#countries

All my life I have lived and behaved very much like the sandpiper - just running down the edges of different countries and continents, 'looking for something'. ↗

— Elizabeth Bishop

#continents #countries #different #different countries #down

Well, we lost a lot of our independence already. We are dependent on China for credit. We are dependent on Middle Eastern countries for energy supplies. And many Americans are dependent on the government for their income, health care, education of their children, food stamps. ↗

— Jim DeMint

#care #children #china #countries #credit

Part of protecting our homeland means being less dependent on foreign countries for our energy. ↗

— Rod Blagojevich

#countries #dependent #energy #foreign #foreign countries

But thanks to the efforts, the initiative of the United States and of the several countries from the world, from Europe, including Turkey, it ended within a few weeks. ↗

— Bulent Ecevit

#efforts #ended #europe #few #including

In the United States there's a Puritan ethic and a mythology of success. He who is successful is good. In Latin countries, in Catholic countries, a successful person is a sinner. ↗

— Umberto Eco

#countries #ethic #good #latin #mythology

The American attitude is 'We're the best'. That's why the NBA guys who come from other countries, the Europeans, all sort of stick together away from the game. ↗

— Andrew Bogut

#attitude #away #best #come #countries

Go to foreign countries and you will get to know the good things one possesses at home. ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

#foreign #foreign countries #get #go #good

In those countries with centuries of a craft tradition behind their building methods, techniques are tightly coordinated under the direction of the architect. ↗

— Arthur Erickson

#behind #building #centuries #coordinated #countries

I think this is really a defining moment for the Arab world. The problem is, it is all going to be about blood, sweat and tears. In certain countries it may be just sweat, and in some countries sweat and tears, and in some countries, as you can see, a lot of blood. I think initial instability is something that we are all extremely nervous of. ↗

— Abdallah II

#arab #arab world #blood #certain #countries

It's with them that we have constituted a liberation front and brought our logistic support to armies to help their countries come out of colonialism and establish a national internal regime. ↗

— Ahmed Ben Bella

#brought #colonialism #come #constituted #countries