Sentences with phrase «something about the country»

Obama said, «I remember, you know, in college, listening to Bob Dylan and my world opening up,»cause he captured something about this country that was so vital.»

«I should say something about our country,» she began shyly, then let the sentence trail off.

There is something about this country and this nation that makes you want to think about the «matters of the flesh and heart» and it is only logical to be interested in meeting these people.

«There was something about this country and its freedom that captivated me, just captivated me,» she says.

Once upon a time, before globalism became a favorite buzzword, cars really said something about the countries that produced them.

There's something about this country that calls out to all of us, so we yearn to go and see for ourselves.

Obviously, you can't visit Vietnam without learning something about the country's history including the Vietnam War.

I knew it was something about that country that made me think I have to live there or at least travel there.

Not exact matches

Try supporting a man who wants to do something about the Injustice in this country.»

Jack Ma, the founder and CEO of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba (think of it as his country's Amazon), knows something about what it takes to succeed despite long odds.

If the papers are anything to go by, there's something big - ish in there about «skills» which will no doubt be presented as some massive benefit to the country's middle class (and those trying to join it).

We live in a country that allows choices so why instead of ranting about something you do not like go and use something else, I am sick of hearing you complain about Apple because of these stupid reasons, so get a life and go and buy crappy Windows 7, have fun buddy!!

As someone who has been to almost every european country (something I'm quite proud of actually... lol) I'm really excited about getting Abra live in Europe.

It appears that nationalists were on to something when they warned about «no go» zones in Germany, Sweden and other European countries that have taken...

The funny thing about people saying their faith isn't shaken is that these are the same people who will often look at other natural disasters in foreign countries and say God is punishing these people, or that something bad happened because of some aspect of the culture that God disapproves of.

Jean added, quite reasonably, that there was something «vaguely creepy» or strenuously statist about TR's view that American women have a duty to have babies to serve the needs of their country (or race!).

There's something a bit strange about obsessing over whether Mormons are Christians in a deeply Protestant country.

If women, of any culture, are being hurt in this country, you can do something about it: you can call the police.

The ADD - Ritalin issue reveals something about the kind of society we are at the turn of the millennium — for no country besides America is experiencing such a rise in Ritalin use.

Of course, if Israel were the only country in the world where we send either 1) direct aid and / or 2) provide a military presence and which had free universal health care and / or free or low cost secondary education, you might actually be making a point about there being something unique in the US / Israeli relationship, as opposed to, the $ 100s of billions we're sending around the world to hundreds of other countries which provide the same benefits.

are people so simple they crave the misguided beliefs of others to feel better about themselves or are we triing to understand the lunacy of our citizens to believe something as pathic as a 3000 year old IDEA in order to act properly when voting in those who will run this country for the next 4 years a.k.a. voting in one who using rational thinking and logic to make choices!

«Any time the entire country is talking about something, pastors should pause and talk about it,» Stanley said.

They make decisions about the direction our country should take based on something that is by their own admission subjective, personal, and not founded on reason, or even good sense.

North Korea has strict laws about Christian evangelism so the school doesn't teach doctrine, but does teach its students about other countries and other forms of government — something you can't get almost anywhere else in North Korea.

It tells us something not just about what's wrong with one city in America today but what can happen when disaster strikes many places across the country.

He said that whenever someone begins a conversation with him by saying that economics does not work in his country in the same way, he knows that the speaker is about to say something dumb.

In the case of «Lifeboat» he calls out the warning about something that was being taught to many of our grade school children in public schools around the country, namely, values clarification.

I am however, curious about something, why shouldn't a country allow gay marriage?

In doing so, they make us think hard, again, about how this miraculous liberation took place — something no one expected on October 16, 1978, when a little - known Polish cardinal, who styled himself the pope «from a far country,» was presented on the central loggia of St. Peter's as the new Bishop of Rome.

Dindac - If you think about it, all of us are «slaves» of something... We are «slaves» of the country we live in, we are obligated to accomplish the laws of the land... We are «slaves» of our employer... If we don't comply with their policy, then we can be fired... It that a bad «slavery»?

Mainly, because in all the verbiage about freedoms of beliefs there is something so important, so blatantly acute yet everyone do not even mention it, except - oh genial me: Why would anyone in the whole world support any type of creed / belief / religion where a whole lot of humans — as in millions of human women — are not allowed to go to school, to even just read and write - less become a teacher, doctor, lawyer, president of their own companies, their own countries, mutilated by the millions when they reach puberty, WHY is this allowed?

The schools here don't have those holidays and I don't expect them too, this is a different country and that's something that is very important to think about before you move here from another place.

Kick him out of the country but to take his life is just ridiculous and something should be done about it.

If you want to talk about something else, then how about the country's lessened hostility to....

You may fee better if you hook up with an organization that is really doing something about that, but it is a Christian group providing wells and sinks and stoves, and houses to third world countries, so you may not approve.

If Santa Clausism became the dominant «religion» of the country, tried to influence the government, inst / itute laws and public policies and demand that it be taught in public education - start every school day with a reading from «Twas the Night Before Christmas» and have «Ho Ho Ho» on your money - I'm just betting that you would have something to say about it on an internet forum and elsewhere!

In my case, I've had tons of things that have happened to me and He has always been there to help me, but one time I was going through a problem, a big one, and no one knew about it, I don't like to talk about really personal things, but this girl whom I had just met once told me that God told her something and it was related to my problem, I knew for sure no one knew about it, I was in a foreign country alone with my husband, so I knew that it was Him talking to me through her.

Cares enormously about children in resettlement camps, who must drink water to fill their stomachs because there is no food; he cares about shivering women at Nyanga whose flimsy plastic shelters are being destroyed by police; He cares that the influx control system together with Bantunization are destroying black family life not accidentally but by deliberate government policy; He cares that people die mysteriously in detention; He cares that something horrible is happening in this country when a man will often mow down his family before turning the gun on himself; He cares that life seems so dirt cheap (cited in Maimela 1986:43).

Isaac knelt down and began to pray; he strung along, and strung along, about the heathen in distant lands, and about the sister churches, and about the state and the country at large, and about those that's in authority in the government, and all the usual programme, you know, till everybody had got tired and gone to thinking about something else, and then, all of a sudden, when nobody was noticing, he outs with a match and rakes it on the under side of his leg, and pff!

My last point and Im out... Throughout our great nations history... we always found a way to fight through national issues and come up with solutions... Giving the problems we have now to people in the 50's and 60's... and they may actually come up with a solution... if you earnestly care about making a change... start at the lowest levels of government... go do something... find out costs... expenses... how to get more health care to people... do things like that... quit waiting on the government to provide all the answers... its not the way this country was founded... and not the way we get through problems... If you or ur family does nt have insurance... get a job that can provide you that... instead of hoping the government will do so... If you or ur family lacks access to education... move to an area that excels at it... education is invaluable... Do something about your problem... and quit waiting for the next big lotto...

There is something so calm in about being in the country...

We moved across the country last summer to a smallish town, which was a big change, but there is something wonderful about slowing down.

«It's very difficult to introduce a new brand into the country unless you really have something big that you can talk about, a really good price or superior quality,» Hale maintains.

«Disney has also shared with us that their visitors are about half SoCal locals,» he added, «so this is something great for those visitors, but also lets us introduce our brand and our beer to visitors from around the country and world.»

Although not as comprehensive as Chile's labelling laws (which include calories, something Canada might want to consider given the new calorie availability study), Canada is poised to become the second high - income country to graphically warn its citizens about foods they should think twice about before consuming.

I've written in these pages before about Something Wild, majority owned by the famous footballing Motlop family from Larrakia country in the Northern Territory.

Ride in a Horse Drawn Carriage There is something magically romantic about a horse and carriage ride through wine country.

It's something we talk about here at BA a lot, and it's something she did in her latest release called Feed the Resistance, a compilation of recipes and ideas from folks around the country whose stories and traditions so often go unheard.

«It's very disrespect to our flag and to our country, so I certainly think the owners should do something about it,» Trump said when asked if protesting players should be fired.

It's about the way Twitter erupts when something amazing happens anywhere in the country.