It is a referendum on nationalism versus internationalism, on modernity versus tradition.
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BILL BECKER The number one problem in our world is alienation, rich versus poor, black versus white, labor versu...
BILLY GRAHAM It is different when you face a foreign enemy on the one hand versus a domestic failure on the other...
MARK MELLMAN I am a bull on sterling versus the U.S. dollar.
WARREN BUFFETT We had such a thick amount of ice on the trees this time. Last time, it seemed like there was more i...
BRANDON BROWN A crime versus people is a crime versus God. It undercuts what it means to be a part of a caring wor...
DAVID LESLIE On the contrary. Internationalism also recognizes, by its very name, that nations do exist. It simpl...
CHRISTIAN LOUS LANGE As time moves on the line will blur. It will no longer seem to be the simplicity of good versus evil...
CRISS JAMI The modernity of yesterday is the tradition of today, and the modernity of today will be tradition t...
JOSE ANDRES It's like listening to a CD versus a tape, or watching a DVD versus a VHS. The future is digital.
ALEX HORWITZ Politics isn't about left versus right; it's about top versus bottom.
JIM HIGHTOWER Most people assume the fights are going to be the left versus the right, but it always is the reason...
JIMMY WALES The city just imposes a contract on you. But it gets worse. It really has created a 'them' versus 'u...
PAT HANRAHAN A poet clings to his own tradition and avoids internationalism.
SALVATORE QUASIMODO Arguments over grammar and style are often as fierce as those over IBM versus Mac, and as fruitless ...
JACK LYNCH It is Islam versus the rest of the world,
DAVID PERRY I have just dealt with one myth, that this is about Christians versus Muslims -- it isn't -- nor is ...
TONY BLAIR It is no longer the issue of whether one should focus on China, or India versus China, but of India ...
AZIM PREMJI Although I cannot see your face
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SHEL SILVERSTEIN Turkey versus Eagle, McCauley is my Beagle.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN We're still trying to come to an agreement on what was wind damage versus flood damage.
JOE RILEY It's not like the spotted owl, where it's loggers versus owls, ... We're all on the same side on thi...
DAVID BAIN It's not like the spotted owl, where it's loggers versus owls. We're all on the same side on this on...
DAVID BAIN Modernity is kind of a tradition and tradition itself is not a rulebook. It's a dialogue and a diale...
SHARANYA HARIDAS It's like Jake LaMotta versus Sugar Ray Robinson or Ali versus Frazier. To be the best, you've got t...
TYRONE JOHNSON Both sides have shown an accommodative stance to get to talks. This could be a strategic move, but t...
JEHAN PERERA This (peace bid) will be a turning point and will give us a signal whether the problem is going to g...
JEHAN PERERA If there are no talks, with continued violence, we will see the government lose control of the north...
JEHAN PERERA She will keep the military option open because, given the track record of the LTTE, ... she cannot a...
JEHAN PERERA Cooperation between the government and the Tamil Tiger rebels is at a standstill or even dead at the...
JEHAN PERERA Cooperation between the government and the Tamil Tiger rebels is at a standstill or even dead at the...
JEHAN PERERA She will keep the military option open because, given the track record of the LTTE, ... she cannot a...
JEHAN PERERA Norway wants both sides to be committed to the cease-fire. Apart from that, I think Norway wants the...
JEHAN PERERA It's very worrisome. This is another step on the path to a return to war. The risk of a return to wa...
JEHAN PERERA The negative side of this (election) is that nothing is going to happen until the elections are over...
JEHAN PERERA Once we accept violence as an adaptation, it makes sense that its expression is calibrated to the en...
PAUL BLOOM It once again positions Republicans as the stronger party on national security and defense. It's per...
KEN KHACHIGIAN And while we are on the subject of medication you always need to look at risk versus benefit.
TEMPLE GRANDIN It's difficult to parse out the effect of the law versus technology's impact on the amount of spam.
LYDIA PANES I never starved. And you know, whatever talent I have, I've relied on that, versus image or star.
JEFF DANIELS When you look at dividend returns on equities versus bond yields, to me it's a pretty easy decis...
LAURENCE D. FINK My opinion of him now versus what it was a month ago is night and day.
DAVID HUDSON We're replacing 12 guys on the team. We made a few mistakes [versus Fairfax] and didn't get a whole ...
DOUG GROVE Now it's no longer the case, and it's not just the old guard versus the new but those in West Bank a...
ALI JARBAWI What we are looking at right now is the cost difference between renovating and building on to this p...
GARY BARBEE Personal-computer unit demand should grow at least 18 to 19 percent in 1997 versus 1996, and Intel i...
ERIKA KLAUER The yields on offer are very attractive versus the local bond yield, especially compared with the U....
ROBERT MCKILLOP It's Microsoft versus mankind, with Microsoft having only a slight lead.
LARRY ELLISON Science is the most durable and nondivisive way of thinking about the human circumstance. It transce...
SAM HARRIS In school, you learn that there are only seven kinds of stories. There's man versus nature, man ...
ROBERTO ORCI Don Draper-style advertising is really only available to the biggest brands out there. It's only...
NIR EYAL Government frequently has a problem recognizing perception versus reality.
BILL OWENS It's real people versus a totally made up land.
LISA CARR The debate over inflation versus growth will linger on because it is true that there is a short-term...
IRAJ ABEDIAN I think where Trump just has it dead wrong is this is a world of us versus them.
DARA KHOSROWSHAHI I prefer when a person is upfront and tells me the truth than having someone skulk about telling lie...
GARY F EVANS... The only way we'll be saved is if we save ourselves. Good people can't triumph over bad people just ...
DEAN KOONTZ You don't really need modernity in order to exist totally and fully. You need a mixture of moder...
THEODORE BIKEL The very paradigm of revolution, of right versus wrong, good versus bad, is a relic with no bearing ...
JERRY SALTZ It would be like The Rock versus Seth Green. Now, tell me who he is
TAMMY BLACKWELL They say I may see a little bit of time on defense. So see a little bit of time on defense versus no...
DUANE COLEMAN The classic epic fantasy is good versus evil, underdog against power.
LAURA ANNE GILMAN Conservatives have a different view of a lot of issues versus our friends on the other side. The ele...
LINDSEY GRAHAM Conservatives have a different view of a lot of issues versus our friends on the other side, ... The...
LINDSEY GRAHAM Electronics today is a series of struggles. It's satellite versus the iPod, satellite versus high-de...
RUSS MEYER It could be the weather or the combination of rain versus sun.
CYNTHIA BROWN They are a blunt force instrument, versus a fine surgical instrument.
ALAN GLICKSTEIN It is a lie.
ARTHUR MILLER Everyone wants to single out MSN versus somebody,
ADAM SOHN Everyone wants to single out MSN versus somebody.
ADAM SOHN The air of the English is down-to-earth. They care about details; there's a tradition, but there...
TADASHI YANAI Pressure is showing on the BMC they want to ban a lot of things and bring down a lot of things. The ...
APURVA GAGLANI Nature is based on harmony. So it says if we want to survive and become more like nature, then we ac...
BRUCE LIPTON On this budget, we have the starkest choice we've had in a long time -- tax cuts for the wealthiest ...
JIM WALLIS How we approach mining today versus 50 years ago is altogether different.
BILL SCALES It's Microsoft versus mankind, with Microsoft having only a slight lead.
LARRY ELLISON That's a one-in-the-hand versus two-in-the-bush.
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ANNETTE PANG I'm always toast when I'm lined up versus 5.
FROSTEE RUCKER It's been a little less as the years go on but it's still a pride thing. Private school versus the p...
LANCE DAVIDS The nice thing about Dow is they weren't whining about the hurricanes. It's operational issue. They ...
MICHAEL JUDD When a crime is committed, only the victim and the victim's close circle experience the event as...
S. J. ROZAN The long term versus the short term argument is one used by losers.
LARRY ADLER The long term versus the short term argument is one used by losers.
LORD ACTON The long term versus the short term argument is one used by losers.
JOHN EMERICH EDWARD DALBERG ACTON I think the change we've seen is a sea change and it will be a several-year change versus several we...
ALAN SNYDER There are pros and cons for rebuilding versus buying a new instrument.
DAVID KIRKLAND Artificial Intelligence is not a Man versus Machine saga; it’s in fact, Man with Machine synergy.
SUDIPTO GHOSH What you've got here, essentially, is a very high-powered marketing operation--meaning Microsoft--ve...
GREG HILL This year, we are certainly creating some pressure on the bottom line by this move in the US to broa...
JONATHAN MILLER You always have two choices: your commitment versus your fear.
SAMMY DAVIS, JR. Counter-insurgency warfare is not a simple thing... it's not as simple as, like, good guys versu...
CHELSEA MANNING The challenge, which it's aggressively taken on with the Target2010 project, is to shape its explosi...
ANGELOS ANGELOU The main thing in weight loss is calories in versus calories out. People go on fad diets and think '...
JUDITH STERN Extreme right-wingers are known for giving God a bad name; extreme left-wingers are known for giving...
CRISS JAMI We've raised a lot of money, and learned how different it is raising money for a profit venture vers...
ANDREW SHUE It is a proxy battle for a more flexible employment model versus what the French like to call a soci...
KATINKA BARYSCH This is not about race or affiliation, and it isn't about black versus blue. All lives matter.
MARCIA FUDGE This election was called by Schwarzenegger, and it is a referendum on Schwarzenegger.
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