Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Quotes
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A healthy economics has got to have both conceptual, theoretical research and applied, empirical research.
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All institutions have lapses, even great ones, especially by individual rogue employees - famously in recent years at 'The Washington Post,' 'The New York Times,' and the three original TV networks.
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It's always fun to immerse yourself in a different time period.
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There is a humanitarian impulse that one aspires to and there are days when one doesn't do it very well.
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I'm associated with gospel music in the minds of millions of people.
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Movies I liked growing up were like Francis Ford Coppolla movies and Scorsese movies.
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Capitalism is about adventurers who get harmed by their mistakes, not people who harm others with their mistakes.
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I got disappointed in human nature as well and gave it up because I found it too much like my own.
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Every time you come out with an album or a song, you want to feel like you're growing a bit in what you are and giving people something that they can feel.
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Deep inside, I was hoping I'd win: The competition was tough, but I learned from other's mistakes.
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Having grown up on a family farm, I am all too familiar with the effects a drought can have on a crop.
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'Sairat' is a film I absolutely loved. I have great regard for the movie and its film-maker. The movie blew my mind.
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The ability for consumers to receive broadcast over the air signal is their right.
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I love the idea of giving up the vengeful nature that so many of us have.
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There are certain songs that just stick around and do something that transcends whatever time they were written in. Through different eras, people are able to impart different meaning to the song, and they become part of some sort of consciousness.
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I wanted to be an academic when I was 19 or 20. But, I've gone off that idea. The lifestyle is kind of lonely and isolated. I don't think that would suit me.
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I was fortunate to have teachers that were flexible with allowing me to miss more class than I was supposed to be able to, for the sake of being able to tour.
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It's a little strange when part of your family is in the public eye, and you're being put into a box that you're not necessarily in. That's when it starts to feel a bit odd: When you're being told who you are, but it's incorrect.
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There are many documentary filmmakers who have a tough time because they don't really get what they need to do what they want. There are so many people with good visions that should be encouraged and helped. And they will deliver, I'm sure.
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Reading is an escape, an education, a delving into the brain of another human being on such an intimate level that every nuance of thought, every snapping of synapse, every slippery desire of the author is laid open before you like, well, a book.
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When you go to Best Buy and see a DVD of your movie, you think it's amazing. But then there's a whole other world that comes with it. It's a very small percent that's difficult, stalker-like, or annoying. Most people are just so gracious and so nice. As cheesy as it sounds, that's the thing that really keeps you going.
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I tried to do my best impression of The Jonas Brothers, but no matter how hard I tried I ended up looking cool!
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I'm told there's a saying from those ancient times, kalos kai agathos, when someone or something is good and beautiful on the outside, but is also good and noble on the inside in terms of character and in terms of purpose. And I think that's a fine description of the friendship that exists between the Greek people and the American people.
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I don't run a woman government. I run a government of people.
