Invasion Quotes - Page 15

• We can't know in advance what history is going to say, but I would be utterly amazed and surprised if this entire adventure, this entire Iraqi invasion from the beginning of its inception, were not judged to be an utter failure and a terrible, terrible thing for the world.

  Robert Reich

  Iraq, Would Be, World

  Interview with George Negus, www.sbs.com.au. August 22, 2007.

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• I've done a few interviews where I realized that 9/11 was the ultimate home invasion, not to be glib about it. You know, where the place that you think is safe and the people that you think are safe and far from evil are suddenly just slaughtered by it, and you have no control over it.

  Wes Craven

  Home, Thinking, People

  Interview with Scott Tobias, www.avclub.com. March 11, 2009.

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• The man or the woman who can display the nonviolence of the brave can easily stand against as external invasion.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Men, Brave, He Man

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• Being a father is like directing Alien or Invasion of the Body Snatchers. It's much more difficult than directing an episode of TV. Also, directing a show or movie lasts a few months at most, parenting lasts for decades.

  Misha Collins

  Father, Body, Lasts

  Reddit AMA, www.reddit.com.

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• People ask all the time, "What are you thinking?" It's my least favorite question in the world. The last bastion of solace is my mind. It's an invasion.

  Charlie Sheen

  Thinking, People, Mind

  Source: www.ericspitznagel.com

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• In those years,'80 was the, at the turn of '79/'80 you had the invasion of Afghanistan. It was the period in which the Americans attempt to liberate, to, to liberate the hostages in Iran and all these, all these things, the atmosphere was freezing - boycott of the Olympic Games and all that.

  Helmut Schmidt

  Games, Iran, Years

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• Audiences will see what they want to see. Some will come out, hopefully enjoying two hours of action. Some people will find themselves gravitating towards the emotional dilemma that the characters find themselves in. Other people will see that there is some layer of subversions to the storytelling aspect of poking a finger of judgment at certain governments to the idea of foreign invasion, others maybe false pretenses.

  Colin Farrell

  Character, Emotional, Government

  "Colin Farrell, Kate Beckinsale, & Jessica Biel Discuss ‘Total Recall’". Interview with Tiffany Rose, screenrant.com. August 7, 2012.

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• God doesn't have to try to do supernatural things. He is supernatural. He would have to try to not be. If He is invited to a situation, we should expect nothing but supernatural invasion.

  Bill Johnson

  Trying, Expect Nothing, Should

  Bill Johnson (2010). “When Heaven Invades Earth: A Practical Guide to a Life of Miracles”, p.77, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• Like students going to school, the planes on their bombing missions fly over Beijing each morning. And each time I hear their engines attack the air I feel a certain slight tension, as if I were witnessing the invasion of Death, though this heightens my consciousness of the existence of Life.

  Lu Xun

  Morning, School, Air

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• It can feel like an invasion of privacy, involving an employer in a personal matter.

  Frank Murphy

  Matter, Privacy, Employers

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• Australians and New Zealanders don't talk about Gallipoli in terms of invasion. I started talking about it and using that word and at first there were a few people who were getting upset in the same way that in any country, if you work for a newspaper you know exactly the dude you can go and talk to get a knee-jerk reaction when it comes to something to do with the military.

  Russell Crowe

  Country, Military, Talking

  "The Water Diviner - Russell Crowe interview". Interview with Rob Carnevale, www.indielondon.co.uk.

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• Barbarian invasions would be superfluous: We are our own Huns.

  Bertrand de Jouvenel

  Would Be, Barbarians, Superfluous

  Bertrand de Jouvenel (1949). “On Power: Its Nature and the History of Its Growth”

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• What was the invasion of South Vietnam, for example, in 1962, when Kennedy sent the Air Force to bomb South Vietnam and start chemical warfare? That's aggression.

  Noam Chomsky

  Air, Example, Warfare

  Source: progressive.org

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• I did, I was in Europe a lot. I would say, mid 20s to late 30s. Less so in the last ten or twelve years. Based on some political stuff and other things, I think I'm not the only musician, the only American jazz musician that's not going to Europe quite as much. I think we're seen a little differently in the world, unfortunately, than we were pre-Iraq invasion and things like that.

  Jon Gordon

  Thinking, Years, Europe

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