Quotes about East from West

I've benefited from the best of both societies and both cultures, East and West. Votes: 2

I think writers from both East and West have long been fascinated by the ancient tales and the opportunity to reinterpret them. Votes: 2

For me, personally, Detroit is a melting pot for everything. We get the best from the East Coast, West Coast and down South. Votes: 2

They're keeping friction going between people from the East and the West. One thing we all got in common is your color, which is Black and Latino, which is our family. Votes: 2

I found that part of it towards San Salvador extending from north to south five leagues, and the other side which we coasted along, ran from east to west more than ten leagues. Votes: 2

Life's too short when you find yourself sitting in a car for four hours every day trying to get from East L.A. to West L.A. to Hollywood and then back to East L.A. Votes: 2

I acknowledge the four elements. Water in the North; incense to recognize the air in the East; flowers for the earth in the South; a candle for light from the West. It helps me keep perspective. Votes: 2

Actually, King Abdullah, under his supervision and guidance, has established a dialogue in Saudi Arabia whereby all the population, whether Shiite or Sunnis from north, south, west or east, they can get together and exchange their views. Votes: 2

I'm half Egyptian, and I'm Muslim. But I grew up in Canada, far from my Arab roots. Like so many who straddle East and West, I've been drawn, over the years, to try to better understand my origins. Votes: 2

The cause of the break with the tradition of antiquity was the rapid and unexpected advance of Islam. The result of this advance was the final separation of East from West, and the end of the Mediterranean unity. Votes: 2

Of course we've been fighting against stereotypes from Day One at East West. That's the reason we formed: to combat that, and to show we are capable of more than just fulfilling the stereotypes - waiter, laundryman, gardener, martial artist, villain. Votes: 2

The problems that the world faces - from nuclear proliferation to climate change - can't be tackled by the West alone. They need a coalition of not just West and East, but they need a coalition of Christian and Jew and Muslim. Votes: 2

Companies in the East put a lot more emphasis on human relationships, while those from the West focus on the product, the bottom line. Westerners appear to have more of a need for achievement, while in the East there's more need for affiliation. Votes: 2

The public conviction that a railroad linking the West and the East was an absolute necessity became so pronounced after the gold discoveries of '49 that Congress passed an act in 1853 providing for a survey of several lines from the Mississippi to the Pacific. Votes: 2

I sleep 75 percent of all plane trips I take. I love red-eyes from West to East. I take Ambien to make sure I sleep. I always stay on West Coast time, and I'm always so fried when I come back, I usually sleep naturally. Votes: 2

Because I first made my name as a rapper claiming South Central L.A., people often assume I'm strictly a West Coast cat. But my family was actually from back East. I was born in Newark, New Jersey, and grew up in Summit, an upscale town in north Jersey. Votes: 2

Now even the American command is under siege. We are hitting it from the north, east, south and west. We chase them here and they chase us there. But at the end we are the people who are laying siege to them. And it is not them who are besieging us. Votes: 2

When I ask the young people from California why they want to go to New York, and the ones from the East why they're determined to go West, I hear what you'd expect: new challenges, different weather, boyfriends, girlfriends, to make a name... They laugh when I say, 'But your poor mother.' Votes: 2

In 1938, when I had decided that the only way to see the country was in a trailer, and I built the trailer which I still have and lived in it for eighteen months, and learned America from San Diego to the Canadian border, from Miami to New Jersey, and east to west in between. Votes: 2

As young West Point cadets, our motto was 'duty, honor, country.' But it was in the field, from the rice paddies of Southeast Asia to the sands of the Middle East, that I learned that motto's fullest meaning. There I saw gallant young Americans of every race, creed and background fight, and sometimes die, for 'duty, honor, and their country.' Votes: 2

I've benefited from the best of both societies and both cultures, East and West. Votes: 0

Let's absurdify life, from east to west. Let us play hide-and-seek with our consciousness of living. Votes: 0

Send danger from the east unto the west, so honor cross it from the north to south. Votes: 0

History is marked by alternating movements across the imaginary line that separates East from West in Eurasia. Votes: 0

From Sunbelt to Rustbelt, North to South, East to West, once-thriving cities have become little more than drug-infested slums. Votes: 0

It is wrong to think that misfortunes come from the east or from the west; they originate within one's own mind. Votes: 0

In the West, the spirit is separate from the body. In the East these are things that are very real and concrete. Votes: 0

The key issue is the shift of the centre of gravity from the West to the East, the rise of China and India. Votes: 0

When you come from the Midwest, you have a more open mind than if you come from the West Coast or the East Coast. Votes: 0

When the enemy comes with shame and blame, tell him to go measure the distance from east to west and get back to you. Votes: 0

The other world is as to this like the east to the west. We cannot approach the one without turning away from the other. Votes: 0

Africa is not just about where you are born. For me, Africa is the whole continent; from south to north, to east to west. Votes: 0

Mark you for death, won't even talk that East or West crap. From Watts to Lefrak, it ain't where ya from, it's where's your gat. Votes: 0

O Risen Christ! O Easter Flower! How dear Thy Grace has grown! From east to west, with loving power, Make all the world Thine own. Votes: 0

We have to adopt a wider perspective, and always find common things between the people of north, east, south, and west. Conflict comes from the basis of differencs. Votes: 0