The West hasn’t reached its universal state as yet, although its close to it, but it certainly has evolved out of its warring state phase, which it was in for a couple of centuries. – Samuel P. Huntington
I have no idea what readership is of written editorials, but it doesn’t come anywhere close to the readership of editorial cartoons. – Paul Conrad
The long-term strategic goals of Iran and the long-term strategic goals of Turkey are close to the long-term strategic goals of the United States. – Stephen Kinzer
Some versions of patriotism come close to the tribal, which we all want to surpass, and some don’t. – Todd Gitlin
I’ve got many close friends, but there’s an awful lot about friendship that is not demonstrative in my case. – Warren Christopher
I knew him, but never felt that I got really close to Saint Laurent. But who really did? Betty Catroux, maybe. – Suzy Menkes
There’s no one in the world close to Arnold Schwarzenegger. He is a phenomenon. He’s brilliant. – Sylvester Stallone