East Quotes - page 37

The president took the advice of my East Texas grandmother: If you can skin a cat without getting the room all bloody, why not do it that way? (Richard Land)
This past year has been very turbulent for the Middle East, and my conversation with Prime Minister Netanyahu strengthened my belief that we need to remain vigilant in our support of our critical ally. View quote
Rob Portman
The East India Company established a monopoly over the production of opium, shortly after taking over Bengal. View quote
Robert Trout
My first vote was for a communist in east London when I was a medical student. But I've voted Tory, Labour and Lib Dem in my time. View quote
Robert Winston
I had siblings from South Asia, from East Asia, from depressed communities around America, and you know, we'd have long conversations. View quote
Ronan Farrow
In Georgia it's a little different because of the East Cobb program. It's such a strong program that we see a lot of kids that come through here on a lot of different teams from across the country that come here to play in tournaments. View quote
Roy Clark
A history of perceived humiliation, after all, lurks behind many acts of terror. And competing narratives of victimhood and insults sustain conflicts in the Balkans, the Caucasus, the Middle East and many other regions. View quote
Serge Schmemann
I'm half Egyptian, and I'm Muslim. But I grew up in Canada, far from my Arab roots. Like so many who straddle East and West, I've been drawn, over the years, to try to better understand my origins. View quote
Shereen El Feki
I studied international relations in England, and I wanted to pursue higher education and be able to analyze what was going on in Iran politically, not only in Iran, but in the Middle East. View quote
Shohreh Aghdashloo
My office has a view of low-cost housing, old East German prefabricated apartment buildings. It isn't an attractive view, but it's very helpful, because it reminds me to ask myself, whenever there is a decision to be made, whether the people who live there can afford our decisions. View quote
Sigmar Gabriel
It's not a democracy here, it's the Middle East. (Silvan Shalom)
The domination of western values, beliefs and way of life has angered many from the east and in developing countries. View quote
Silvia Cartwright
In my mid-twenties, I said to myself: 'I can't perform anymore!' I didn't know what I wanted to do. I didn't perform for a while, then ended up doing a one-woman show about Gilda Radner having cancer. It was called 'Gilda Defying Gravity,' and I did it on the Lower East Side. It was great; people really came out and supported me. View quote
Spencer Kayden
In the East there is a gap between the top of a wall and underside of a roof; it acts as a screen, and the Chinese were able to use it as they wished. View quote
Stephen Gardiner
We love playing together and we love adversity. You know, back-to-back, the two best teams in the East. View quote
Steve Nash
I wouldn't have the life I have without television. I wouldn't be looking out my apartment window onto the East River; I wouldn't be able to afford to have my mother with me this summer. So television has been very good to me. View quote
Susan Sullivan
You still can't find Israel on a map of the Middle East in a Palestinian schoolbook. View quote
Suzanne Fields
Today, President Obama is making smart investments in clean energy - wind, solar, biofuels - as part of an all-of-the-above energy strategy that supports thousands of jobs, not in the Middle East, but in the Midwest. View quote
Thomas Vilsack
Hot, dry katabatic winds, like the south foehn in Europe, the sharav in the Middle East, and the Santa Ana of Southern California, are all believed to have a decided effect on human behavior and are associated with such health problems as migraines, depression, lethargy, and moodiness. Some scientists say that this is a myth. View quote
Tim Cahill
I grew up in East Germany, so we had to learn Russian in school... everybody hated it. I never thought it would come in handy... And being an actor, I've been able to use it quite a bit. View quote
Tom Wlaschiha
The direct investment of Japanese businesses to East Asian economies accelerates the reallocation of their production bases. Consequently, between Japan and the other East Asian countries, both exports and imports are growing substantially. (Toshihiko Fukui)
We thus see that the Greeks of the early ages knew little of any real people except those to the east and south of their own country, or near the coast of the Mediterranean. View quote
Thomas Bulfinch
I'm a black lady from the Lower East Side of New York. Not a lot intimidates me. View quote
Ursula Burns
In fact, it struck me when we invaded last year that if we did it without European and East Asian support, we were risking losing our alliance in Europe in exchange for Iraq, and that is a very undesirable exchange. View quote
William Odom
The relationship between East and West needs to be and can be fixed via pop culture. View quote
Wang Leehom