- Gin
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- Nov 07, 2020
Far East Quotes
Reflections on a region reshaping the modern world.
The Far East shows up in these quotes as both a destination and a driver of change, from solo travelers finding it a lonely leg of a book tour to observers tracking new economies emerging there. It's a natural companion to our Book quotes for readers who love travel-shaped ideas.
- Last Updated on Aug 01, 2026
- Exchanging
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- Nov 07, 2020
Imagine - four years you could have spent travelling around Europe meeting people, or going to the Far East of Africa or India, meeting people, exchanging ideas, reading all you wanted to anyway, and instead I wasted it at Roosevelt.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
I know the value and significance of trading opportunities and have seen myself from Americas to the Far East the power of trade and open markets.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm quite happy trekking around Greenland on my own, but those big book tours in America or the Far East are the only time I ever really feel lonely.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is true that short forms of poetry have been cultivated in the Far East more than in modern Europe; but in all European literature short forms of poetry are to be found - indeed quite as short as anything in Japanese.
- Some
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- Nov 07, 2020
With some other top players I'm part of a company trying to put on events in Europe, especially Germany, but also Poland, Austria, Russia. There's so much talent coming out of the Far East now, and we want the same thing in Europe.
- Moving
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- Nov 07, 2020
In terms of development of the company, the vast majority of our sales are in the Far East and we will expect to strengthen our activities there, perhaps even moving some of our engineering activities abroad.
- Importance
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- Nov 07, 2020
The global importance of the Middle East is that it keeps the Far East and the Near East from encroaching on each other.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
My grandfather was a ship's cook, and he came back from the Far East very often with strange little toys. One of the things he brought back was a puzzle box, which obsessed me for a long time.
- Giddy
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- Nov 07, 2020