Quotes about country
country urban living-in-the-country
I'm an urban person who loves living in the country. Dani Shapiro
country moving perspective
Moving to the country has been incredibly good for my work, for my sense of perspective.
country people honor
As secretary of state it's been an enormous honor to represent this great country that I love so much - I have really seen that our great strengths are in the ability of people to reach their potential here. Condoleezza Rice
country ocean two
We've been a country that's been fortunate to be protected by two oceans, to not have serious attacks on our territory for most of our history. And we were unfortunately reminded in a very devastating way of our vulnerability.
country sex uganda
It has been hard to muster the resources to support fledgling democracies- or to help the world's most desperate - the AIDS orphan in Uganda, the refugee fleeing Zimbabwe, the young woman who has been trafficked into the sex trade in Southeast Asia; the world's poorest in Haiti. Yet this assistance - together with the compassionate works of private charities - people of conscience and people of faith - has shown the soul of our country.
country iraq different
There have been plenty of markers that show that this [Iraq] is a country that is worth the investment, because once it emerges as a country that is a stabilising factor, you will have a very different kind of Middle East.
country wish bills
I really wish that we had passed a comprehensive immigration bill because that would've really helped our country.
country people president
I'm very proud that President [George W.] Bush took on AIDS relief. It was the largest single response by any country to a major international health crisis, and there are millions of people who are alive today in Africa and other developing countries because of that program.
country wish looks
Well, there are many things, whenever you look back, that you would've done differently. We're all human. We do our best at the time. I really wish that we had passed a comprehensive immigration bill because that would've really helped our country. We came close, but we couldn't.
country suspected
If a country is suspected of going nuclear, you need to understand why. Why does it feel insecure? Mohamed ElBaradei
country introduced people today
We got introduced to a lot of people in the country today who didn't know what we were really about. Matt Hasselbeck
country north-carolina dairy
I never imagined anybody would ever come out to hear me preach. I'm just a country dairy farmer from North Carolina. Billy Graham
country civilization degrees
What should we suppose must naturally be the consequence of our carrying on a slave trade with Africa? With a country, vast in its extent, not utterly barbarous, but civilized in a very small degree? Does any one suppose a slave trade would help their civilization? William Wilberforce
country dangerous familiar grows knowing places salt
A black person grows up in this country - and in many places - knowing that racism will be as familiar as salt to the tongue. Also, it can be as dangerous as too much salt. I think that you must struggle for betterment for yourself and for everyone. Maya Angelou
country iceland healthy
Maybe it's just a personal thing, but I get so much grounding from Iceland because I know it's always going to be there. I have a very happy, healthy relationship with the country, so it's really easy to go everywhere because I always have Iceland to go back to. It's sort of a contradiction, but that's how it works somehow. Bjork
country great people states trying united
People are not trying to get into China, they're trying to get out of China. The United States is the only great country where people are trying to get into to this country for obvious reasons. Chuck Hagel
country degrees great kids red sure
We've got great potential in our country and the only way we're going to make sure kids are getting the degrees that they need, make sure we're getting through that red tape, is by working together. Amy Klobuchar
country store
When I'm doing a store in a country, I always like to consider the concept of the country and the city. Christian Louboutin
country entitled hard jews peace willing
We're willing to make difficult and hard decisions and compromises to live in peace with our neighbours, but we're entitled to our own country where Jews from around the world can come here, just as Palestinians from around the world can come to the Palestinian state. Benjamin Netanyahu
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I knew it to be very doubtful whether the Cabinet, Parliament, and the country would take this view on the outbreak of war, and through the whole of this week I had in view the probable contingency that we should not decide at the critical moment to support France.
country positive
It's always overwhelming when you come to another country and you're embraced in such a positive way. Flo Rida
country truth
Politicians said that with our cheap labour, we could be competitive in the world. Nothing could be further from the truth. We were the most uncompetitive country with that cheap labour.
country domestic humming india industrial per production
India is the most competitive manufacturing destination on this planet. If we are able to take advantage of that competitiveness for our domestic markets, this country would be humming with activity; industrial production will grow at 10-11% per year.
country birth-rate higher
Countries where women have access to professional life are also those where the birth rate is higher. Claude Martin
country politics interest
The US has a vital interest in that area of the country. Dan Quayle
country writing good-times
I've been writing a lot of country music again. I've written some bluegrass material. I'm having a good time doing that. Dan Fogelberg
country mistake character
Flaubert spoke true: to succeed a great artist must have both character and fanaticism and few in this country are willing to pay the price. Our writers have either no personality and therefore no style or a false personality and therefore a bad style; they mistake prejudice for energy and accept the sensation of material well-being as a system of thought. Cyril Connolly
country past civilization
Civilization is an active deposit which is formed by the combustion of the Present with the Past. Neither in countries without a Present nor in those without a Past is it to be discovered.
country nature book
It is only in the country that we can get to know a person or a book.
country children epidemics
One out of six women are toxic with mercury. Mercury comes out of coal plants and chlorine plants. I am toxic, I deal with symptoms, children are born with, you know, autism - there is an epidemic in this country. This is like, the air that we breath. Daphne Zuniga
country ambition people
The great corporations of this country were not founded by ordinary people. They were founded by people with extraordinary intelligence, ambition, and aggressiveness. Daniel Patrick Moynihan
country jail people
If the newspapers of a country are filled with good news, the jails of that country will be filled with good people.
country technology america
I hope that we can continue this cooperation on other critical issues related to America's future technological competitiveness. We must work together to encourage the creative talents that have made our country the world leader in technology. Dan Lipinski