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If we end up with war in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran at the same time, can anyone see a more damaging prospect for America's world role than that?
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I still think in this country, and this might surprise you, the one thing that George Bush said as president that I do agree with, I love that phrase, 'the soft bigotry of low expectations.'
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I first read Heinlein when I was very young.
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I love and adore being a mother. It's the greatest gift I've ever been given.
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America's decline would set in motion tectonic shifts undermining the political stability of the entire Middle East.
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I always like to sing barefoot.
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I'd like to, when it's all said and done, say that I have at least a few stories that I feel proud of.
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Really, life is complicated enough without having a bunch of Senators deciding what we should do in the privacy of our own homes.
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I call tennis the McDonald's of sport - you go in, they make a quick buck out of you, and you're out.
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I wish I wasn't so in love, wasn't so interested, in the Internet. I wish I spent less time online and more time outside and in my head. Writing requires solitude and deep, deep daydreaming, and the Internet just kills that - its lure is toward the external; it asks you to flit from place to place.
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I grew fond of acting rather late. And that was because I was not getting any job. I had a few friends in Delhi who were associated with theater. They took me to see some plays in Delhi and Baroda. That led me to believe the I could also act. And it was after that I joined National School of Drama in 1993.
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The ethos of most films is that you make a film, you exploit the community, you exploit the environment, and it's OK because you made a great film, you know?
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The people suffering most from the Taliban were Afghans.
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From now back to the past, we can observe clearly that none of us is free.
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I think it's better to have your personal life and your work life separate. That way they don't corrupt each other, so to speak.
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When children start to speak they find their own voice by imitating the sounds around them. It would follow that bands do the same. Bands will find their own voice at some point.
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I often have an argument with people. I say name me a classic song that's not sad in some kind of way. And even if you can, you'll have to search pretty far.
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In a relationship I'm a very loving person, emotional and sensitive.
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I think the War on Terror has succeeded in creating more terror, more terrorists, a less safe America, and a less safe world.
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I know what it's like to have a bunch of material that's working that you don't care about. You want to die.
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As always, a lot of bad books will be published. Some good books will be published, and you have to seek them out.
Colson Whitehead -
I'm a huge breast cancer awareness advocate because my mom went through breast cancer recently. It really brought our family closer.
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Besides, at 62 years old I look like I'm about 27.
