#border

OH, East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet, Till Earth and Sky stand presently at God’s great Judgment Seat; But there is neither East nor West, Border, nor Breed, nor Birth, When two strong men stand face to face, tho’ they come from the ends of the earth! ↗

— Rudyard Kipling

#east #west #men

The biographies of the great men see their excesses as signs of their greatness. But Jean Rhys, in her biography, is read as borderline; Anaïs Nin is borderline; Djuna is borderline; etc. etc. Borderline personality disorder being an overwhelmingly gendered diagnosis. I write in Heroines: “The charges of borderline personality disorder are the same charges against girls writing literature, I realize—too emotional, too impulsive, no boundaries. ↗

— Kate Zambreno

#women-writers #men

As the number of available jobs has decreased in border states like Texas, cities halfway across America have begun to see an influx of illegal immigrants in search of employment. ↗

— Spencer Bachus

#america #available #begun #border #cities

For generations, America has served as a beacon of hope and freedom for those outside her borders, and as a land of limitless opportunity for those risking everything to seek a better life. Their talents and contributions have continued to enrich our country. ↗

— Spencer Bachus

#beacon #better #better life #borders #continued

Prime Minister Benjamin Netyanahu made it real clear. They're willing to be generous on some other concessions but not on the border issue. And I don't blame him. ↗

— Herman Cain

#blame #border #clear #concessions #generous

...Obyann, you're talking about the Landemere-Ramaldah border dispute of 1416. Damn it, man, that was in the time of our grandfathers. ↗

— Andrew Ashling

#borders #feuds #grudges #land-disputes #sins-of-the-fathers

In 1938, when I had decided that the only way to see the country was in a trailer, and I built the trailer which I still have and lived in it for eighteen months, and learned America from San Diego to the Canadian border, from Miami to New Jersey, and east to west in between. ↗

— Leslie Charteris

#between #border #built #canadian #country

Terrorism has become the systematic weapon of a war that knows no borders or seldom has a face. ↗

— Jacques Chirac

#borders #face #knows #seldom #systematic

Federal authorities do not have the manpower or the resources to protect America's international borders. ↗

— John Culberson

#authorities #borders #federal #international #manpower

The sheriffs are completely outnumbered and outgunned. And we don't have enough border patrol agents. ↗

— John Culberson

#border #border patrol #completely #enough #outnumbered