#newly

Finland had a civil war less than 100 years ago, just like in Ireland. If you look at the history of newly independent nations, civil war is almost every time present, even in the United States. ↗

— Harri Holkeri

#ago #almost #civil #civil war #even

Like all of Latin America, Mexico after independence in 1821 turned its back on a triple heritage: on the Spanish heritage, because we were newly liberated colonies, and on our Indian and black heritages, because we considered them backward and barbaric. We looked towards France, England and the U.S., to become progressive democratic republics. ↗

— Carlos Fuentes

#america #back #backward #barbaric #because

The European Union, which is not directly responsible to voters, provides an irresistible opportunity for European elites to seize power in order to impose their own vision on a newly socially regimented Europe. ↗

— Maggie Gallagher

#elites #europe #european #european union #impose

I was young. I was newly married. And I had worked like a dog. I just wanted to live and travel. ↗

— Sarah Michelle Gellar

#had #i #just #like #live

I only have two rules for my newly born daughter: she will dress well and never have sex. ↗

— John Malkovich

#daughter #dress #i #never #newly

Because I was newly pregnant, I was sick as a dog, yet I knew all my lines from a year before. ↗

— Gwyneth Paltrow

#before #dog #i #knew #lines

The progress in Iraq is still fragile. And it could still be reversed. Iraq still faces innumerable challenges, and they will be evident during what will likely be a difficult process as the newly elected Council of Representatives selects the next prime minister, president, and speaker of the council. ↗

— David Petraeus

#could #council #difficult #during #elected

Poetical appreciation is only newly bursting on me. ↗

— Isaac Rosenberg

#bursting #me #newly #only #poetical

We often say that the biggest job we have is to teach a newly hired employee to fail intelligently... to experiment over and over again and to keep on trying and failing until he learns what will work. ↗

— Charles Kettering

#biggest #employee #experiment #fail #failing

The biggest job we have is to teach a newly hired employee how to fail intelligently. We have to train him to experiment over and over and to keep on trying and failing until he learns what will work. ↗

— Charles Kettering

#employee #experiment #fail #failing #him