Ben Rhodes President Obama has made the Asia Pacific region a focus of his foreign policy, and Vietnam – a large, growing economy in the heart of Southeast Asia – is critical to those efforts. – Ben Rhodes Asia Quotes Critical Quotes Economy Quotes Efforts Quotes Focus Quotes Foreign Quotes Growing Quotes Heart Quotes Obama Quotes Pacific Quotes Policy Quotes President Quotes Region Quotes Southeast Quotes Vietnam Quotes While the TPP – like any trade deal – is a subject of vigorous debate, its benefits are clear. The TPP will open markets and bring down barriers for American businesses in the world’s largest emerging market, creating jobs at home. For many Americans, ‘Vietnam’ is a word associated with war and the extraordinarily complex history between our countries. But since normalization began, the U.S. and Vietnam have steadily built bonds of partnership, demonstrating that we can recognize history without being imprisoned by it.
Freida Pinto I’d like to jump out of a plane. I have a fear of heights I’d like to face. – Freida Pinto
Donald Hall In anything you write – in a short story, a poem – there has to be a counter-motion; it can’t go all in one direction. – Donald Hall
Joe Walsh I was obsessive-compulsive, and I probably had a little splash of Asperger’s in there, but in those days, in 1953, you were just a difficult kid. Attention deficit didn’t even exist back then. I really had trouble completing tasks – I couldn’t sit still. – Joe Walsh
Neil Macdonald Maybe the Tea Party dream is coming true, and the next Republican presidential nominee will be a blunt-object, red-meat down-the-line rightie. – Neil Macdonald
Benji Madden That’s just the music industry. They always want you to write something like the one that was popular. – Benji Madden
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