"Someone has said that nations have interests, they don't have friends, and you see that over and over in U.S. policy."

-- Edwidge Danticat

#Said Quotes #Interest Quotes #Policy Quotes

“Every day can't be the best day Do what you can right now, don't hesitate That's why we try to make love and get paid Take the bad with the good, now let's play”
“I need to end up with someone who is strong, intelligent, independent, someone I really admire - sensitive, sensuous, warm, a sense of humor.”
“Not a shred of evidence exists in favor of the idea that life is serious.”
“The end is never worth the beginning.”
“I love lighting Shabbat candles at the onset of Shabbat. It helps me create a strong and firm demarcation of time.”

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“Tony Blair is a decent man who genuinely thinks what he is doing is justified. But when he sees men such as George Bush and Donald Rumsfeld smirking and boasting as they announce their Shock and Awe offensive, we hope he understands why we believe we have been dragged into something we should have been fighting tooth and nail to stop.”
“I've been very lucky in my life.”
“A pine tree standeth lonely In the North on an upland bare; It standeth whitely shrouded With snow, and sleepeth there. It dreameth of a Palm tree Which far in the East alone, In the mournful silence standeth On its ridge of burning stone.”

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