I don't know about it. The City of London is finished, the financial centre of the world is moving east. All the money is in Asia. Why would it go back to the West? You don't need London.

  Jim Rogers

  Business, Moving, Thinking

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• My office has a view of low-cost housing, old East German prefabricated apartment buildings. It isn't an attractive view, but it's very helpful, because it reminds me to ask myself, whenever there is a decision to be made, whether the people who live there can afford our decisions.

  Sigmar Gabriel

  Views, People, Office

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• I create my own lyrics. I have a great band. I have a drummer from East Berlin.

  Nina Hagen

  East Berlin, Band, Drummer

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• The United States have no possessions in the east and do not desire to have any, as other countries do.

  Townsend Harris

  Country, Desire, United States

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• Peace in the Middle East is of prime importance to the Philippines, due to the presence of around 2 million of our countrymen working in that region.

  Benigno Aquino III

  Middle East, Philippines, Prime

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• In America, we're trying to find a peaceful solution in the Middle East, and we're not going to be divided along any lines.

  Darrell Issa

  Religious, America, Peaceful

  "NewsNight Aaron Brown", www.cnn.com. December 12, 2001.

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• Like most Americans, I hope and wish is that there is a peaceful resolution to the Middle East conflict. Unfortunately, there are extremists on both sides who oppose a peaceful resolution and instead choose violence.

  Darrell Issa

  Peaceful, Wish, Middle East

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• I started 'Society's Child' on a bus in East Orange as I was going home from school. I saw a black and white couple sitting there and started thinking about it.

  Janis Ian

  Children, Couple, Home

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