Quite generally, international affairs have more than a slight resemblance to the Mafia. The Godfather does not take it lightly when he is crossed, even by a small storekeeper.
The future bears a resemblance to the past, only more so.
But surely, speaking carefully, we do not sense 'red' and 'blue' any more than 'resemblance' (or 'qualities' any more than 'relations'): we sense something of which we might say, if we wished to talk about it, that 'this is red.'
The unwounded life bears no resemblance to the Rabbi.
Now everybody is mafia. You got the Russian mafia, the Mexican mafia. Everybody is mafia these days.
As long as we can keep our international relations in the realm of conference rather than open conflict, we are giving truth more time to vindicate itself. And what we ourselves need is more faith in the power of truth.
Honesty is the best policy in international relations, interpersonal relations, labor, business, education, family and crime control because truth is the only thing that works and the only foundation on which lasting relations can build.
Fact: More people are killed each year by teddy bears than by grizzly bears.
Nirvana bears no resemblance to anything in your current perceptual field.
It has been said that politics is the second oldest profession. I have learned that it bears a striking resemblance to the first.
He who has a slight disadvantage plays more attentively, inventively and more boldly than his antagonist who either takes it easy or aspires after too much. Thus a slight disadvantage is very frequently seen to convert into a good, solid advantage.
My public persona is badly warped and bears little resemblance to the person those closest to me know.
Politics is supposed to be the second-oldest profession... and I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first.
Politics I supposed to be the second-oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first.
Russia's biggest problem is organized crime and its leaders are influenced by the Russian mafia. But it's not right to call it a Russian mafia, it's a Jewish mafia.
A war in the Taiwan Strait would destroy China's international relations overnight. It would destroy Chinese - Japanese relations, not to mention Chinese - American relations.