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I can create countries just as I can create the actions of my characters. That is why a lot of travel seems to me a waste of time.
Each one of my budgets has taken a meat axe to foreign aid, because I think we ought to quit sending it to countries that hate us.
Staying at Airbnb listings gives me the opportunity to truly understand and experience the local culture of the countries I visit.
The E.U. imports more agricultural goods from developing countries around the world than does the U.S., Canada and Japan, combined.
The Nordic countries are leading the way on women's equality, recognizing women as equal citizens rather than commodities for sale.
Some may argue that countries like Japan and China improved economically without English, but they, too, are learning English fast.
The only countries that have successfully moved from fossil fuels to low-carbon power have done so with the help of nuclear energy.
Donald Trump is a phenomenon that foreign countries haven't seen. So it is a shocking experience to them that he came in to office.
Americans pay up to 1,000 percent more to fill their prescriptions than consumers in other countries - that is an alarming statistic.
If we can increase the share of Islamic finance for the world, countries can benefit - and certainly, Malaysia can benefit from that.
When you change teams, cities or countries it's obvious there's a period of adaption, but some players can adapt quicker than others.
Most superhero characters we see these days are from foreign countries. I would like to play a superhero that shows off Korean power.
Typhoon Haiyan showed the entire world how vulnerable the Philippines as well as other developing countries are to natural disasters.
To be in the EU, it means to have same rules of... for economy, for social life, to be together in the majority of European countries.
Morals are in all countries the result of legislation and government; they are not African or Asian or European: they are good or bad.
In the Imperialist Era, the foreign loan played an outstanding part as a means for young capitalist countries to acquire independence.
We have some fans that come to almost all of our shows, and they will travel to different countries to see us - that's pretty amazing.
This is the first aspiration of countries: we are the landlords in our countries so that they remain free, and we can live in security.
The history of all countries shows that the working class exclusively by its own effort is able to develop only trade-union consciousness.
Sometimes I get the feeling the whole world is against me, but deep down I know that's not true. Some of the smaller countries are neutral.
The man who loves other countries as much as his own stands on a level with the man who loves other women as much as he loves his own wife.
I don't really feel an allegiance to any of the countries I have lived in, even though I feel like part of them, and part of them is in me.
Countries get one chance in history of putting into place a savings retirement scheme on the scale of the Australian superannuation system.
I could start a war in 30 seconds. But some countries spend 100 years trying to find peace. Just like good manners, peace has to be learned.
I want to see reunified Korean peninsula, and I believe that the majority of Koreans in both countries want to see Korea become whole again.
A global tax body would give all countries - not just the rich and powerful - an equal say in how the global rules on taxation are designed.
In Brazil, you know that only first place counts; in other countries, you might celebrate coming second, third, or fourth, but not in Brazil.
Countries around the world are celebrating new oil and natural gas discoveries that hold the promise of greater prosperity for their citizens.
It is difficult to violently suppress people in the long run, as the example of the Soviet Union and the Eastern European countries has shown.
The problem in a lot of low-income countries is that people take out loans to go and get degrees, which are then irrelevant in the job market.
When you kill 500,000 children in order to impose your will on other countries, then you shouldn't be surprised when somebody responds in kind.
The poets who have written the best poems about war seem to be the poets whose countries have experienced an invasion or vicious dictatorships.
Having grown up in different countries - Jamaica, Italy, U.K. - I catch the accents quite easily. In the U.S., they don't know where I am from!
I have lived in countries that were coming out of conflict: Ireland, South Africa, the Czech republic. People there are overflowing with energy.
As a foreign company and offshore entity we will not be obliged to comply with the rules of Russia, China, Saudi Arabia and countries like that.
Creative people have no barriers. Ultimately, it's connecting with human beings. There's just one planet. I don't see it as different countries.
When I talk about democratic socialist, I'm not looking at Venezuela. I'm not looking at Cuba. I'm looking at countries like Denmark and Sweden.
I think that all the countries that qualify for a World Cup finals deserve respect and if they are there it is because they have won that right.
The current total of countries in the world with First Amendments is one. You have guaranteed freedom of speech. Other countries don't have that.
Countries have lost their culture because what they wanted was money. Money became the running theme in every country and culture was sacrificed.
We copied laws and regulations from western countries, but enforcement remains weak, and environmental litigation is still quite near impossible.
When you want to make it clear to the rest of the world that you are not an imperialist, the best countries to have with you are Britain and Spain.
More humane societies are usually smaller, like the Scandinavian countries and Holland, where it is much easier to reach consensus and cooperation.
We sold 'Seinfeld' all over the world but it was a very specific kind of show. In some countries it went down really well, in others they hated it.
It may be that apartheid brings such stupendous economic advantages to countries that they would sooner have apartheid than permit its destruction.
For me, the definition of a patriot is someone who is willing to constantly question the government; that's what separates us from other countries.
A lot of people in Islamic countries are taking it as a personal offense when people are talking about the violence against women in their culture.
Having been on tour in countries that are extremely eco-friendly, we automatically end up doing the things that normal people do in other countries.
Every country, every donation is a different case, and there are many cases where NGOs are getting support from foreign countries for good purposes.
Norway has a great history of women's football, but it's harder now. We've stopped talking about development, and other countries have overtaken us.