Elliott Abrams Quotes
There isn't any way for the people of Nicaragua to find out what's going on in Nicaragua.
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Dangerous people with guns are a threat to women.
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If only one in 1,000 people that I talk to goes on to write a good book, that's one more good book that I've helped along... and maybe it will be a book I love myself five or 10 years down the line.
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I think there is an enormous sea change happening in the global workforce. It has a lot to do with globalization. I think that people used to have a hope for a career or meaningful employment, and its been reduced to internships, part-time work or just grossly underpaid work.
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We're supposed to be an example of freedom, and if we are doing things that are injustice to people, then what is our statement?
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With 'Tron,' we had so many crew members around and a stage full of special effects people that know exactly what has to be done in the situations. You're on a stage in sets the whole time.
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The state must be the first to be organized and totally committed to serving the interests of the people.
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A lot of people tell me, 'You are from North; how do you manage to get along in the South?' I don't know what to say to them. I've always felt at home here, and by learning to speak Telugu, my connection with the place has gotten that much stronger.
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I changed the city of New York. I gave people back their morale.
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People say, 'Oh, politics is so polarized today,' and I'm thinking... '1861, that was polarized.'
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Surround yourself with people who provide you with support and love and remember to give back as much as you can in return.
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In my flat in Chicago, I've got this big room with an office in the corner and a balcony so I can watch people go by.
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I want to make it clear that I honestly answered every question put to me during the so-called Iran-Contra hearings. But if they didn't ask me about something, I wasn't about to reveal things that would put other people in jeopardy.
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For future politics, I don't know what it holds, but if there's a possibility that the people want me to do another political office, again, maybe I'll do it.
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We saw very little of the real Jack Buck behind the microphone. He would touch people in ways that we will never know. Jack was much more than just an announcer.
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I wouldn't recommend being a musician to anyone. It's not glamorous. It's a lot of being dirty, not eating, playing for five people and one of them is the bartender.
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We have so many rich people in Switzerland. They should take more responsibility for the general public. There is almost no tradition of philanthropy here anymore, unlike in the U.S.
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We have the highest incarceration rate of any country in the world. 'America, land of liberty and freedom?' You know, that's baloney. More than 2 million Americans are behind bars now. Communist China has four times the population and they have 1.5 million people behind bars.
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To have a relationship that is pure and passionate and beautiful - I think people are scared of having that now. Especially guys.
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The Government cannot afford to have a country made up entirely of rich people, because rich people pay so little tax that the Government would quickly go bankrupt. This is why Government men always tell us that labor is man's noblest calling. Government needs labor to pay its upkeep.
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I'd never want to be trapped. I never like to stay in one place too long. I always flit around, I never settle anywhere. So being married would be being trapped.
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Cars are the sculptures of our everyday lives.
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I don't know anybody that has a teenage son or daughter who at some point hasn't been like, 'God, I hate them' just under their breath. It's not meant to be literal. It's funny.
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I just fired the head of the F.B.I. He was crazy, a real nut job. I faced great pressure because of Russia. That's taken off.
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There isn't any way for the people of Nicaragua to find out what's going on in Nicaragua.
