David Ignatius Quotes
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The only thing that matters is what happens on the little hump out in the middle of the field.
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If you're in a dark place, you're there for a reason. And the only way to get through to those kids or to other people going through the same thing is really to meet them in that dark place and then slowly bring them to the light.
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I've been called 'musically schizophrenic,' and some people think that's a cool thing.
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I don't see myself as the king of Bitcoin. I don't want to be the king of Bitcoin.
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Anger is the enemy of non-violence and pride is a monster that swallows it up.
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We all have our strengths and our failings.
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If you think there are no new frontiers, watch a boy ring the front doorbell on his first date.
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I'm not a rock singer and I don't want to be a rock singer. I'm not interested. It doesn't seem to get across.
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I always say that I don't like it when people follow trends too much, just because it is on the runway. I think what you wear really does need to reflect what your own personal style is.
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I think I'm a good judge of character.
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I've definitely had those moments when I think a relationship with somebody is one way, and then it just flips.
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My job as the actress playing Hanna Schmitz, as the actress playing any part, is to understand the character, and to ultimately love the character. And I did love Hanna, absolutely, because I understood her as profoundly as I did at the end of the day.
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I see many black males grasping for some thread of hope. There are so many destructive practices, glimpses into a psychic abyss. That must be very frightening.
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When you go to jail, there's so much simple stuff missing. You just want some good toilet paper or a real toothbrush, a real blanket and a real bed to lay in.
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As a kid, I dreamed of being a pop star, a glamorous woman and traveling the world. And I've done that all my life.
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I'm not more or less conscious than any other rapper out there.
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If I go to a baseball game, I hear 'Shoeless Joe,' but otherwise, I hear 'toe pick' five times a day. No matter how many more movies I make, that'll be on my gravestone.
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When I first moved to New York, I was still returning to Tennessee every few months to perform.
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Don't let the past steal your present. This is the message of Christmas: We are never alone.
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I never use the word 'I' when I interview someone. I think it's irrelevant.
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The great and abiding lesson of American history, particularly the cold war, is that the engine of capitalism, the individual, is mightier than any collective.
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Sometimes I have a sense of what I'm seeing being a small fraction of what's there. Not always there, but probably more often than I realize. Something will come up, and I'll realize I'm thinking about the world a little differently than my friends.
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One of my great personal triumphs is, because I stay vigilant about my health, I was never going to give my detractors the satisfaction of not feeling well, or allowing my health to falter while eating rich and indulgent food all over the world.
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World War II provides a string of celebrated cases of deception and manipulation.
