#region

Turkey wants a policy of engagement exactly like President Obama's new approach. Policy of engagement, less confrontation, less tense attitude, especially in the region. ↗

— Ahmet Davutoglu

#attitude #confrontation #engagement #especially #exactly

I have a great advantage over many of my colleagues inasmuch as my students bring with them to class their own personal knowledge of national, regional, religious, ethnic, occupational, and family folklore traditions. ↗

— Alan Dundes

#bring #class #colleagues #ethnic #family

Furthermore, the study of the present surroundings is insufficient: the history of the people, the influence of the regions through which it has passed on its migrations, and the people with whom it came into contact, must be considered. ↗

— Franz Boas

#considered #contact #furthermore #history #influence

Asean is obviously a very important association for us. Over the past 30 years Asean has made great strides in regional cooperation covering a number of areas, although recently it has been under strain because of the financial crisis and other challenges. ↗

— Hassanal Bolkiah

#areas #asean #association #because #been

We will host the Asean summit in November this year. It will be an occasion to reflect on our achievements collectively and to look at how Asean can maintain its leading role in regional and international cooperation. ↗

— Hassanal Bolkiah

#asean #collectively #cooperation #host #how

But if I were to say who influenced me most, then I'd say Franz Kafka. And his works were always anchored in the Central European region. ↗

— Vaclav Havel

#anchored #central #european #his #i

Your ethnic or sexual identity, what region of the country you're from, what your class is - those aspects of your identity are not the same as your aesthetic identity. ↗

— Stanley Crouch

#aspects #class #country #ethnic #identity

The goal of the EU is to form a region of freedom, security and justice. Freedom in this connection cannot be just the freedom of the strong, but it must be combined with fraternity and equality. ↗

— Tarja Halonen

#combined #connection #equality #eu #form

American presence is, you know, the major cause of balance of power and the stability in this region. ↗

— Kim Dae Jung

#balance #balance of power #cause #know #major

So for mutual interest, I do want American presence in this region. ↗

— Kim Dae Jung

#i #i do #interest #mutual #presence