#relatio

The Russians are turning east to the Chinese - to the Europeans' surprise. It always seemed to me that the relationship between Russia and China would shift from being based in Marx and Lenin to being based in oil and gas. ↗

— Daniel Yergin

#based #being #between #china #chinese

We are living in a different world now. You can see it everywhere in international relations: It was noteworthy that, after his visit to Washington, the Chinese president's next stop was Saudi Arabia. ↗

— Daniel Yergin

#arabia #chinese #different #different world #everywhere

A relationship is lovely if you're happy, comfortable in it and you really like the person. I can think of nothing better. But there's nothing worse than having a relationship in which you feel no interest. ↗

— Susannah York

#comfortable #feel #happy #having #i

I've definitely been in relationships where I've given too much, and I've been in relationships where I haven't given enough. I think it's a work in progress. I have to find that person where it clicks. ↗

— Ashley Greene

#clicks #definitely #enough #find #given

The truth has never been of any real value to any human being - it is a symbol for mathematicians and philosophers to pursue. In human relations kindness and lies are worth a thousand truths. ↗

— Graham Greene

#been #being #human #human being #human relations

I have often noticed that a bribe has that effect - it changes a relation. The man who offers a bribe gives away a little of his own importance; the bribe once accepted, he becomes the inferior, like a man who has paid for a woman. ↗

— Graham Greene

#away #becomes #bribe #changes #effect

Clearly, once the student is no longer a student the possibilities of relationship are enlarged. ↗

— Marilyn Hacker

#enlarged #longer #once #possibilities #relationship

Secondly, love and relationships are complicated. No one could ever get it right in a four-line sentence. ↗

— Adrian Grenier

#could #ever #get #love #relationships

Driving a cab is not really a nurturing type of relationship. You take people and they tip you, they may not tip you, you don't know their names, they don't care about you, you don't care about them. ↗

— Pam Grier

#cab #care #driving #know #may

Today, many people are engaging in same sex relationships and saying they are not gay. ↗

— Pam Grier

#gay #many #people #relationships #same