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country war thinking
To say that we're going to end countries or eradicate terrorism, and that it's a long war over many years, with many different instruments, suggests a much more complex and drawn-out conflict for which, I think, most Americans aren't prepared. Edward Said
country design attention
In a free country it is the duty of writers to pay no attention to duty. Only under a dictatorship is literature expected to exhibit an harmonious design or an inspirational tone. E. B. White
country pay attention
In a free country it is the duty of writers to pay no attention to duty. E. B. White
country jobs favors
Just to live in the country is a full-time job. You don't have to do anything. The idle pursuit of making a living is pushed to one side, where it belongs, in favor of living itself, a task of such immediacy, variety, beauty, and excitement that one is powerless to resist its wild embrace. E. B. White
country new-york cities
New York is part of the natural world. I love the city, I love the country, and for the same reasons. The city is part of the country. When I had an apartment on East Forty-Eighth Street, my backyard during the migratory season yielded more birds than I ever saw in Maine. E. B. White
country agreement people
There is nothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries than an agreement. E. B. White
country iraq support
The decision to leave [Iraq] should be based solely on the judgment of the combatant commanders on the ground who say, "My Iraqi counterparts can now handle this particular area of the country on their own with minimum American support or with no American support." When they can do that, we should leave. Duncan Hunter
country men thinking
There are parliamentarians in Australia I really support. People through history, you know? Men like Ned Kelly in Australia who challenged ideals. Governor William McKell in Australia really set the tone of building a nation. The fundamentals of the country are built on what the governor McKell created. I think Sea Shepherd (Conservation Society) is a wonderful organization and I support what they do. Dustin Clare
country believe taken
For me as an American, the most painful aspect of this is that I believe that administration has taken the events of 9/11 and has manipulated the grief of the country and I think that's reprehensible, Dustin Hoffman
song pain garden
Garden of Pain, I need you. What were the songs of beasts to the cries of sentient souls? Anne Rice
song book people
I imagine the earth when I am no more: Women's dresses, dewy lilacs, a song in the valley. Yet the books will be there on the shelves, well born, Derived from people, but also from radiance, heights. Czeslaw Milosz
song brother dad
My dad, who plays guitar and piano and was in cover bands, along with my older brother, Matt, taught me guitar and stuff. I started writing acoustic songs and playing by myself in 7th grade. Conor Oberst
song lying eye
For a song I was bought Now I lie when I talk With a careful eye on the cue card. Onto a stage I was pushed, With my sorrow well rehearsed. So give me all your pity and your money, now (all of it). Conor Oberst
song thinking musical
I think different musical collaborators bring out different qualities in my songs and I like that. Conor Oberst
song writing years
When I try to explain to people the big influences in my life, or at least when I first started, the most important ones were my friends who were also writing songs and were typically four or five years older than me. Conor Oberst
song writing eye
To outsiders it probably seems like splitting hairs, but to me, Bright Eyes is a simply the collaboration between myself and Mike Mogis and Nate Walcott. What you hear is definitely the sum of all our ideas and represents all three of us. But I still write the songs myself. Conor Oberst
song people empathy
To me, a political song is also a personal song. Most political activism has been driven by empathy for other people and the desire for a world that's less divisive. Even if songs aren't overtly political, they can make a listener more empathetic. Conor Oberst
song eye people
I understand why people get desensitized and roll their eyes when they hear a protest song, or even a politician making some flowery speech. It doesn't really change anything. Conor Oberst
eye confession terrible
Our eyes are full of terrible confessions. Anne Sexton
eye lilies world
When you told me you loved me," Lily's eyes widened when she looked at Lux, "You saved the world. Amanda Hocking
eye heal awe
Awe is the salve that will heal our eyes. Rumi
eye looks
Rub your eyes, and look again at love, with love. Rumi
eye heart looks
Look at Love with the eyes of your Heart. Rumi
eye surrender
How did you get here? Close your eyes . . . and surrender! Rumi
eye heart light
The light which shines in the eye is really the light of the heart.. The light which fills the heart is the light of God, which is pure and separate from the light of intellect and sense.. Rumi
eye home night
All day I think about it, then at night I say it. Where did I come from, and what am I supposed to be doing? I have no idea. My soul is from elsewhere, I’m sure of that,and I intend to end up there. Who looks out with my eyes? What is the soul? I cannot stop asking. If I could taste one sip of an answer, I could break out of this prison for drunks. I didn’t come here of my own accord, and I can’t leave that way. Whoever brought me here, will have to take me home. Rumi
eye simple visuals
A visual image is a simple thing, a picture that enters the eyes. Roy H. Williams