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country
I own nothing; I just stay with friends all over the country. Taylor Kinney
country patriotic past
And to me, that's why the civil rights era is about the future, not about the past, because it's great lessons of how citizens can organize to call on the patriotic heritage of the country to tackle some of our most intractable problems and we need to do that again. Taylor Branch
country stupid thinking
Everyone says there's a lack of leadership in the world these days. I think we should all be thankful, because the only reason for leadership is to convince people to do things that are either dangerous (like invading another country) or stupid (working extra hard without extra pay). Scott Adams
country art people
A lot of people want to keep country music in the minority of people. But it belongs to the world. It's art. Ray Price
country pain book
When you read a great book, you don’t escape from life, you plunge deeper into it. There may be a superficial escape – into different countries, mores, speech patterns – but what you are essentially doing is furthering your understanding of life’s subtleties, paradoxes, joys, pains and truths. Reading and life are not separate but symbiotic. Julian Barnes
country patriotism great-patriotic
The greatest patriotism is to tell your country when it is behaving dishonorably, foolishly, viciously. Julian Barnes
country land world
Heretofore there has always been in the history of the world a comparatively unoccupied land westward, into which the crowded countries of the East have poured their surplus populations.
country music-is my-own
The only country that hasn't liked my music is my own. Joss Stone
country people tea
People started saying I was ignoring my country, making up stories about me. Ludicrous things, like that I throw tea on my assistants. Joss Stone
country believe skills
Worse there cannot be; a better, I believe, there may be, by giving energy to the capital and skill of the country to produce exports, by increasing which, alone, can we flatter ourselves with the prospect of finding employment for that part of our population now unemployed. Joseph Hume
country want demand
Now, what produces a want of demand A refusal to take from other countries the commodities which they produce. Joseph Hume
country law land
Destroy or take away the employment and wages of those artisans - which the corn laws in a great measure do - and you will, ere long, render the land in Great Britain of as little value as it is in other countries. Joseph Hume
country scotland england
Scotland is a great country and many wonderful things have come out of this country, however England gets the glory. Joseph Hume
country levels proportion
In Great Britain the price of food is at a higher level than in any other country, and consequently, the British artisan labours at a disadvantage in proportion to the higher rate of his food. Joseph Hume
country government development
Peace, ... is crucial, because my government aims to hasten Mindanao's development by transforming it into the country's food basket. Joseph Estrada
country rotten congress
We have to change the system. The system is very rotten. The executive is corrupt, the Congress is corrupt, the judiciary is corrupt. ... So what's left We really have to have a radical and surgical change to bring back the image of our country. Joseph Estrada
country parent birth
We do not choose to be born. We do not choose our parents, or the country of our birth. We do not, most of us, choose to die; nor do we choose the time and conditions of our death. But within this realm of choicelessnness, we do choose how we live. Joseph Epstein
country play wife
I keep working mainly because my wife and I spend most of our time touring the country doing our own plays. Joseph Bologna
country two competition
[Social legislation] raised the cost of production; and what can be more illogical than to raise the cost of production in the country and then to allow the products of other countries which are not surrounded by any similar legislation, which are free from any similar cost and expenditure freely to enter our country in competition with our own goods...If these foreign goods come in cheaper, one of two things must follow...either you will take lower wages or you will lose your work. Joseph Chamberlain
country past two
America seems to celebrate its more violent past, but Canada doesn't like to recognize those things. The willingness to accept the existence of violence separates our two countries. Joseph Boyden
country population clear
We have to be very clear with the population and the countries we enter what we can do and what we cannot do. Kofi Annan
country war hero
On this International Day of UN Peacekeepers, let us pay tribute to the men and women from countries across the world who serve selflessly, tirelessly and fearlessly in UN peacekeeping operations. Let us remember the heroes who have laid down their lives in lands far from their own in the service of peace. And let us reaffirm our commitment to building a world free from the scourge of war. Kofi Annan
country reality rights
The reality is that no group of countries has any grounds for complacency about its own human rights performance and no group of countries does itself justice by automatically slipping into the "victim" mode . . . . Kofi Annan
country sight justice
In the rush for justice it is important not to lose sight of principles the country holds dear. Kofi Annan
country children lying
Not only do these abominable weapons lie buried in silence and in their millions waiting to kill or maim innocent women and children; but the presence or even the fear of the presence of a single landmine can prevent the cultivation of an entire field, rob a whole village of its livelihood, place yet another obstacle on a country's road to reconstruction and development Kofi Annan
country equality reality
More countries have understood that women's equality is a prerequisite for development. Kofi Annan
country safe-environment healthy
A developed country is one that allows all its citizens to enjoy a free and healthy life in a safe environment Kofi Annan
country history people
Open markets offer the only realistic hope of pulling billions of people in developing countries out of abject poverty, while sustaining prosperity in the industrialized world. Kofi Annan
country military way
The military might of a country represents its national strength. Only when it builds up its military might in every way can it develop into a thriving country. Kim Jong-un
country strong military
Although the Great Leader told us that we have to let the people eat rice with meat soup, wear silk clothes and live in a tiled roof house, we have not accomplished his will.... We have already reached the status of a strong country in the military field, let alone politics and ideology, but there are still quite a number of things lacking in people's lives. I am trying to implement his will by solving these problems. Kim Jong Il
country military party
Our Party's Songun-based revolutionary leadership, Songun-based politics, is a revolutionary mode of leadership and socialist mode of politics that gives top priority to military affairs, and defends the country, the revolution and socialism and dynamically pushes ahead with overall socialist construction by dint of the revolutionary mettle and combat capabilities of the People's Army. Kim Jong Il
country heart class
Karl Marx made a great contribution to the liberation cause of mankind, and because of his immortal exploits his name is still enshrined in the hearts of the working class and peoples of all countries. Kim Jong Il
country nice thinking
I live way out in the country, so there's not a lot of people around to remind me. And my friends don't think of me as 'Kim Novak' anymore anyway. It's like they forgot, too. And so it's nice. Kim Novak