Pankaj Mishra Obama was expected to restore an ethical sheen to post-9/11 foreign policy, but he has intensified drone warfare in Yemen and Pakistan, pursued whistle-blowers, and failed to close down Guantanamo. – Pankaj Mishra Close Quotes Drone Quotes Ethical Quotes Expected Quotes Failed Quotes Foreign Quotes Guantanamo Quotes Intensified Quotes Obama Quotes Pakistan Quotes Policy Quotes Pursued Quotes Restore Quotes Sheen Quotes Warfare Quotes Whistleblowers Quotes Yemen Quotes Economic disasters or foolish wars are hardly guaranteed to bring about large-scale individual self-examination or renew the appeal of truly participatory democracy. In 1853, American warships bullied Japan out of centuries of virtual isolation and into the modern world. The threat of force compelled Japan, like India and China before it, to accept trade agreements that were economically ruinous and eroded national sovereignty.
Sylvester McCoy There’s always pressure on filming. There’s the weather, people, various different technical problems. There’s always pressure! And there’s never really enough time for anything, really! – Sylvester McCoy
Amanda Shires It helped my lyric writing so much studying poetry. I thought I knew what poetry was before I immersed myself in it. Poetry is meditative. It’s reflective. – Amanda Shires
Amanda Lepore I sometimes think about doing getting more stuff done to my body, but not really. – Amanda Lepore
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