East Quotes - Page 16

• I have heard something said about allegiance to the South. I know no South, no North, no East, no West, to which I owe any allegiance.

  Henry Clay

  Patriotism, West, Stewardship

  Speech in the Senate (1848)

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• Egypt has been a partner of the United States over the last 30 years, has been instrumental in keeping the peace in the Middle East between Egypt and Israel, which is a critical accomplishment that has meant so much to so many people.

  Hillary Clinton

  Israel, Egypt, Years

  "Clinton calls for a peaceful transition to democracy in Egypt" by Tom Cohen, www.cnn.com. January 30, 2011.

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• I kind of think that if you show conspiracy theorists a photo of the dead Bin Laden they will come up with an explanation for why it's really a Photoshoped picture of Bin Laden asleep. Or his dead cousin Fred. Donald Trump apparently believes that Bin Laden is dead, so that ought to be enough for the Middle East.

  Gail Collins

  Cousin, Believe, Thinking

  "The Power in a Photo". Interview with David Brooks, opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com. May 4, 2011.

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• Women in America will have to find an answer for the pressures of work and family, but if you really care about women's issues you have to think about women in the world, especially Africa, Asia and the Middle East.

  Gail Collins

  Thinking, America, Issues

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• I found that part of it towards San Salvador extending from north to south five leagues, and the other side which we coasted along, ran from east to west more than ten leagues.

  Christopher Columbus

  League, West, Sides

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• Phyllis is one of the tunnel boring machines for Crossrail and one of the most extraordinary characters I met, visiting some of the most exciting infrastructure in Britain. Crossrail is the new railway which will run from West to East right across London. It is the biggest engineering project in Europe - and Phyllis herself is not exactly dainty.

  Evan Davis

  Running, Character, Tunnels

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• The practice of politics in the East may be defined by one word: dissimulation.

  Benjamin Disraeli

  Practice, Hypocrisy, May

  'Contarini Fleming' (1832) pt. 5, ch. 10

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• I'm so much more of an East Coast girl than a West Coast girl.

  Lexa Doig

  Girl, Easter, West Coast

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• The way the world is going, it's technology driven. And it isn't just driven by the old super powers, it's driven by the far east and new emerging economies.

  James Dyson

  Technology, World, Way

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• Here's a notion: Peace in the Middle East would come about more easily if the region were governed by women.

  Roger Ebert

  Middle East, Notion, Regions

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• According to this view, democracy is a product of western culture, and it cannot be applied to the Middle East which has a different cultural, religious, sociological and historical background.

  Recep Tayyip Erdogan

  Religious, Views, Historical

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• My childhood was a happy one, spent in a tall house in South Kensington and later in East Sussex, but my early and mid teens were less successful.

  Julian Fellowes

  Successful, House, Childhood

  "Once upon a life" by Julian Fellowes, www.theguardian.com. October 02, 2010.

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• I always thought the biggest failing of Americans was their lack of irony. They are very serious there! Naturally, there are exceptions... the Jewish, Italian, and Irish humor of the East Coast.

  Colin Firth

  Italian, Serious, Irony

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

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• I was hired as a sous-chef at a restaurant on the Upper East Side. The chef liked to drink - some mornings we would find him sleeping. Two weeks after its opening, I became the chef. I was 20 years old, and way over my head. I had to hire the cooks and do the menus.

  Bobby Flay

  Morning, Sleep, Years

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• These fledgling democracies in the Middle East, they're actually fighting for their freedom. And what are they rioting for in England? Leisurewear.

  Noel Gallagher

  Fighting, Democracy, Middle East

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• I am an opponent of Saddam Hussein, but an opponent also, of the sanctions that have killed a million Iraqi children and an opponent of the United States' apparent desire to plunge the Middle East into a new and devastating war.

  George Galloway

  Children, War, Desire

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• I would heartily welcome the union of East and West provided it is not based on brute force.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Easter, West, Unions

  Mahatma Gandhi (1965). “Glorious Thoughts of Gandhi: Being a Treasury of about Ten Thousand Valuable and Inspiring Thougths of Mahatma Gandhi, Classified Under Four Hundred Subjects”

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• Companies in the East put a lot more emphasis on human relationships, while those from the West focus on the product, the bottom line. Westerners appear to have more of a need for achievement, while in the East there's more need for affiliation.

  Daniel Goleman

  Achievement, Focus, Needs

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• I came from an anxious, overly intense East Coast academic family. That was the way of our tribe.

  Lev Grossman

  Way, Tribes, Academic

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• I love driving around east London - it's always full of surprises. Actually, I don't drive myself - I like to be driven.

  Zaha Hadid

  East London, Driving, Surprise

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• I will always have two regrets. I don't have a presence in London, and I would have liked to have done more work in the Middle East.

  Zaha Hadid

  Regret, Two, Middle East

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• Life in the Middle East is quite different from other places.

  Zaha Hadid

  Middle East, Different, Middle

  "Question time". Interview with Hannah Pool, www.theguardian.com. March 4, 2009.

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• My television and movie career has also taken me all over the world. I've had great times in the Far East, Russia, South America and Sweden - where I met my wife of 55 years, Maj.

  Larry Hagman

  Taken, Russia, Years

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• At a time of such hope and optimism in the Middle East, we cannot let the Libyan government violate every principle of international law and human rights with impunity.

  William Hague

  Rights, Government, Law

  "Libya air strikes". Live coverage of the continuing military action in Libya, www.theguardian.com. March 22, 2011.

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• It's really necessary for the United States to continue to give strong leadership to the Middle East peace process, supported by European countries at the same time.

  William Hague

  Country, Strong, Giving

  "Foreign Secretary: "We are on the side of a stable democratic future for Egypt"". Interview with Andrew Marr, www.gov.uk. February 6, 2011.

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