Occupation Quotes - Page 4

• The international community has the moral responsibility of aiding a people under occupation; however, we will not beg for their money.

  Khaled Mashal

  Responsibility, People, Community

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• Man finds nothing so intolerable as to be in a state of complete rest, without passions, without occupation, without diversion, without effort. Then he feels his nullity, loneliness, inadequacy, dependence, helplessness, emptiness.

  Blaise Pascal

  Loneliness, Passion, Men

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• By rights, satire is a lonely and introspective occupation, for nobody can describe a fool to the life without much patient self-inspection.

  Frank Moore Colby

  Lonely, Sarcasm, Rights

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• Whenever it is in any way possible, every boy and girl should choose as his life work some occupation which he should like to do anyhow, even if he did not need the money.

  William Lyon Phelps

  Motivational, Girl, Work

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• It may be true, that men, who are mere mathematicians, have certain specific shortcomings, but that is not the fault of mathematics, for it is equally true of every other exclusive occupation.

  Carl Friedrich Gauss

  Men, Faults, May

  "Gauss-Schumacher Briefwechsel". Book by Carl Friedrich Gauss, 1862.

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• In our production-oriented society, being busy, having an occupation, has become one of the main ways, if not the main way, of identifying ourselves. Without an occupation, not just our economic security but our very identity is endangered.

  Henri Nouwen

  Identity, Way, Busy

  "The Essential Henri Nouwen" by Henri Nouwen, (p. 152), 2009.

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• I am always the first to say that fame and entertainment is one of the best and easiest occupations to ever have, but one must know how to navigate through the matrix or you may find yourself in a very dark hole.

  Nick Cannon

  Dark, Finding Yourself, May

  "Nick Cannon Writes Open Letter To Amanda Bynes, Calls Her ‘Family’" by Cavan Sieczkowski, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 1, 2013.

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• ...sitting and waiting is one of the most miserable occupations known to man - not that it usually is known to men; women do it much more often.

  Diana Gabaldon

  Men, Waiting, Sitting

  Diana Gabaldon (2015). “The Outlander Series 8-Book Bundle: Outlander, Dragonfly in Amber, Voyager, Drums of Autumn, The Fiery Cross, A Breath of Snow and Ashes, An Echo in the Bone, Written in My Own Heart's Blood”, p.1186, Dell

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• We're not getting involved in terms of sending ground forces into Libya. Let's be clear about that. And indeed the UN Resolution forbids that. It says no foreign occupation of any part of Libya.

  William Hague

  Resolution, Libya, Force

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• Tens of thousands have been killed or wounded by the Israeli army since 1967. During 2006, the number of Palestinians killed reached 650. Since the beginning of the Israeli occupation in 1967, more than 650,000 Palestinians have been detained by Israel - about 40% of the male population.

  Ismail Haniyeh

  Army, Israel, Numbers

  "1967: Our rights have to be recognised" by Ismail Haniyeh, www.theguardian.com. June 5, 2007.

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• The Europeans and Americans have said the martyrdom operations are why Hamas has been put on the terrorist list. But now these operations have stopped. Did they then remove Hamas from the list of terrorist organisations? We do not launch wars. We are people resisting occupation.

  Ismail Haniyeh

  War, People, Lists

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• Wars will remain while human nature remains. I believe in my soul in cooperation, in arbitration; but the soldier's occupation we cannot say is gone until human nature is gone.

  Rutherford B. Hayes

  War, Believe, Umpires

  Diary entry. "Diary and Letters of Rutherford Birchard Hayes: Nineteenth President of the United States". Book edited by Charles Richard Williams, The Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society, August 11, 1890.

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• When an artist leaves his work to amuse people, he loses his time and their respect. If people are to be amused by artists, it must be by employing them in their legitimate occupation.

  William Morris Hunt

  Artist, People, Amused

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• Large fortunes are all founded either on the occupation of land, or lending or the taxation of labor.

  John Ruskin

  Land, Taxation, Literature

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• For a long time, I was almost ashamed of being an actress. I felt like it was a shallow occupation. People would be watching my every move.

  Winona Ryder

  Moving, Long, People

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Some years ago there was a study to discover the most stressful occupation. It turned out not to be the head of a large business, football manager or prime minister, but rather: bus driver.

  Jonathan Sacks

  Football, Years, Study

  "Passover’s Freedom Is Control Over Time" by Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 12, 2012.

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• We will not stop resisting the occupation until liberation or martyrdom.

  Muqtada al Sadr

  Liberation, Martyrdom, Resisting

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• God willing, the occupation forces will be driven out as happened in Vietnam.

  Muqtada al Sadr

  Vietnam, Driven, Force

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• Our main goal as Iraqi people is to drive the occupation out in any way.

  Muqtada al Sadr

  People, Goal, Way

  "In Iraq, a popular cleric cranks up anti-U.S. rhetoric" by Jomana Karadsheh and Joe Sterling, www.cnn.com. January 8, 2011.

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• Enough of this occupation, terror and abuse. We are not in need of your help. We are able to combat and defeat terrorism, and achieve unity. We are not in need of your bases, your experience and etc.

  Muqtada al Sadr

  Abuse, Unity, Needs

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• Out of my desire to complete Iraq's independence and to finish the withdrawal of the occupation forces from our holy lands, I am obliged to halt military operations of the honest Iraqi resistance until the withdrawal of the occupation forces is complete.

  Muqtada al Sadr

  Military, Land, Iraq

  "Moqtada al-Sadr orders halt to attacks on US troops stationed in Iraq". www.theguardian.com. September 11, 2011.

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• Had we taken all of Iraq, we would have been like a dinosaur in the tar pit - we would still be there, and we, not the United Nations, would be bearing the costs of that occupation.

  Norman Schwarzkopf

  Taken, Iraq, Would Be

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• It's also much clearer how much damage the occupation of Iraq is doing to America's reputation and prestige around the world; and that's just starting now to hit home in the United States.

  Peter Singer

  Home, Iraq, America

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• A good proportion of foreign nationals in jobs in the UK are in semi or low-skilled occupations.

  Iain Duncan Smith

  Jobs, Lows, Proportion

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• Bush's war in Iraq has done untold damage to the United States. It has impaired our military power and undermined the morale of our armed forces. Our troops were trained to project overwhelming power. They were not trained for occupation duties.

  George Soros

  War, Military, Iraq

  Speech at the National Press Club, October 28, 2004.

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