#national

The International Brigades provided a shock force while the Republic trained and organized an army from an assemblage of individuals. The Spanish people knew they were not fighting alone. ↗

— Bill Alexander

#army #assemblage #brigades #fighting #force

As a scientist, you feel a sense of team spirit for your country but you also have a sense of team spirit for the international community. ↗

— Saul Perlmutter

#community #country #feel #international #international community

And, you know, being able to wear the stars and stripes, when you step up on one of the blocks or, you know, when you step off of an airplane or when you hear the national anthem play, you know, it's one of the greatest feelings in the world because you know that there are people at home who are supporting you and watching you. ↗

— Michael Phelps

#airplane #anthem #because #being #blocks

I learned how fast you can go from being an international hero to being a reference in a joke on a late night talk show. ↗

— Michael Phelps

#fast #go #hero #how #i

If a woman writes about family and about the connections between people and what it means to be alive in this day and time, it's called women's fiction. And if a man does it, it's nominated for a National Book Award. What - you can't have a heart and a penis? That doesn't make sense. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#alive #award #between #book #called

Bouncing a sitting president requires conscious action, a national decision to redirect the country's course. This cuts against the grain, and that's why incumbents have a natural advantage. ↗

— John Podhoretz

#advantage #against #bouncing #conscious #country

By the time Obama came into office, Washington had already agreed over a period of a few weeks to a $700 billion government infusion into the world banking system. Nothing of the sort had ever been done before, and it was done spit spot with very little national debate. ↗

— John Podhoretz

#already #banking #banking system #been #before

AIDS is a global problem and there should be a global solution found by the entire international community. It is really scary to see and imagine our world fall into pieces because we refuse to share and put in the common vestiges of our civilizations. ↗

— Sarah Polley

#because #civilizations #common #community #entire

And when they do spin out of control there are important ramifications that affect America, not just its direct national interest but its broader interests as a nation which has thought of itself as a beacon to other nations, of freedom, liberty, democracy, whatever. ↗

— John Pomfret

#america #beacon #broader #control #democracy

I think that's the main threat in Bosnia and Rwanda and Zaire. There doesn't seem to be much willingness to engage these problems unless they directly affect national security interests. ↗

— John Pomfret

#bosnia #directly #engage #i #i think