#sula

My belief, for what it is worth, is that city dwellers cannot understand the world. Insulated from reality by complex and expert systems of provision and police, baffled by fashion and spectacle, city dwellers can distinguish neither the sources of their existence nor the consequences. ↗

— James Buchan

#belief #cannot #city #complex #consequences

One of the consequences of the Iranian revolution has been an explosion of history. A country once known only from British consular reports and intrepid travelogues is now awash with historical documents, letters, diaries, grainy video, weblogs and secret police files of questionable authenticity. ↗

— James Buchan

#awash #been #british #consequences #consular

State government has too often been used to look out for the insiders and not the citizens. This has insulated poverty from progress, and need from remedy. ↗

— Ernie Fletcher

#citizens #government #insulated #look #need

To realize peace on the Korean peninsula, and to develop exchange, cooperation between both Koreas, they are the, you know, immediate target of our government. ↗

— Kim Dae Jung

#both #cooperation #develop #exchange #government

Our nation must manage significant national security challenges over the next several years. We are already facing a potential conflict with Iraq, new challenges on the Korean peninsula, and key decisions in the president's plans to transform the military. ↗

— Duncan Hunter

#challenges #conflict #decisions #facing #iraq

So such an American troops presence in Korea in the South and Japan, total some 100,000 should stay there forever, even after unification of Korean peninsula. ↗

— Kim Dae Jung

#american #american troops #even #forever #japan

I hate spinach," the President of the United States blurted out. "Not the least bit sorry to see it happen." He spoke these candid words in a hush-hush, closed-door meeting with a "special advisor" from agribusiness giant, AgriNu. "Hate it." The President went on, "You know what else I hate? Peas. Despise peas... and there's so many of them." Edwin Edwards (why do parents do that?), otherwise known as Mr. Ed, leaned back with a sly smile. "What if I told you there was a way to get rid of spinach? And peas? And, at the same time, break open this damned European block to our special genetically modified seeds, allowing us to finally take control of the world market?" The President settled back in his seat, indicating for him to go on. Despite not liking vegetables, the President liked a man with a big appetite. ↗

— Sharon Weil

#donny-and-ursula-save-the-world #food-supply #gmos #humor #peas

Historically courts in this country have been insulated. We do not look beyond our borders for precedents. ↗

— Sandra Day O'Connor

#beyond #borders #country #courts #historically

A subject which at first glance seems quite removed from the undeclared concern of the book can encapsulate that concern. ↗

— W. G. Sebald

#concern #encapsulate #first #glance #quite

The men and women who serve this great nation, whether they are stationed in Iraq, Fort Riley, or the Korean Peninsula, or they serve us at home as our community first responders, serve because they believe in America. ↗

— Kathleen Sebelius

#because #believe #community #first #fort