Ory Okolloh Quotes
As much as innovation is important, I think we also need to just make stuff. If we look at Kenya, where I'm from, as an example, we are importing everything down to toothpicks.
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Let's judge a man on what he's done.
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The main thing for me is to make sure our home is peaceful, that it's healthy, that the kids are good.
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Indian classical music was born when time barely existed. It developed further within the structures of royal courts and a system of patronage where the ruler or the feudal master determined all.
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Shakespeare's villains are fabulous because none of them know that they are villains. Well, sometimes they do.
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We are saved by grace, not by the works of the law. But don't be so quick to write the law off.
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I'm happy pretty well anywhere on this big, beautiful planet.
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I don't believe we have defined health care reform very well in this country.
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The good name of the United Nations is one of its most valuable assets - but also one of its most vulnerable. The Charter calls on staff to uphold the highest levels of efficiency, competence and integrity, and I will seek to ensure to build a solid reputation for living up to that standard.
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Glenn Gould was my hero. Glenn Gould was my idol. I loved him.
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When you're buying paintings, it feels grown up.
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My great hope would be that Quebec would realize itself fully as a distinct part of Canada, and stay Canadian, bringing to Canada a part of its richness.
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Most people want security in this world, not liberty.
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Economic growth is important. But we cannot count on economic growth alone to fund the public education system our children need and deserve.
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Location is the sole difference between mobile and traditional Web.
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I come from a poor family.
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I always felt like Tahliah's a very grown-up name to have. It's a pretty name when you're young, and then I think when I became a young lady, it felt kind of like a lot to grow into for some reason. I don't know. It sounds kind of regal. I never really liked it. I always felt like I couldn't live up to it.
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Typical news accounts and commentaries about school shootings and rampage killings rarely mention gender.
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The room-service Caesar salads with soggy croutons, the distant relatives who show up at readings pitching weird, far-fetched investment schemes, the fans who have you sign a book to 'Cathy' and then tell you, 'No, it's Kathy with a K' - it gets challenging after a while. It tests your stamina.
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I know that men ain't supposed to cry, but I think that's wrong. Crying's always been a way for me to get things out which are buried deep, deep down. When I sing, I often cry. Crying is feeling, and feeling is being human.
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I am fighting for those middle-class families who want us to deal with our debt and deficit, but they also want the investments that are critical to our country moving forward.
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Katie smiled and turned away, knowing it wasn't an illusion or a figment of her imagination. She knew what she saw. She knew what she believed.
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What good is a beautiful dame with a Rolls-Royce frame, and a Volkswagen brain?
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As much as innovation is important, I think we also need to just make stuff. If we look at Kenya, where I'm from, as an example, we are importing everything down to toothpicks.
