#nation

Those who today still feel a sense of impotence can do something: they can support Amnesty International. They can help it to stand up for freedom and justice. ↗

— Peter Benenson

#feel #freedom #help #impotence #international

Emigration, forced or chosen, across national frontiers or from village to metropolis, is the quintessential experience of our time. ↗

— John Berger

#chosen #emigration #experience #forced #frontiers

Our institute's agenda is relatively simple. We study the relationship between social-economic change and culture. By culture we mean beliefs, values and lifestyles. We cover a broad range of issues, and we work very internationally. ↗

— Peter L. Berger

#beliefs #between #broad #broad range #change

Cinema has become a global economy, totally international. ↗

— Lasse Hallstrom

#cinema #economy #global #global economy #international

Nations have their ego, just like individuals. ↗

— James Joyce

#individuals #just #like #nations #their

We don't need a nation that has national identity cards. ↗

— Malcolm Wallop

#identity #nation #national #national identity #need

Never let haters 'still' your flow. They can only do so with your permission. ↗

— T.F. Hodge

#control #determination #hate #influence #permission

In the Middle Ages, cathendrals and convents burned like tinder; imagining a medieval story without a fire is like imagining a World War II movie in the Pacific without a fighter plane shot down in flames. ↗

— Umberto Eco

#fire #imagination #middle-ages #obviousness #writing

Immortality like this is about as useful as sunscreen on a submarine. ↗

— Elizabeth Marx

#humor #immortality #reincarnation #death

Because I was raised in a Christian culture I never considered myself to be a totally free human being. ↗

— James Baldwin

#condemnation #freedom #religion #freedom