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Country Quotes



"There's no way to be able to tell what it's like to be a country singer until you're walking in the shoes."


"There are nearly 200 countries and a population of over 6 billion in today's world. International affairs should be addressed by all countries through consultations rather than monopolised by a few powers."


"New Zealand is a country of thirty thousand million sheep, three million of whom think they are human."


"The same things go on everywhere, whether you're from the city, the country or wherever."


"I opened my own restaurant when I was 17. I went broke, then traveled around the country, learning about different kinds of foods, had three other restaurants that went broke. It didn't all start just a few years ago!"


"So, we're saying, if we can give developers and builders incentives to cut down on the regulatory barriers that are faced in this country, then we might be able to address the needs of affordable housing."


"The big companies and their short-term bottom line rule this country."


"A lot of bands were doing remotes from ballrooms around the country."


"I think I'm going to be making country records for as long as I can see into the future. It's much more down-home and real."


"There is nothing about which I am more anxious than my country, and for its sake I am willing to die ten deaths, if that be possible."


"You can't stop what comes into a country, you can be influenced, but you can't stop it, you shouldn't, because it makes all the others interesting, we all get muddled up together, and produce something that belongs to everyone."


"An intelligent and conscientious opposition is a part of loyalty to country."


"The Covenant of the League of Nations had envisaged sponsoring only the protection of certain categories of men: national minorities and populations of territories controlled by other countries."


"This country cannot afford the deceptive luxury of waging defensive warfare."


"So I went into jazz and performed in jazz clubs all over the country."


"We are not at the same place we were in 1973. This country today is drifting, moving steadily towards the pro-life position because the data is with us."


"Thus, only in a hopeful and confident temper, in a proud and constructive spirit, will we rescue the present and safeguard the future of our beloved country."


"Worse there cannot be; a better, I believe, there may be, by giving energy to the capital and skill of the country to produce exports, by increasing which, alone, can we flatter ourselves with the prospect of finding employment for that part of our population now unemployed."



"Whether it s the country or city, I never liked the bad guy."


"'Do you pray for the senators, Dr. Hale?' No, I look at the senators and I pray for the country."


"I didn't know when I was growing up that this was a very special program, that this wasn't going on in other parts of the country. Now I realize that I was lucky."


"When we got married, nobody gave it more than two weeks. There were bets all over the country, with astronomical odds against us."


"The undiscovered country from whose bourn no traveler returns."


"A multi-polar world can not exist without recognising the status and participation of developing countries."


"I didn't say I wasn't gonna do rockabilly. I just said I ain't gonna sing no song that ain't a country song. I won't be known as anything but a country singer."


"This country and the Commonwealth last Tuesday were not far from the Kingdom of Heaven."


"And for far too long, the Democrats have had a monopoly on black votes in this country."


"I have started that which the country will not willingly let die."


"I never get the girl. I wind up with a country instead."



"I believe Ronald Reagan can make this country what it once was... a large Arctic region covered with ice."



"No, snakes are no problem. I'd go to any country, anywhere, any snakes, not a problem."



"We can take this country back. All we need is to nominate the right candidate. It's no more complicated than that."


"The current prohibition laws are forcing drug disputes to be played out with guns in our streets. We need to put a stop to this criminal drug element in our country."


"Today, Arizona's sons and daughters, mothers and fathers are proudly serving their country."
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