Imperialisme Quotes & Sayings

For every tree, we plant, we saves a life. — Lailah Gifty Akita

There were waves of genocide that overcame indigenous populations of Oceania and do we have a library of books or films to tell our story? No. We have tourist hula shows and commercials where the "natives" tend to tourists like indentured servants with plastic, lifeless smiles. It's not such a charming picture, is it? The truth is ugly, but so is ignorance or denial of such atrocities and pain. — M.B. Dallocchio

I've never seen a publicist that could protect me from things, protect anyone from what's going on out there. — Brad Pitt

When mind says it's impossible, don't dictate heart to comply. — Toba Beta

Everything was normal and right. There were dishes in the sink and the sound of kids playing in the street and the trains passing smutty wind. Something had settled over the kitchen. Rose kept the colours inside the lines and all the patterns were proper, sensible and neat. Happiness. That's what it was. — Tim Winton

President Obama has been clear about the future that the United States seeks ... when it comes to the Asia-Pacific, the United States is 'all in.' — Thomas E. Donilon

The scarf is soft
The scarf is blue
The scarf is us — Adrienne Frater

Books never lied to me, never betrayed me, never left me alone and wondering what was wrong with me. — Michelle Zink

[Phelps] firmly denies that he takes drugs, suggesting that the notorious photo of him smoking from a bong was a one-time lapse of judgment. — Michael Phelps

That you were once unkind befriends me now, And for that sorrow, which I then did feel, Needs must I under my transgression bow, Unless my nerves were brass or hammered steel ... — William Shakespeare

Imperialism means raping other nations; imperialist means rapist! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

Just as Daniel Balalcazar said, it makes no sense to suffer in advance a misfortune that may never occur. — Isabel Allende

If you're willing to put in the work, the idea is that you should be able to raise a family and own a home, not go bankrupt because you got sick, 'cause you've got some health insurance that helps you deal with those difficult times; that you can send your kids to college; that you can put some money away for retirement. That's all most people want. Folks don't have unrealistic ambitions. They do believe that if they work hard, they should be able to achieve that small measure of an American dream. — Barack Obama

My body shape was made to get into the perfect aerodynamic position. — Heather Mills

They understood that the meaning of life is connected, inextricably, to the meaning of death; that mourning is a romance in reverse, and if you love, you grieve and there are no exceptions-- only those who do it well and those who don't. And if death is regarded as an embarrassment or an inconvenience, if the dead are regarded as a nuisance from whom we seek a hurried riddance, then life and the living are in for like treatment. — Thomas Lynch

Depression can kill you. It can also be a spiritually enriching experience. It's really an important part of my theology now and my spirituality that life is not perfect, and I grew up wanting it to be and thinking that if it wasn't, I could make it that way, and I had to acknowledge that I had all kinds of flaws and sadnesses and problems. — Krista Tippett

Put a colour upon a canvas - it not only colours with that colour the part of the canvas to which the colour has been applied, but it also colours the surrounding space with the complementary. — Henri Matisse