It is one thing to be against unilateralism and against nonhumanitarian interventionism - but it is quite another thing to be against humanitarian interventionism.


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Even in hand drawn animation, humans are widely considered to be the most difficult to execute, beca...
BRAD BIRD
But I don't just see the movie when I see the movie, I see all the great people who worked on it and...
BRAD BIRD
And it's not only films, I'm pretty unaware of anything that's going on in popular culture right now...
BRAD BIRD
For the last 25 miles, the adrenalin was pumping; it was out of sight, ... You know we wanted to be ...
BRAD BIRD
I don't know what's more frightening, being watched by millions of people, or the hundreds of people...
BRAD BIRD
You're buying for the benefit of the cottage experience at a fraction of the price.
BRAD BIRD
Animation is about creating the illusion of life. And you can't create it if you don't have one.
BRAD BIRD
If one's memories of Baghdad women were only of those to be seen in the streets, they would be o...
ISABELLA BIRD
No, it's not dissatisfaction that inspires me to tinker with my songs, it's just restlessnes...
ANDREW BIRD
I am, in some sense, a writer. Even though I kinda downplay the word thing, I do enjoy writing somet...
ANDREW BIRD
It is extremely interesting to live in a private house and to see the externalities, at least, of do...
ISABELLA BIRD
Surely one advantage of traveling is that, while it removes much prejudice against foreigners and th...
ISABELLA BIRD
Four hours after leaving Kornah, we passed the reputed tomb of Ezra the prophet. At a distance and i...
ISABELLA BIRD
The Americans will never solve the Indian problem till the Indian is extinct. They have treated them...
ISABELLA BIRD
The thing with TV and filming is the timing is all faked anyway. You do it so many times, from so ma...
SIMON BIRD
The Malays have many queer notions about tigers and usually only speak of them in whispers, because ...
ISABELLA BIRD
A winner is someone who recognizes his God- given talents, works his tail off to develop them into ...
LARRY BIRD
When I was young, I never wanted to leave the court until I got things exactly correct. My dream wa...
LARRY BIRD
You can really credit that to Lauren. Sometimes it just takes one player to set the tone and everybo...
SUE BIRD
This is a women's league. It's important to have coaches like Anne trailblazing away. ... Women are ...
SUE BIRD
We didn't use to be open on Sundays.
TOM BIRD
Grandeur and sublimity, not softness, are the features of Estes Park. The glades which begin so soft...
ISABELLA BIRD
The kimono, haori, and girdle, and even the long hanging sleeves, have only parallel seams, and thes...
ISABELLA BIRD
The best player I ever played with was Dennis Johnson,
LARRY BIRD
Leh has few of what Europeans regard as travelling necessaries. The brick tea which I purchased from...
ISABELLA BIRD
The rush of a herd of bellowing yaks at a wild gallop, waving their huge tails, is a grand sight.
ISABELLA BIRD
I think he'll make an immediate impact because of the skills that he has.
LARRY BIRD
While day by day the overzealous student stores up facts for future use, he who has learned to trust...
LARRY BIRD
I've got a theory that if you give 100 percent all of the time, somehow things will work out in the ...
LARRY BIRD
He's got great length and he's one of the best shooters in the league. He gives us another dimension...
LARRY BIRD
I think what it came down to is that our owner wants to win and, in the end, we did this deal becaus...
LARRY BIRD
Over the last four, five years, you've seen some of the things, and maybe we did bend over too much ...
LARRY BIRD
I never dreamed that it would be like this. We're very disappointed in the fact that we had the guys...
LARRY BIRD
I'm a firm believer you have to be patient in this league. The teams that are patient in trades (hav...
LARRY BIRD
I can't guarantee all our guys are going to be here, but the way we've been talking it seems like it...
LARRY BIRD
I am very happy for DJ, ... As a former teammate and friend, Dennis is a good person and I am sure h...
LARRY BIRD