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It is a country or a city to which you have never been; it is an unknown language. At the same time it is like being cuckolded, or plotted against. It is part of the universe of events which will never wholly reveal itself to you: a conspiracy the barest outline of which, once visible, will gall you forever.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a1600/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/0/1600.v5.jpg" alt="M. John Harrison"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">M. 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But in the interiors of our country, where education is not given importance, they continue to be oppressed. But it is important for every woman to acknowledge what she wants from herself rather than going for what people expect from her.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a2265/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/19/2265.v4.jpg" alt="Kangana Ranaut"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Kangana Ranaut</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="22266"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="22266" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a2265/22266/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=In%20metros%2C%20girls%20are%20very%20independent%2C%20conscious%20and%20aware.%20But%20in%20the%20interiors%20of%20our%20country%2C%20where%20education%20is%20not%20given%20importance%2C%20they%20continue%20to%20be%20oppressed.%20But%20it%20is%20important%20for%20every%20woman%20to%20acknowledge%20what%20she%20wants%20from%20herself%20rather%20than%20going%20for%20what%20people%20expect%20from%20her.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa2265%2F22266%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/92/">People</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/150/">Important</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/721/">She</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a10268/298c9/">Any man and woman, and I've been on the record, any man or woman who wears the uniform and serves this country is a hero. I've said that repeatedly at all the town halls I've had.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/MusicGroup"> <a href="/a10268/" itemprop="member" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/1c/10268.v7.jpg" alt="Joe Walsh"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Joe Walsh</span> </a> <a href="/b467/"><span itemprop="legalName">The Eagles</span></a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="298c9"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="298c9" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a10268/298c9/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=Any%20man%20and%20woman%2C%20and%20I%27ve%20been%20on%20the%20record%2C%20any%20man%20or%20woman%20who%20wears%20the%20uniform%20and%20serves%20this%20country%20is%20a%20hero.%20I%27ve%20said%20that%20repeatedly%20at%20all%20the%20town%20halls%20I%27ve%20had.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa10268%2F298c9%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/470/">Country</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/912/">Hero</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a15197/3fd34/">There is a painful joke that Europeans often tell of their Gallic neighbors: God created France, the most beautiful country in the world with so much good in it, and ended up feeling guilty about it. He had to do something to make it fair. And so, he created the French people.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a15197/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/1d/15197.v5.jpg" alt="Janine di Giovanni"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Janine di Giovanni</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="3fd34"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="3fd34" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a15197/3fd34/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=There%20is%20a%20painful%20joke%20that%20Europeans%20often%20tell%20of%20their%20Gallic%20neighbors:%20God%20created%20France%2C%20the%20most%20beautiful%20country%20in%20the%20world%20with%20so%20much%20good%20in%20it%2C%20and%20ended%20up%20feeling%20guilty%20about%20it.%20He%20had%20to%20do%20something%20to%20make%20it%20fair.%20And%20so%2C%20he%20created%20the%20French%20people.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa15197%2F3fd34%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/92/">People</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/855/">Up</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/115/">World</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a1780/16ee9/">The Irish famine of 1846 killed more than 1,000,000 people, but it killed poor devils only. To the wealth of the country it did not the slightest damage.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a1780/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/14/1780.v4.jpg" alt="Karl Marx"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Karl Marx</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="16ee9"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="16ee9" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a1780/16ee9/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=The%20Irish%20famine%20of%201846%20killed%20more%20than%201%2C000%2C000%20people%2C%20but%20it%20killed%20poor%20devils%20only.%20To%20the%20wealth%20of%20the%20country%20it%20did%20not%20the%20slightest%20damage.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa1780%2F16ee9%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/92/">People</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/470/">Country</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/1461/">Irish</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a2804/02b33/">If a country is to be corruption free and become a nation of beautiful minds, I strongly feel there are three key societal members who can make a difference. They are the father, the mother and the teacher.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a2804/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/14/2804.v7.jpg" alt="A. P. J. Abdul Kalam"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">A. P. J. 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To come from Cincinnati, Ohio, for God's sake, then to go to Hollywood, and to get this kind of tribute from my country. ... I love this country so much.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a8072/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/8/8072.v4.jpg" alt="Doris Day"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Doris Day</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="31c06a"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="31c06a" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a8072/31c06a/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=I%20am%20deeply%20grateful%20to%20the%20President%20and%20to%20my%20country.%20...%20To%20come%20from%20Cincinnati%2C%20Ohio%2C%20for%20God%27s%20sake%2C%20then%20to%20go%20to%20Hollywood%2C%20and%20to%20get%20this%20kind%20of%20tribute%20from%20my%20country.%20...%20I%20love%20this%20country%20so%20much.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa8072%2F31c06a%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/58/">God</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/1139/">President</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/1333/">Grateful</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a9172/2913e/">Having spent time on the Broadway stage definitely helps one's confidence in terms of feeling just validated in that world. Most people only know my voice as a country artist.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/MusicGroup"> <a href="/a9172/" itemprop="member" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/14/9172.v7.jpg" alt="Jennifer Nettles"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Jennifer Nettles</span> </a> <a href="/b896/"><span itemprop="legalName">Sugarland</span></a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="2913e"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="2913e" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a9172/2913e/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=Having%20spent%20time%20on%20the%20Broadway%20stage%20definitely%20helps%20one%27s%20confidence%20in%20terms%20of%20feeling%20just%20validated%20in%20that%20world.%20Most%20people%20only%20know%20my%20voice%20as%20a%20country%20artist.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa9172%2F2913e%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/92/">People</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/11/">Time</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/115/">World</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a158/120093/">Every artist's strictly illimitable country is himself. An artist who plays that country false has committed suicide; and even a good lawyer cannot kill the dead. But a human being who's true to himself - whoever himself may be - is immortal; and all the atomic bombs of all the antiartists in spacetime will never civilize immortality.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a158/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/1e/158.v4.jpg" alt="e. e. cummings"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">e. e. cummings</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="120093"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="120093" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a158/120093/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=Every%20artist%27s%20strictly%20illimitable%20country%20is%20himself.%20An%20artist%20who%20plays%20that%20country%20false%20has%20committed%20suicide%3B%20and%20even%20a%20good%20lawyer%20cannot%20kill%20the%20dead.%20But%20a%20human%20being%20who%27s%20true%20to%20himself%20-%20whoever%20himself%20may%20be%20-%20is%20immortal%3B%20and%20all%20the%20atomic%20bombs%20of%20all%20the%20antiartists%20in%20spacetime%20will%20never%20civilize%20immortality.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa158%2F120093%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/57/">Good</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/1081/">May</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/484/">True</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a1242/04671/">The liberties of our country, the freedom of our civil constitution, are worth defending against all hazards: And it is our duty to defend them against all attacks.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a1242/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/1a/1242.v4.jpg" alt="Samuel Adams"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Samuel Adams</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="04671"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="04671" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a1242/04671/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=The%20liberties%20of%20our%20country%2C%20the%20freedom%20of%20our%20civil%20constitution%2C%20are%20worth%20defending%20against%20all%20hazards:%20And%20it%20is%20our%20duty%20to%20defend%20them%20against%20all%20attacks.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa1242%2F04671%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/779/">Freedom</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/806/">Constitution</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/1367/">Duty</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a6321/19a19/">Yeah, I miss it. You don't just break off a friendship you've had with a sport, and with all those you've met all over the country. We've got some friends, some very close friends, and you just sit back and think how fortunate you were having a career like that. And, actually, there's nothing in the game of baseball that hasn't happened to me.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a6321/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/11/6321.v2.jpg" alt="Lou Boudreau"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Lou Boudreau</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="19a19"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="19a19" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a6321/19a19/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=Yeah%2C%20I%20miss%20it.%20You%20don%27t%20just%20break%20off%20a%20friendship%20you%27ve%20had%20with%20a%20sport%2C%20and%20with%20all%20those%20you%27ve%20met%20all%20over%20the%20country.%20We%27ve%20got%20some%20friends%2C%20some%20very%20close%20friends%2C%20and%20you%20just%20sit%20back%20and%20think%20how%20fortunate%20you%20were%20having%20a%20career%20like%20that.%20And%2C%20actually%2C%20there%27s%20nothing%20in%20the%20game%20of%20baseball%20that%20hasn%27t%20happened%20to%20me.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa6321%2F19a19%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/192/">Friends</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/301/">Game</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/332/">Career</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a1539/019e0/">Whenever you hear a man speak of his love for his country, it is a sign that he expects to be paid for it.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a1539/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/3/1539.v9.jpg" alt="H. 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