Chuck Hagel Quotes
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'Wild Hope' just felt like such a selfish venture to me. It was a way for me to get out of my head, get some clarity on certain situations, and finally be a part of something that I was completely behind creatively and proud of.
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There was a lot of me trying to be a 'fixer.' I was that kind of guy. I'd meet someone who had 'so much potential' that needed 'help.' I think that was kind of my curse for a long time.
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It's a compulsion. I'm always changing parts of me. Even when I was young, I wanted to change my hair color. I was so determined that I dyed my hair with Kool-Aid.
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I am the son of peasants and I know what is happening in the villages. That is why I wanted to take revenge, and I regret nothing.
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I'm under pressure with all my films. And the reason we are always under pressure is because it's only in our profession that months and even years of hard work is judged by the first show on Friday.
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We Americans, who invented traffic, are always being startled by the forms into which it has evolved around the world.
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I do not need a producer. I need only a good production manager. I need only a man who will give me money.
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I've always wanted to do my best to make sure it's clear that I want to keep the focus on my music.
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I wish I could play the World Cup; that's one of my dreams.
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For single women, admitting that you want kids when you're still unattached can feel like exposing a vulnerability. It did to me.
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Like so many poor Ilokanos, my grandparents left their village, for it could no longer sustain them. The Ilocos is a narrow coastal plain where, so often, the mountain drops to the sea. Land hunger had always afflicted the Ilokanos and made them migratory.
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I worry a lot about taking care of my dependents, all those perfectly ordinary middle-class preoccupations.
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A great part of courage is the courage of having done the thing before.
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The fact that women are very young in obtaining their civil rights and African-Americans are young in obtaining their civil rights, I think it's about time that we extend that to all Americans, whether straight, gay, purple, green, black, brown.
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Care and pity are two different things.
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Malaysia is a country unlike any other: Full of promise and fragility. Its history, cultural and religious diversity make it a rich, compelling and surprising land.
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My brother's 21 years older than me, so I grew up doing more adult things. Like listening to old music.
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Too little attention is paid to the dark side of incentives. They are anything but a magic bullet. Psychologists have known this for years, but it seems largely hidden from the world of commerce.
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There's nothing New York likes more than a thing. Or a place. Or a place that's a thing. Or a thing that happens to be a place.
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May God help us to prepare a dwelling place for this noble birth, so that we may all attain spiritual motherhood
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Women particularly can dress modestly and in the process contribute to their own self respect and to the moral purity of men. In the end, most women get the type of man they dress for.
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For though we love both the truth and our friends, piety requires us to honor the truth first.
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I think you have a crossover when you are known to a wider audience and a different market. I've been able to sell out stadiums all over the world by doing my music. I'm lucky to be in that list without having done an official crossover. Now, will you hear me doing a little bit of R&B? Sure.
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I have said many times that Iran is a state sponsor of terrorism.
