We have a relationship with Syria, an old relationship. We also have good relations with the people of Syria, with all segments of the population. This is the situation as well in Iraq and other countries.
It seems to me we have been in a rhetorical arms race in this country, with each side unwilling to lay down its weapons for fear - usually justified - the other side would beat them to a pulp.
My life contains so many other things; I have my children, my grandchildren, my two dogs and a big place in the country. I have my own life.
One might enumerate the items of high civilization, as it exists in other countries, which are absent from the texture of American life, until it should become a wonder to know what was left.
During his public life, Barack Obama has often referred to his biracial background and itinerant childhood and has said, 'In no other country on Earth is my story even possible.' True.
I love music, I love all kinds of music, particularly jazz. Jazz is an extension of America. There's no other country in the world that could have produced jazz.
American journalism (like the journalism of any other country) is predominantly paltry and worthless. Its pretensions are enormous, but its achievements are insignificant.
Per capita, I would say that Australia has more biomimetic projects going than many other countries I've been to.
I love America more than any other country in the world and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually.
Compared to the United States and certainly a lot of other countries around the world... per year, Australians do see more films.
Your mind couldn't rest like the other little boys. You looked around and you saw the blanket of fear covered the whole country.
It can be rebuilt if other countries with selfish interests will not meddle, as has been done in the past.
Unfortunately, my district like many others across the country has a problem with gangs, which is why I introduced this amendment.
Writers, especially those of us with roots in other countries, are rarely left to ourselves. We are asked to declare our allegiances, or they are determined for us.
We have this kind of revolving door, we don't have a permanent class of millionaires in America like a lot of other countries.
No other country on earth could have provided such tremendous opportunities and we should never take the privilege of our citizenship for granted.
The U.S. should support the Nigerian government to stay in Sierra Leone under the ECOMOG umbrella. The U.S. should also support other countries, including Ghana, in ECOMOG until stability is established.
I believe that with the help of foreign countries - and under that condition only, because they have no other source of financing - the new government may temporarily extricate Georgia from the current situation.
The time frame is very small to disarm the militia, to bring about a security situation in which the governing council, the 24 Iraqis or however many others they appoint, can govern the country.
If we wait for the U.S. to do something, we will be waiting for a very long time. It's Europe, it's Australia, it's the other developed and middle developing countries that have got to do the job.
I travel, I read, I write, I have other lives. But when I have a camera, I know that's my country, my island.
