East Quotes - Page 26

• I think the government should be spying on all Arabs, engaging in torture as a televised spectator sport, dropping daisy cutters wantonly throughout the Middle East and sending liberals to Guantanamo.

  Ann Coulter

  Sports, Thinking, Government

  Ann Coulter (2007). “If Democrats Had Any Brains, They'd Be Republicans”, p.266, Crown Forum

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• Ted Cruz, of course, was furious that the big storm back east shut down the government. He said, 'That my job!' But you know, there is a big difference between Ted Cruz and snow. Both are white and everyone’s sick of them – but eventually snow goes away.

  Bill Maher

  Jobs, Government, White

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• What I love about the East End is that theres a great perseverance, determination and courage. What I dislike about it is that there is sometimes a celebration of ignorance.

  Eddie Marsan

  Perseverance, Determination, Ignorance

  "Eddie Marsan: 'There's no great mystery to acting'". Interview with Elzabeth Day, www.theguardian.com. October 2, 2010.

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• Imperialism has layed its body over the world, the head in Eastern Asia, the heart in the Middle East, its arteries reaching Africa and Latin America. Wherever you strike it, you damage it, and you serve the World Revolution.

  Ghassan Kanafani

  Latin, Heart, America

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• Per capita the East Germans drank more than twice as much as their West German counterparts.

  Anna Funder

  West, Drank, Counterparts

  Anna Funder (2011). “Stasiland: Stories From Behind The Berlin Wall”, p.96, Granta Books

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• Despite popular conviction, a writer needn't wear black, be unshaven, sickly and parade around New York's East Village spewing aphorisms and scaring children.

  Noah Lukeman

  New York, Children, Black

  Noah Lukeman (2010). “The First Five Pages: A Writer'S Guide To Staying Out of the Rejection P”, p.16, Simon and Schuster

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• On a boat cruising down east, sardines are scooped out of the holding seine at Eastport at dawn. 'Sardines' may be any of several species of fish; in Maine they are usually small herring. Fish are penned in nets until the boats are ready to load. The fish are taken a short distance to canneries which work round the clock, according to the time of the catch.

  Luis Marden

  Distance, Taken, Dawn

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• In Christ there is no East nor West.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  West, Christ

  Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2015). “The Radical King”, p.149, Beacon Press

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• If the East Timorians decide to revolt, Im sure Ill have a statement.

  George W. Bush

  Humor, Political, Ill

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• Let us not forget the East Bank of the (River) Jordan, where seventy per cent of the inhabitants belong to the Palestinian nation.

  George Habash

  Rivers, Jordan, Forget

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• The Middle East is replete with both new and old threats. One should not underestimate these threats, but not be alarmed by them either. Israel is stronger today than ever.

  Shimon Peres

  Israel, Stronger, Middle East

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• When Israel says that it will recognise Palestinian rights and will withdraw from the West Bank and East Jerusalem and grant the right of return, stop settlements and recognise the rights of the Palestinians to self-determination - only then will Hamas be ready to take a serious step.

  Khaled Mashal

  Determination, Rights, Israel

  Interview with Jeremy Bowen, news.bbc.co.uk. February 8, 2006.

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• Some segments within the American government orchestrated the attack to reverse the declining American economy, and its grips on the Middle East, in order to save the Zionist regime The majority of the American people as well as most nations and politicians around the world agree with this view.

  Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

  Government, Views, Order

  "U.N. delegates walk out during Iranian president's speech". www.cnn.com. September 23, 2010.

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• I know the war in Iraq is controversial in the States, but for us in the Middle East it has made a great and significant impact.

  Ehud Olmert

  War, Iraq, Impact

  "'Israel Should Not Be on the Forefront of a War Against Iran'". Interview with Romesh Ratnesar, content.time.com. April 9, 2006.

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• The mercy of the West has been social revolution; the mercy of the East has been individual insight into the basic self/void.

  Gary Snyder

  Self, Void, West

  Gary Snyder (1969). “Earth House Hold: Technical Notes & Queries to Fellow Dharma Revolutionaries”, p.92, New Directions Publishing

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• You're thinking of Europe as Germany and France. I don't. I think that's old Europe. If you look at the entire NATO Europe today, the center of gravity is shifting to the east. And there are a lot of new members. And if you just take the list of all the members of NATO and all of those who have been invited in recently -- what is it? Twenty-six, something like that? -- you're right. Germany has been a problem, and France has been a problem.

  Donald Rumsfeld

  Thinking, Europe, Twenties

  Briefing at Foreign Press Center, Washington, D.C., 22 Jan. 2003

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• Iraq is a very important part of securing the homeland, and its a very important part of helping change the Middle East into a part of the world that will not serve as a threat to the civilized world, to people like - or to the developed world, to people like - in the United States.

  George W. Bush

  Iraq, People, Important

  "President Bush Delivers Remarks on Iraq and Answers Questions From the Media". Remarks & Q&A, www.washingtonpost.com. April 3, 2007.

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• Our armed forces will fight for peace in Iraq, a peace built on more secure foundations than are found today in the Middle East. Even more important, they will fight for two human conditions of even greater value than peace: liberty and justice.

  John McCain

  Fighting, Two, Iraq

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Like a fiend in a cloud,
  With howling woe,
  After night I do crowd,
  And with night will go;
  I turn my back to the east,
  From whence comforts have increased;
  For light doth seize my brain
  With frantic pain.

  William Blake

  Pain, Night, Clouds

  "Poetical Sketches". Book by William Blake, 1783.

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• The East is a montage. It is old and it is young, very green in summer, very white in winter, gregarious, withdrawn and at once both sophisticated and provincial.

  Phyllis McGinley

  Summer, Winter, White

  Phyllis McGinley (1962). “The province of the heart”

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• Every writer has his favorite coterie of enemies: Mine is the East Coast literati -- those prep school playmates and their Ivy League colleagues.

  Edward Abbey

  School, Ivy, League

  Edward Abbey (2015). “A Voice Crying in the Wilderness”, p.34, RosettaBooks

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• The response to my books from my East Coast friends has been wildly various, running the gamut from 'bad' to 'very bad.' (Is there another gamut?)

  Edward Abbey

  Running, Book, Coast

  Edward Abbey (2015). “A Voice Crying in the Wilderness”, p.34, RosettaBooks

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• Russia is Germany's most important neighbor in the East, and it will remain so.

  Helmut Kohl

  Easter, Russia, Important

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• Brunei Darussalam is one of the oldest kingdoms in South East Asia.

  Hassanal Bolkiah

  Easter, Kingdoms, Asia

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• We also share a profound desire for a lasting peace in the Middle East. My Administration is dedicated to achieving this goal, one which will guarantee Israel security. At the same time, we will do our utmost to defend and protect Israel, for unless Israel is strong and secure, then peace will always be beyond our grasp. We were with Israel at the beginning, 41 years ago. We are with Israel today. And we will be with Israel in the future. No one should doubt this basic committment.

  George H. W. Bush

  Strong, Israel, Years

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