I can remember as a young lieutenant being sent into the DMZ in the divided Vietnam, from North Vietnam.
They were from different generations, culture, nations. But even these things did not divide them so much as their separate conceptions of what it meant to be a woman.
We see a new generation of Russian authors who are not divided from their Western contemporaries either culturally or philosophically.
In 1907, Britain and Russia signed a treaty dividing Iran between them; no Iranian was at the negotiations or even knew they were taking place.
We divided ourselves among caste, creed, culture and countries but what is undivided remains most valuable: a mere smile and the love.
The purpose of terrorism lies not just in the violent act itself. It is in producing terror. It sets out to inflame, to divide, to produce consequences which they then use to justify further terror.
Fear of the unknown and the other is the root of almost all hate. It is born of ignorance and fed by those who would keep us divided.
What I've tried to do is combine both my personal experiences with scientific research. I like to cross the divide between the personal world and the scientific world.
In speaking of Jesus, I must speak about Christianity because I do not think it possible or profitable to divide the two.
Visit USA.gov and you'll find thousands of directorates, agencies, boards, offices, and services replete with overlapping responsibilities, ancient priorities, and divided accountability.
No feature of the Obama presidency has been sadder than its constant efforts to divide us, to curry favor with some Americans by castigating others.
We're a divided country on sexual issues. That's why every news cycle brings more controversy.
For actors, we always feel like there shouldn't be any divide for anybody. The industry is the one that kind of creates the idea that if you're such-and-such an actor, you can't be on the big screen.
After the 1954 Geneva international conference, Vietnam was divided into two parts. On paper, North and South Vietnam were twin countries born at the same moment.
God gave us all exactly the same fingers, arms, legs, and feet, but in our different countries we divided them all a little differently as we feel it, do you understand?
From the simple stringing together of lemon garlands for the goddess Durga, to dividing the prasadam or blessed foods for the children first, I came to associate food not only with feminity, but also with purity and divinity.
The failure of academic feminists to recognize difference as a crucial strength is a failure to reach beyond the first patriarchal lesson. In our world, divide and conquer must become define and empower.
The question of the family now divides our society so deeply that the opposing sides cannot even agree on a definition of the institution they are arguing about.
Many people see technology as the problem behind the so-called digital divide. Others see it as the solution. Technology is neither. It must operate in conjunction with business, economic, political and social system.
When business became big business - conglomerates employing hundreds and even thousands of people - companies divided themselves into still smaller units.
There are always a few who stand up in times of communal madness and have the courage to say that what unites us is greater than what divides us.
