"The national interest is predetermined by geopolitics or the history of a country. Important political leaders never just followed their interests - they were concerned about the interests of their people."

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Source : Source: www.spiegel.de

#Country Quotes #People Quotes #Leader Quotes

“If God came in and said, I want you to be happy for the rest of your life, what would you do?”
“People who don't like Comic Sans don't know anything about design.”

Source : ""People who don't like Comic Sans don't know anything about design"". Interview with Anna Winston, www.dezeen.com. November 27, 2014.
“Expect nothing and life will be velvet.”
“In television, the audience has to be comfortable with you, and Ive managed to prove that I can be in American homes to some degree, and not necessarily where everyone knows me, either.”
“Most of the suicide hijackers came from Saudi Arabia, a place not lacking in wealth. But due to rapid population growth, the wealth per capita has fallen by about half in a generation.”
“When someone leaves you, apart from missing them, apart from the fact that the whole little world you've created together collapses, and that everything you see or do reminds you of them, the worst is the thought that they tried you out and, in the end, the whole sum of parts adds up to you got stamped REJECT by the one you love. How can you not be left with the personal confidence of a passed over British Rail sandwich?”

Source : Helen Fielding (2016). “Bridget Jones's Diary: Picador Classic”, p.122, Pan Macmillan
“The Chief Justice's ... main point seemed to be that the references to God in the Pledge of Allegiance aren't really religious and therefore are not that important - something I would think would offend Christians who think it should stay because it is religious and does matter. Too many Christians appear to be desperate to shore up their failing confidence in their own religious beliefs by having the government officially endorse those beliefs.”
“The more you learn about the real vastness of space and the real challenges of space travel, the more completely you appreciate the necessity of taking very good care of this world and being good stewards of it.”

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