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Others think their American ways will work in other countries. That's not always accurate and can be disrespectful to the local culture.

~Adam Neumann

Topics: Accurate Always American Countries Culture Disrespectful Local Other Other Countries Others Think Ways Will Work

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In 2008, when the global financial crisis struck, it was a bad year for a lot of developing countries, and it manifested itself in consumer confidence.

~Adi Godrej

Topics: Bad Confidence Consumer Countries Crisis Developing Developing Countries Financial Financial Crisis Global Itself Lot Manifested Struck Year

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My father was a diplomat and served as Pakistan's ambassador to 14 countries. I was born in London and grew up there and studied and lived in a hostel throughout in London and became a barrister.

~Adnan Sami

Topics: Ambassador Became Born Countries Diplomat Father Grew Hostel Lived London Pakistan Served Studied Throughout Up I Was Born

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Countries only have certain opportunities in history, and if you do not take advantage of them, those opportunities don't ever come back to you again.

~Adolfo Aguilar Zinser

Topics: Advantage Again Back Certain Come Countries Ever History Only Opportunities Take Take Advantage Them Those You

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Consider in 1945, when the United Nations was first formed, there were something like fifty-one original member countries. Now the United Nations is made up of 193 nations, but it follows the same structure in which five nations control it. It's an anti-democratic structure.

~Adolfo Perez Esquivel

Topics: Consider Control Countries First Five Follows Formed Like Made Member Nations Now Original Same Something Structure United United Nations Up Were Which

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In many countries, schools are preparing students to participate in a democratic environment; yet schools themselves tend to be extremely autocratic, with all high-level decisions being made by adults.

~Adora Svitak

Topics: Adult Autocratic Being Countries Decisions Democratic Environment Extremely High-Level Made Many Participate Preparing Schools Students Tend Themselves

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Colonialism is an idea born in the West that drives Western countries - like France, Italy, Belgium, Great Britain - to occupy countries outside of Europe.

~Ahmed Ben Bella

Topics: Belgium Born Britain Colonialism Countries Drives Europe France Great Great Britain Idea Italy Like Occupy Outside West Western

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With my government, we engaged in bringing our help to fights for national freedom. At that precise moment, several countries were still colonised or had barely overcome colonisation. This was the case in practically all of Africa. We supported them.

~Ahmed Ben Bella

Topics: Africa Barely Bringing Case Countries Engaged Fights Freedom Government Had Help Moment National Our Overcome Practically Precise Several Still Supported Them Were

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It's with them that we have constituted a liberation front and brought our logistic support to armies to help their countries come out of colonialism and establish a national internal regime.

~Ahmed Ben Bella

Topics: Armies Brought Colonialism Come Countries Establish Front Help Internal Liberation National Our Out Regime Support Them

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These are the multinationals, like General Motors and Nestle; these are the big industrial groups that weigh, on the monetary scale, much more than big countries like Egypt.

~Ahmed Ben Bella

Topics: Big Countries Egypt General General Motors Groups Industrial Like Monetary More Motors Much Multinational Scale Than Weigh

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