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To cement a new friendship, especially between foreigners or persons of a different social world, a spark with which both were secretly charged must fly from person to person, and cut across the accidents of place and time.

~Cornelia Otis Skinner

Topics: Accidents Across Between Both Cement Charged Cut Different Fly Foreigners Friendship Must New Person Persons Place Secretly Social Spark Time Were Which World

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If you want to put golf back on the front pages again, and you don't have a Bobby Jones or a Francis Ouimet handy, here's what you do: You send an aging Jack Nicklaus out in the last round of the Masters and let him kill more foreigners than a general named Eisenhower.

~Dan Jenkins

Topics: Again Aging Back Bobby Eisenhower Foreigners Francis Front General Golf Handy Here Him Jack Last Masters More Named Out Pages Put Round Send Than Want You

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Only Americans vote for their president, but foreigners care almost as much - and sometimes more - about who will lead the most powerful nation in the world.

~Daniel Lubetzky

Topics: About Almost American Care Foreigners Lead More Most Most Powerful Much Nation Only Powerful President Sometimes Vote Who Will World

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As Asian-Americans, the charge that is often lobbed against us is sort of the least original: the idea that somehow we're perpetual foreigners, that we can't be trusted, and that even my father, who was patriotic to the point that it was kind of a joke among his children, would be accused of being disloyal to America.

~David Henry Hwang

Topics: Accused Against America Among Being Charge Children Disloyal Even Father Foreigners His Idea Joke Kind Least Often Original Patriotic Perpetual Point Somehow Sort Trusted Us Who Would

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Already we're seeing graduates of U.S. higher education going back to their home countries and contributing to societies there, where in the past they would have stayed in the U.S. and built new companies here. We have to have immigration reform that allows talented foreigners to become Americans.

~David Malpass

Topics: American Back Become Built Companies Contributing Countries Education Foreigners Going Graduates Here Higher Higher Education Home Immigration Immigration Reform In The Past New Past Reform Seeing Societies Stayed Talented Where Would

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As a foreigner in London, I like that there are so many other foreigners.

~David Sedaris

Topics: Foreigner Foreigners Like London Many Other

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He caressed my backside. I had heard that he was famous for his 'admiration' of the ladies, but I didn't expect him to be handling my booty. As handsome as Prince Philip is, I wasn't sure if he was making a pass or just exercising some royal rights to squeeze the foreigners.

~Debbie Reynolds

Topics: Admiration Exercising Expect Famous Foreigners Had Handling Handsome He Heard Him His Just Ladies Making Pass Philip Prince Rights Royal Some Squeeze Sure

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I noticed that there are no B batteries. I think that's to avoid confusion, cause if there were you wouldn't know if someone was stuttering. 'Yes, hello I'd like some b-batteries.' 'What kind?' 'B-batteries.' 'What kind?' 'B-batteries!' and D-batteries that's hard for foreigners. 'Yes, I would like de batteries.'

~Demetri Martin

Topics: Avoid Batteries Cause Confusion Foreigners Hard Hello Kind Know Like Noticed Some Someone Stuttering Think Were Would Yes You I Think

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It's true that Paris is made up of equal parts of social conservatism and anarchic experimentation, but foreigners never quite know where to place the moral accent mark.

~Edmund White

Topics: Accent Conservatism Equal Experimentation Foreigners Know Made Mark Moral Never Paris Parts Place Quite Social True Up Where

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There is not another country that is as sensitive as Israel is to the rights of foreigners.

~Eli Yishai

Topics: Another Country Foreigners Israel Rights Sensitive

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