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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The Abbey always reminds me of that old toast, 'Above lofty timbers, the walls around are bare, echoing to our laughter, as though the dead were there.'
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in the will of God" is not a matter of intellectual discernment, but a state of heart... It's motto is --" My Father can do what he likes with me, He may bless me to death, or give me a bitter cup; I delight to do His will.
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I have often observed that resignation is never so perfect as when the blessing denied begins to lose somewhat of its value in our eyes.
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Any man that is saved and sanctified can feel the fire burning in his heart, when he calls on the name of Jesus.
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It's not just that I'm a woman of color running for office. It's the way that I ran. It's the way that my identity formed my methods.
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I have said many times that Iran is a state sponsor of terrorism.
