#par

Afghanistan is very satisfied with Croatia's participation in the NATO-led peace mission and expects Croatia to expand its contribution to peace restoration in Afghanistan to other areas as well. ↗

— Hamid Karzai

#areas #contribution #croatia #expand #expects

And you know, when you take on something like this, you read a book like this, you know that it's going to be an adventure. That's part of what draws you to it. ↗

— Lawrence Kasdan

#book #draws #going #know #like

But, I think that the reason I responded to this book, sort of paradoxically, is that it starts out like The Big Chill, sort of. Four friends, who are not quite happy with their life, and every year they get together for a week and look for some comfort from each other. ↗

— Lawrence Kasdan

#book #chill #comfort #each #every

The great thing about Stephen is that he sees the movie as a separate thing, I think. He wants it to capture the essence of the book, and if he feels that's been done, then he's not too particular about the details. I think that's why he's happy. ↗

— Lawrence Kasdan

#been #book #capture #details #done

We shouldn't discuss the world of tomorrow in terms of becoming a balance to the United States. The real issue is whether the United States will define herself as part of the U.N. system-or not. ↗

— Joschka Fischer

#becoming #define #discuss #herself #issue

Affirmative action has a negative effect on our society when it means counting us like so many beans and dividing us into separate piles. ↗

— John Kasich

#affirmative #affirmative action #beans #counting #dividing

More and more people in my country recognise the dangers of having their governors appointed by Putin and having no influence in parliament because Parliament today is also following instructions from Kremlin and no longer represents its people. ↗

— Garry Kasparov

#appointed #because #country #dangers #following

Russian Parliament today is a bunch of puppets that just fall in with the instructions from Kremlin. ↗

— Garry Kasparov

#fall #instructions #just #kremlin #parliament

The real political life in Russia unfortunately is not in the parliament but on the streets and in the media. ↗

— Garry Kasparov

#media #parliament #political #political life #real

I have people that I'm close to that give me things to read throughout the season, and in particular in the playoffs and the postseason. ↗

— Derek Fisher

#give #give me #i #me #particular