#land

Europe, in legend, has always been the home of subtle philosophical discussion; America was the land of grubby pragmatism. ↗

— Daniel Bell

#america #been #discussion #europe #grubby

Have any of our friends got off the Island with their families, or what must they submit to? Despotism or destruction, I fear, is their fate. ↗

— William Floyd

#despotism #destruction #families #fate #fear

If only Vivien Leigh had stayed in England, that part would have been mine. ↗

— Joan Bennett

#england #had #leigh #mine #only

No one ever said that fighting the war against terrorism and defending our homeland would be easy. So let's support our troops, law enforcement workers, and our mission to keep our nation and our children safe in the days and years to come. ↗

— Judy Biggert

#children #come #days #defending #easy

Must we be put to shame by much smaller and poorer countries, by Ireland, France, Austria or Sweden, who have understood that a nation's support of its arts is a matter of both national pride and cultural survival? ↗

— Theodore Bikel

#austria #both #countries #cultural #france

The base emotions Plato banned have left a radio-active and not radiant land. ↗

— Libby Houston

#base #emotions #land #left #plato

You know, one of the perceptions, again, about FEMA is that there's been a demise in the organization since it became the - under - it started to become part of the Department of Homeland Security. ↗

— Henry Bonilla

#again #became #become #been #demise

Indeed it is very hard, when we have let the King's subjects have so much of our lands for so little value. ↗

— Joseph Brant

#indeed #king #lands #little #much

I do like to write but I also like to get and out and play. I am losing track of all the Cooper versions that I do - I have one for Iceland, different one over here. ↗

— Michael Owen Bruce

#am #cooper #different #get #here

I gladly accepted the commission but was uncertain about what the end result would be. On the one hand, Cuban music was conquering the world; being heard everywhere, and our small island was already producing one of the popular musical genres of the 20th century. ↗

— Alejo Carpentier

#about #accepted #already #being #century