Valerie Plame Quotes
I think a nuclear detonation is society-altering in ways that other attacks, even as horrific as 9/11, are not. This isn't because we have power-hungry political leaders, but I think it might be demanded by the people themselves out of fear.
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People are wiser than we are willing to attribute to them.
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Yes, all fundamentalists feel that in a secular society, God has been relegated to the margin, to the periphery and they are all in different ways seeking to drag him out of that peripheral position, back to center stage.
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I'm a big believer if you want to change people's minds or get someone to vote for you, either a voter or a colleague, you've got to first get their attention.
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I get motivated by the fact people are following me, that they want a photo or say 'vamos' or 'Canelo.'
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I think sports and bodybuilding were the only things that saved me from getting beat up. People are not pleased, for whatever reason, when you can answer all the questions in class. If not for the respect I got from track, cross-country, wrestling and bodybuilding, it would have been a disaster.
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I have a ridiculous fear of sharks but I'd jump in the water in a second for an amazing role.
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When I sing, people shut up.
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The priesthood is a marriage. People often start by falling in love, and they go on for years without realizing that love must change into some other love which is so unlike it that it can hardly be recognized as love at all.
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I may be helping to bring harmony between people through my music.
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This Republic was called into being, organized, and is upheld, by a great political doctrine.
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Helping people boost themselves out of poverty is the best way to make a lasting positive difference in a person's life.
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We don't understand why we're here, no one's giving us an answer, religion is vague, your parents can't help because they're just people, and it's all terrible, and there's no meaning to anything.
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I think it's difficult for young people to acknowledge being smart, to knowledge being a reader. I see kids who are embarrassed to read books. They're embarrassed to have people see them doing it.
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But you will understand by yourselves that the matter applies equally well to the organization of the officials of justice, of administrative officials, etc; these are likewise organized instruments of power in certain societies.
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Contrary to all the blather we here about the unique goodness of the American people or our religious heritage or anything else, the one thing that set this country apart from all others was the Bill of Rights.
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Black people can be the most conservative, the most discriminating. Especially among ourselves. It wasn't white people who said all black men have to wear baggy jeans.
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Holding our own government to account for the use of its power is, in my view, the highest mission of a U.S. news organization.
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If Muslims curse the Christians, then the Christians will curse the Muslims. And people will curse Allah, and Allah will hold us responsible for that.
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If you want to provoke, you should provoke someone who is stronger than you, otherwise you are misusing your power.
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If you're going to write thrillers, you have to make a decision if you are going to be realistic or go off and over.
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Many artists stick to making and hire a manager to focus on their business. Artists that build websites and mobile apps can do that, too.
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The jury is still out on whether I'm a genius or not.
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I think a nuclear detonation is society-altering in ways that other attacks, even as horrific as 9/11, are not. This isn't because we have power-hungry political leaders, but I think it might be demanded by the people themselves out of fear.
