"Countries are either mothers or fathers, and engender the emotional bristle secretly reserved for either sire."

Nation, Countries, Fathers, Mothers

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"The shock caused by the September 11 events has also lead to a thorough reflection on the existing disparity between rich and poor countries, on the misery of populations of the South."

Omar Bongo, Gabonese Statesman

Nation, Countries, Events, Misery, Poor

"There are thousands of Ten Commandments plaques or monuments all over the country, and lawsuits to remove them have popped up in more than a dozen states."

Phyllis Schlafly, American Activist

Nation, Country, Monuments, States

"The citizen who criticizes his country is paying it an implied tribute."

J. William Fulbright, American Politician

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"The brave man inattentive to his duty, is worth little more to his country than the coward who deserts in the hour of danger."

Andrew Jackson, American President

Nation, Country, Danger, Duty, Man

"A great emigration necessarily implies unhappiness of some kind or other in the country that is deserted."

Thomas Malthus, English Economist

Nation, Country, Deserted, Unhappiness

"Research in this country is going down."

Amar Bose, American Inventor

Nation, Country, Research

"Now, most of the new immigrants coming to this country are from Asia as opposed to Europe."

Iris Chang, Chinese Historian

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"Ireland is a great country to die or be married in."

Elizabeth Bowen, Irish Novelist

Nation, Country, Ireland

"We send missionaries to China so the Chinese can get to heaven, but we won't let them into our country."

Pearl S. Buck, American Novelist

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"We're a nation of liars. But I mean that in the kindest sense."

Neil Cavuto, American Journalist

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"My hand does the work and I don't have to think; in fact, were I to think, it would stop the flow. It's like a dam in the brain that bursts."

Work

"Writers really live in the mind and in hotels of the soul."

Soul

"In every question and every remark tossed back and forth between lovers who have not played out the last fugue, there is one question and it is this: 'Is there someone new?'"

Relationship

"I have some women friends but I prefer men. Don't trust women. There is a built-in competition between women."

Friendship

"I am obsessive, also I am industrious. Besides, the time when you are most alive and most aware is in childhood and one is trying to recapture that heightened awareness."

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"The shock caused by the September 11 events has also lead to a thorough reflection on the existing disparity between rich and poor countries, on the misery of populations of the South."

"There are thousands of Ten Commandments plaques or monuments all over the country, and lawsuits to remove them have popped up in more than a dozen states."

"The citizen who criticizes his country is paying it an implied tribute."

"The brave man inattentive to his duty, is worth little more to his country than the coward who deserts in the hour of danger."

"A great emigration necessarily implies unhappiness of some kind or other in the country that is deserted."

"Research in this country is going down."

"Now, most of the new immigrants coming to this country are from Asia as opposed to Europe."

"Ireland is a great country to die or be married in."

"We send missionaries to China so the Chinese can get to heaven, but we won't let them into our country."

"We're a nation of liars. But I mean that in the kindest sense."

Explore more quotes by Edna O'Brien

"My hand does the work and I don't have to think; in fact, were I to think, it would stop the flow. It's like a dam in the brain that bursts."

"Writers really live in the mind and in hotels of the soul."

"In every question and every remark tossed back and forth between lovers who have not played out the last fugue, there is one question and it is this: 'Is there someone new?'"

"I have some women friends but I prefer men. Don't trust women. There is a built-in competition between women."

"I'm an Irish Catholic and I have a long iceberg of guilt."

"The vote means nothing to women. We should be armed."

"Writing is like carrying a fetus."

"I am obsessive, also I am industrious. Besides, the time when you are most alive and most aware is in childhood and one is trying to recapture that heightened awareness."

"Countries are either mothers or fathers, and engender the emotional bristle secretly reserved for either sire."