#council

I was to grow used to hearing, around New York, the annoying way in which people would say: 'Edward Said, such a suave and articulate and witty man,' with the unspoken suffix 'for a Palestinian.' It irritated him, too, naturally enough, but in my private opinion it strengthened him in his determination to be an ambassador or spokesman for those who lived in camps or under occupation (or both). He almost overdid the ambassadorial aspect if you ask me, being always just too faultlessly dressed and spiffily turned out. Fools often contrasted this attention to his tenue with his membership of the Palestine National Council, the then-parliament-in-exile of the people without a land. In fact, his taking part in this rather shambolic assembly was a kind of noblesse oblige: an assurance to his landsmen (and also to himself) that he had not allowed and never would allow himself to forget their plight. The downside of this noblesse was only to strike me much later on. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#bigotry #dress #edward-said #new-york #palestinian-national-council

The mayor has got to work closely with a wide variety of people, his city council, state legislature, governor, business community, labor community, president and the congress in order to be able to do this. ↗

— Marc Morial

#business #business community #city #city council #closely

We can no longer stand for the Security Council passing resolutions and then in effect heaving alongside and taking a vacation. We cannot leave it to the secretary general to go cap in hand. ↗

— Alex Morrison

#cannot #cap #council #effect #general

The National Security Council's real role is to coordinate the various activities of the government of the United States in the furtherance of American foreign policy. ↗

— Oliver North

#american #american foreign policy #coordinate #council #foreign

I didn't run for student council president. I don't see myself in any way in elected office. I love policy. I'm not particularly fond of politics. ↗

— Condoleezza Rice

#council #elected #fond #i #i love

All wars are planned by old men in council rooms apart. ↗

— Grantland Rice

#council #men #old #old men #planned

I think to a certain extent, Clinton may have expected as the senior president that Obama would've reached out to him and asked for his council; he's done that very little. So, I think the relationship has not been good over the years. ↗

— Ed Rollins

#been #certain #certain extent #clinton #council

In recent years, more and more of my time has become absorbed by administrative work for the research council of ETH-Z of which I am presently the president. ↗

— Richard Ernst

#am #become #council #i #i am

The ancillary aspect of every British city now is the council estate. ↗

— V. S. Naipaul

#british #city #council #estate #every

King Drowden has given his men instructions to infiltrate the town, bribe townspeople for the secrets of their neighbors, steal the neighbors’ hidden treasures. Much more subtle than Drowden’s usual smash and burn technique. We do hope Drowden isn’t growing a brain. ↗

— Kristin Cashore

#council #katsa #letters #nander #po