"When our interests matched, the Americans have been good to us, and when the interests differed, they wanted us to mold ourselves to them, which we refused."

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"Don't wait for someone to bring you flowers. Plant your own garden and decorate your soul."

Osho, Indian Philosopher

Independence, Self-Reliance

"When you accept employment, you are admitting that you cannot think or develop yourself."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Independence, Employment, Self-development, Growth, Potential

"She wasn't kind of lady that depended on a man and I think that's what made her so irrestible to them, any man she had loved she wanted ~ and the men that loved her back couldn't handle not being needed, so she showed them the door and grew her own wings as they walked out. Love to her isn't a maybe thing, nor is it attachment and any man whom thinks he will ever own her would be best not to try at all."

Nikki Rowe, American Writer

Independence, Love, Power, Freedom

"No girl can permanently bolster up a lame-duck visitor, because these day it's every girl for herself."

F. Scott Fitzgerald, American Author

Independence, Survival, Humor, Truth

"Be decisive and handle objections as they come, don't relay on others much and don't look to others to determine if you're acting right or wrong. Do what feels right for you."

Auliq Ice, Ugandan Economist

Independence, Decision, Truth, Action

"I am sorry my decisions do not meet with your approval, but nevertheless, they are mine, and the consequences are also mine."

Rachel Caine, Canadian Actress

Independence, Responsibility, Choice, Consequence

"I wanted both things: strength in my independence and also this new desire. This felt like the beginning of a new kind of love."

Aspen Matis, American Author

Independence, Love, Desire, Growth

"If your treated like a puppet find a new ball of string."

Benny Bellamacina, British Author

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"I have never allowed a gentleman to dictate to me, or to interfere with anything I do."

Henry James, American Writer

Independence, Autonomy, Strength, Self

"If you should not take your thoughts seriously, then why the thoughts of others?"

Matthew Donnelly, American Author

Independence, Thought, Confidence, Perspective

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"No doubt that the U.S. is a super-power capable of conquering a relatively small country, but is it able to control it?"

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"Despite the ethnic diversity within each nation, the social fabric of the region by and large is one."

Society

"The Israeli lobby has clout in the U.S., which means that re-arranging the region and controlling its resources one way or another, will serve Israel through its control over the American administration."

Control

"The problem is not the occupation, but how people deal with it."

People

"But the issue has to do with land, which is our land."

Land

"Israeli interests are not necessarily in harmony with the American interests."

Politics

"Is there an equality of power between America and Iraq? Definitely not; however, the Iraqi people are standing fast and are defending their land courageously."

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"Don't wait for someone to bring you flowers. Plant your own garden and decorate your soul."

"When you accept employment, you are admitting that you cannot think or develop yourself."

"No girl can permanently bolster up a lame-duck visitor, because these day it's every girl for herself."

"Be decisive and handle objections as they come, don't relay on others much and don't look to others to determine if you're acting right or wrong. Do what feels right for you."

"I am sorry my decisions do not meet with your approval, but nevertheless, they are mine, and the consequences are also mine."

"I wanted both things: strength in my independence and also this new desire. This felt like the beginning of a new kind of love."

"If your treated like a puppet find a new ball of string."

"I have never allowed a gentleman to dictate to me, or to interfere with anything I do."

"If you should not take your thoughts seriously, then why the thoughts of others?"

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"No doubt that the U.S. is a super-power capable of conquering a relatively small country, but is it able to control it?"

"Despite the ethnic diversity within each nation, the social fabric of the region by and large is one."

"The U.S. and Britain are incapable of controlling all of Iraq."

"When Lebanon started its resistance it was a small and divided country."

"We believe that Lebanon has been the first real experience for all the Arabs."

"The Israeli lobby has clout in the U.S., which means that re-arranging the region and controlling its resources one way or another, will serve Israel through its control over the American administration."

"The problem is not the occupation, but how people deal with it."

"But the issue has to do with land, which is our land."

"Israeli interests are not necessarily in harmony with the American interests."

"Is there an equality of power between America and Iraq? Definitely not; however, the Iraqi people are standing fast and are defending their land courageously."