"Hillary Clinton is pretty much what we would call a foreign-policy realist, someone who thinks the purpose of American foreign policy should be to adjust the foreign policies of other countries, work closely with traditional allies in Europe and Asia towards that end."

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Source : "Examining The Foreign Policy Outlook Of Hillary Clinton And Donald Trump". "Morning Edition" with Renee Montagne, www.npr.org. September 2, 2016.

Richard N. Haass

#Country Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Europe Quotes

“...I don't need any explanation about what you do with your life. You and I...we grew up together,and that's it. Yeah, we shared a lot of stuff back then, and we were there for each other when it mattered. But neither one of us can fit into the clothes we used to wear , and this relationship between us is just the same. It doesn't fit in our lives any longer. We don't...fit anymore. And listen., I didn't mean to get pissy in the truck, but I think you need to be clear on this. You and I? We have a past. That's it. That's ...all we'll ever have" (Blay to Qhuinn)...”
“Drill and uniforms impose an architecture on the crowd. An army's beautiful. But that's not all; it panders to lower instincts than the aesthetic. The spectacle of human beings reduced to automatism satisfies the lust for power. Looking at mechanized slaves, one fancies oneself a master.”
“Thus one should know oneself to be of the nature of Existence-Consciousness-Bliss[Sat-Chit-Ananda].”
“There is no pillow as soft as a clear conscience.”
“Something of defeat, something of tragedy, can be a sacrament because it stops us and causes us to look deeper.”
“It's enormously cheering to get a good review by someone who seems to understand your work.”
“The blues are the roots and the other musics are the fruits. It's better keeping the roots alive, because it means better fruits from now on. The blues are the roots of all American music. As long as American music survives, so will the blues.”

Source : Willie Dixon, Don Snowden (1989). “I am the blues: the Willie Dixon story”
“Will you come with me, sweet Reader? I thank you. Give me your hand.”

Source : Howard Pyle (1998). “The Adventures of Robin Hood”, p.4, Library of Alexandria

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