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In media coverage of the war, Afghans are often characterized as corrupt and deceitful. There has certainly been plenty of corruption and deceit in this conflict, but why? What inspires these behaviors? In 'Green on Blue,' I wanted to render a world that is often overlooked: that of the average Afghans who are helping America wage its war. Elliot Ackerman
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Lots of Afghans are disappointed and cynical because they feel like people who perpetrated serious human rights abuses have been allowed back in the parliament.
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Because of the regional context, because of where they come from, because of the complexity of the issue, without a strong commitment of the international community the Afghans know that they cannot do it themselves. Emma Bonino
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Because of the international community's failure to provide sufficient security and financial assistance, Afghans are struggling against a resurgent Taliban movement, entrenched warlords, and severe poverty. Afghans have managed to progress despite these challenges, but they need real support, not just rhetoric.
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We're pursuing a strategic partnership with Afghanistan on the case of the United States and Afghanistan where we're going to push toward a future. It is the future that the Afghans desire with the United States. It is a future that the Afghans desire with the international community and we desire that as well. John R. Allen
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This will require programs that ensure the participation of Afghans in the development of the country, while meeting the needs of vulnerable groups and poor regions.
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The Afghans themselves say that if you put two Afghans in a room, you get three factions. P. J. O'Rourke
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When US-led forces toppled the Taliban government in November 2001, Afghans celebrated the downfall of a reviled and discredited regime.
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As a Scot, I instinctively feel a sympathy towards a culture which is based on generosity. It's very refreshing. Afghans think they're the best people in the world and their country is the best place in the world, and it's strange because you go there and it doesn't really look like it, and yet they assume that everybody else envies them. Rory Stewart
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When I was 15, I worked at a dry cleaner because I wanted Abercrombie & Fitch jeans. My mom told me I could have $20 jeans, not $70 jeans, unless I was willing to work for them. So I did! Ashley Greene
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The program is a major element of our new strategic direction for downtown. Our objective is to create a dramatically cleaner and safer environment for people living, working, shopping, and visiting here.
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Americans get it. They're ready for some opportunities to have greener communities, to have cleaner communities, and to have transportation options that perhaps they haven't had in the past. Greg Abbott
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We all want cleaner fuels, but we have to be sure we can deliver on our promises. And we're not sure we can deliver on the promises EPA is making with this rule.
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This will result in a cleaner and easier-to-navigate user interface for our customers. Scott Spencer
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Well, you know I have an office, my film offices. So I know that syndrome. I fancy offices, so there must be something wrong with me. Even the window cleaner intrigues me. It's a very sexy environment. Hugh Grant
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Today's vote ensures that coal will continue to be an important part of our nation's energy policy, with strong parameters to make it cleaner and more efficient.
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Even in America, people have said again and again that they would be willing to sacrifice for a cleaner environment. Helena Norberg-Hodge
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Many countries - as well as cities, states and provinces - are taking global warming seriously and are working to reduce emissions and shift to cleaner energy sources. David Suzuki
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I think Americans want to believe in this country again. Carol Moseley Braun
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I am determined to try to rebuild and renew this country in ways that will build community and level the playing field. ... To me, that means making certain that the fight to preserve our civil liberties is waged, making certain the fight against discrimination is waged, making certain that women have opportunity in this country.
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Bolivia is not yet a country of equals. Carlos Mesa
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America is such a great country, we have fat poor people. Carlos Mencia
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I'm not white, I don't apologize for what my country did to become great
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People are always trading their excess for somebody else's excess. One country has a lot of aluminum so they trade aluminum for sugar. It's the law of supply and demand. Carl Andre
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Why should your majesty think it? My own plans are made. While I may, I sail East in Dawn Treader. When she fails me, I row East in my coracle. When that sinks, shall I paddle East with my four paws. Then, when I can swim no longer, if I have not yet reached Aslan's Country, there shall I sink with my nose to the sunrise... and Peepiceek will be head of Talking Mice in Narnia C. S. Lewis
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He'll be coming and going" he had said. "One day you'll see him and another you won't. He doesn't like being tied down--and of course he has other countries to attend to. It's quite all right. He'll often drop in. Only you mustn't press him. He's wild, you know. Not like a tame lion.
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We have said for a long time that if the premier made this announcement we would stop. We are not stubborn, we have the interest of the country in mind.
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We have seen China's economy growing at 8-9% over the past few years and in particular within the telecom industry there has been rapid developments in technology and innovation enhancements, Patricia Russo
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We have seen a string of numbers that suggest the U.S. economy is losing some momentum, which really is a perfect environment because it's not as if growth is grinding to a halt.
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Whenever you have a situation where inflation is not a material risk and the economy is underperforming, you should be thinking about a rate cut. There's a potential reward and not much risk.
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The fact of the matter is, the economy moves in strange ways, and politicians move in even stranger ways.
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The problem with the economy right now is insufficient demand, not supply. The meat and potatoes of this plan is supply-side medicine for a demand-side problem.
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The real estate market has been one of the big successes in the economy for the last 10 years. I think this would help pull the rug out from under it. If it's not broken, don't fix it. Gregory Smith
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There is a lot of extra fiscal stimulus moving into the economy from the storm relief.
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The productivity number is key toward determining whether the economy can show some stabilization. We've seen weakening numbers, which hasn't helped, but there is no inflation story to talk about here.
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The outlook for the economy will become a focal point this week.
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The problem with the U.S. foreign policy is that we're just so unbelievably powerful. And when you've got that kind of power, it's very hard not to use it. Stanley Hauerwas
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The language of the land in the Parthian empire was the native language of Iran. There is no trace pointing to any foreign language having ever been in public use under the Arsacids. Theodor Mommsen
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We know our responsibilities to our investors, and one of our challenges has always been preventing foreign investors from thinking that Indonesia is not a good place to invest.
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The perception is that foreign investment is not good for jobs.
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We are producing these missiles and don't need foreign technology for that.
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Perhaps the great American Republic, whose interests lie in the Pacific and who has no hand in the spoliation of Africa, may someday dream of foreign possession. Jose Rizal
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Foreign politicians don't have resources - or limited resources. It's useless dealing with them. Wang Jianlin
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Since foreign military intervention or a war are out of the question, other means of destruction of Yugoslavia are being mentioned -- psychological, media and political pressures. Slobodan Milosevic
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She is representing this trend of foreign students or people who are visitors to the province who are running into problems.
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People just want to hear some common sense... and I bring to bear the experience in local government and state government and national government - I was the first woman in history on the Senate Finance Committee - not to mention the diplomatic international experience.
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No government functions without the grease of corruption. Carlos Fuentes
government broken branches
The Congress is a dysfunctional institution; its broken. One of our three branches of government is broken. Carl Bernstein
government safety levels
Public policy in the twentieth century was about protecting and expanding the social compact, based on recognition that effective government at the federal level provides rules and services and safety measures that contribute to a better society.
government sake
We want to see a national-unity government for the sake of stability,
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We have much more work to do, ... But the people who have been hurt by this storm . . . need to know that the government is going to be with you for the long haul. Laura Bush
government states united
What the United States wanted in Guatemala - and in Iran, where the C.I.A. also deposed a government in the early 1950s - was pro-American stability. Stephen Kinzer
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We want salaries. We want the government to live up to its responsibilities.
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Government should be a place where people can come together, and no one gets left behind. No one…gets left behind. An instrument of good. Aaron Sorkin
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Mellow doesn't describe me. I'm hungry every day. Alan Rickman
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I'm not hungry for success. I am only hungry for good work, and that is how it is with most superstars. Every day I tell myself how fortunate I am to be where I am. Akshay Kumar
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This win streak keeps our momentum up for the tournament because everyone is going into the tournament thinking they can win it. So we have to come in there and be hungry because at tournament time there's no telling what's going to happen.
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As a species we are always hungry for new knowledge. Chaim Potok
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Them belly full, but we hungry; A hungry mob is a angry mob. Bob Marley
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When I come in from the beach at night, I'm too hungry to wait for anything that takes very long. Nell Newman
hungry men
Men have two emotions: Hungry and Horny. If you see him without an erection, make him a sandwich.
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We're just a hungry team. We're trying to prove people wrong. We want to show people we're just not a one-sided team.
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Funky' is about the injustices, the things that go wrong, the hungry kids going to school trying to learn,
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I don't have any particular rituals, I sometimes like to write in longhand when I'm searching for ideas but I do the vast majority by typing, I can't always keep up with my thoughts longhand. I'm not a coffee shop writer because I feel obliged to order more coffee and then I end up over-caffeinated. Erin Morgenstern
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You can't please everybody all the time, but you can please a majority. Chick Hearn
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With drooping shoulders The majority sit hunched, their foreheads furrowed like Stony ground that has been repeatedly ploughed-up to no purpose. Bertolt Brecht
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The right of the majority is absolute. Benjamin Tucker
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The majority is never right, unless it includes me. Ashleigh Brilliant
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The vast majority of those who are famous are not significant and the vast majority of those who are significant are not famous. Dennis Prager
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Was there ever a time when the majority was right? Notebooks of Lazarus Long, Robert A Robert A. Heinlein
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Since no single party will have a majority there will be a need for a very broad-based coalition. Zalmay Khalilzad
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For example, the vast majority of security break-ins occur as a result of problems with known fixes. With an automated system, you can keep up to date. Ben Horowitz
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You don't actually do a project; you can only do action steps related to it. David Allen
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I really like it when you can step outside of what's come before and find a surprise for the reader and find a surprise for yourself. Dave Gibbons
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With any novel that you begin, you can't foresee how difficult or easy it's going to be, and you can't really prepare yourself. You just have a take it one step at a time and know that it's all right to keep going - you can always fix it. Jane Smiley
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History has spurts and then is steady, and then maybe even backing up a step, and then forward again. Alan Bean
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We want to take a step forward. There's some worries. But you just go in there and play.
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Until we see what we are, we cannot take steps to become what we should be. Charlotte Perkins Gilman
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Somebody has to start. Somebody has to step forward and do what is right, because it is right. Brandon Sanderson
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We are taking steps one at a time. Jack Jones
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We're here to win it. This is just the first step to get there. Al Horford