"I have a B.A. in Spanish, so briefly I thought that somebody might pay me to speak Spanish badly in another country, like Norway."

-- Karen Russell

#Country Quotes #Might Quotes #Pay Quotes

“We need to put into practice the idea of embracing other cultures. We need to be shaping the kind of world we want to live in instead of waiting for someone else or some other entities to do it for us.”
“Those who dive in the sea of affliction bring up rare pearls.”
“We all dream of things we cannot have.”
“All men are brothers, like the seas throughout the world; So why do winds and waves clash so fiercely everywhere?”
“Well, I think we need to have attrition by enforcement. We need to secure our borders. We need to enforce our laws.”
“My favorite driver is always either the bad guy or the underdog.”
“If we save our wild places, we will ultimately save ourselves.”

Source : Steve Irwin, Terri Irwin (2002). “The Crocodile Hunter: The Incredible Life and Adventures of Steve and Terri Irwin”, p.211, Penguin
“The West, both the elites (consciously) and ordinary people (sub-consciously), want Russia to go to hell; to disappear, drown, explode. It is because Russia is once again defending humanism all over the world.”

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