Quotes about count
country past effort
I, however, fear that at some future point there will possibly be concerted backlash against us because of our successes in business and other ventures. I fear this because I see a concerted effort by writers across the countries to sway public opinions by past AIM organizers Leonard Peltier
country blessed korea
Well when I was young, actually not just me, but we were all poor. Korea used to be one of the poorest countries in the world. Despite such circumstances, I was very, very fortunate to be blessed with having parents who always instilled in a spirit of can-do spirit. Lee Myung-bak
country religious people
We have to lock up people, without trial, whether they are communists, whether they are language chauvinists, whether they are religious extremists. If you don’t do that, the country would be in ruins. Lee Kuan Yew
country jobs government
You know, the cure for all this talk is really a good dose of incompetent government. You get that alternative and you'll never put Singapore together again: Humpty Dumpty cannot be put together again and your asset values will disappear, your apartment will be worth a fraction of what it is, your jobs will be in peril, your security will be at risk and our women will become maids in other people's countries, foreign workers.
country children war
My colleagues and I are of that generation of young men who went through the Second World War and the Japanese Occupation and emerged determined that no one–neither Japanese nor British–had the right to push and kick us around. We determined that we could govern ourselves and bring up our children in a country where we can be proud to be self-respecting people.
country government democracies-have
With few exceptions, democracy has not brought good government to new developing countries…What Asians value may not necessarily be what Americans or Europeans value. Westerners value the freedoms and liberties of the individual. As an Asian of Chinese cultural backround, my values are for a government which is honest, effective and efficient.
country regret successful
I have no regrets.I have spent my life,so much of it, building up this country. There's nothing more that I need to do. At the end of the day, what have I got? A successful Singapore. What have I given up? My life.
country new-york people
I don't know about the rest of the country but in New York more people have learned anonymity from rent control than ever discovered it in a twelve-step program. Lawrence Block
country america tears
My country tears of thee. Lawrence Ferlinghetti
country creative
Almost every truly creative being alienated & expatriated in his own country
country patriotic artist
Everyone loathes his own country and countrymen if he is any sort of artist. Lawrence Durrell
country hate patriot
It is the duty of every patriot to hate his country creatively.
country men stranger
Women are strangers in the country of man ... Laura Riding
counter-culture profound different
I'm involved in so many different things, and there are so many profound reactions to what I do because I am big counter culture. Laura Schlessinger
country rights media
Recall that the United Nations commissioned Arab scholars and analysts to publish the Arab Human Development Report. What causes the backwardness, the scholars wondered, of 22 Arab states, covering nearly 300 million people? Their conclusion? Of all world regions, the Arab countries scored the lowest in freedom, media independence, civil liberties, political process and political rights. Larry Elder
country egypt transition
The problem in Burma is the problem in Egypt, the problem you refer to in Yemen, and the problem in a lot of these countries in the world: that you can get stuck in the process of transition, in what’s been called a competitive authoritarian… a pseudo democratic regime. Larry Diamond
country moving hair
Sometimes I have these fantasies of just moving to a foreign country and coming back with a full head of hair. Or not even come back! Make a new life there with hair... Change my name, just see what happens. Larry David
country home dawn
It began to dawn on me that perhaps my country needed me more at home than overseas.
country morning people
What the Danes left in Ireland were hens and weasels. And when the cock crows in the morning, the country people will always say 'It is for Denmark they are crowing. Crowing they are to be back in Denmark.' Lady Gregory
country journey bravery
I was told in many places of Osgar's bravery and Goll's strength and Conan's bitter tongue, and the arguments of Oisin and Patrick. And I have often been given the story of Oisin's journey to Tir-nan-Og, the Country of the Young, that is, as I am told, a fine place and everything that is good is in it.
country giving-up world
We would not give up our own country - Ireland - if we were to get the whole world as an estate, and the Country of the Young along with it.
country world proud
I'm a very proud Australian, always bragging about our country wherever I am in the world. Kylie Minogue
country urban-development sunrise
Urban development in India... will be the biggest sunrise industry that any country has seen in any part of the world. Kushal Pal Singh
country war winning
We wanted to see this country win the war just as much as those advisors did. We felt we would help to do that by reporting the truth. And so there was the moral outrage over this general and the ambassador in Saigon who kept denying the truth we would see. Neil Sheehan
country war two
The unthinkable occurred: two communist countries went to war with each other.
country yoga home
If it's cross-country ski season, I'll be out doing that, or snowshoeing up in Quebec. In my California home, I go to the local Y and I like doing yoga. It's been hugely beneficial to me in injury avoidance. Neil Peart
country justice growth
I want Canada to be the country that is the best in the world at combining economic growth, social justice and environmental sustainability... Stephane Dion
country jobs fall
Let me tell you the story about Massachusetts under Governor Romney. It did fall to 47th out of 50 in jobs creation. Wages went down when they were going up in the rest of the country. He left his successor with debt and a deficit, and manufacturing jobs left that state at twice the rate as the rest of the country. Stephanie Cutter
country men thinking
I just don't think America wants a female host. It's like men don't walk around in skirts in this country. Why change a good thing? Vanna White
country acting actors
The stage is actor's country. You have to get your passport stamped every so often or they take away your citizenship. Vanessa Redgrave
country taken albums
I could have taken the easy life and just done classical, but I felt very strongly about the album, my first pop album, the first time that I'd fused so many influences. I was very proud when it was in the charts in 25 countries at once. Vanessa Mae
country rap people
Not everyone agrees on music. Some people like rap, some like country - it's all an opinion. F the critics. Vanilla Ice
country soil impossible
It is impossible to divide the interest of a country and a company that works on its soil. Vagit Alekperov