#occupy

Colonialism is an idea born in the West that drives Western countries - like France, Italy, Belgium, Great Britain - to occupy countries outside of Europe. ↗

— Ahmed Ben Bella

#born #britain #colonialism #countries #drives

Ocean: A body of water occupying about two-thirds of a world made for man - who has no gills. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

#about #body #gills #made #man

U2 is an original species... there are colours and feelings and emotional terrain that we occupy that is ours and ours alone. ↗

— Bono

#colours #emotional #feelings #occupy #original

Because of the increase in life longevity, America can now assume that at any given time three, and perhaps four, former presidents will still be alive, even when the current president is occupying the White House. ↗

— Tony Campolo

#america #any #assume #because #current

When my wife died, I booked myself into the studio just to work, to occupy myself. ↗

— Johnny Cash

#died #i #into #just #myself

First of all, no candidate is going to win by catering to the alleged Occupy Wall Street vote. ↗

— Jim DeMint

#candidate #catering #first #first of all #going

We go in to liberate Cuba, but Cuba still isn't free; we don't really think through what we'll do after the initial treaty is signed, but we're still occupying. There's chaos and torture and finally an outcry. ↗

— Sarah Vowell

#chaos #cuba #finally #free #go

You tend to meet on a more regular basis with people in your industry, and reality being what it is, you tend to meet with them at the particular level that you occupy; so that develops a fraternity relationship. ↗

— Lew Wasserman

#being #develops #fraternity #industry #level

It is one of the chief skills of the philosopher not to occupy himself with questions which do not concern him. ↗

— Ludwig Wittgenstein

#concern #him #himself #occupy #philosopher

Our strategy is to defend ourselves against an occupying army and against settlers and settlements. ↗

— Ahmed Yassin

#army #defend #occupying #our #ourselves