Elliott Abrams Quotes
The Obama administration rarely demonstrated the ability to shift gears and change policy in its first year. Even in the face of historic events such as the continuing demonstrations against Iran's regime, it stuck devotedly to prior plans.
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I always knew would be some sort of artist, but didn't know what.
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I always put my boxing first.
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I've done all different kinds of genres - doo-wop, pop, funk, gospel, country, jazz, you name it.
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Punk's influence on music, movies, art, design and fashion is no longer in doubt. It is used as the measurement for what is cool.
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Peace is its own reward.
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I think pop music is a great place to get new ideas across.
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It's absolutely impossible, but it has possibilities.
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I'm sure that was the right step, even though, formally speaking, it may seem disadvantageous for a president to resign. But, looking into what is happening today and what is going to happen in the future, I think history will show I made the right decision.
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The Internet is an amazing development.
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Never, ever underestimate the importance of having fun.
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In my day we didn't have sex education, we just picked up what we could off the television.
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Gang members have invariably grown up in broken, chaotic homes, often experiencing domestic violence; they have truanted from school and many have been formally excluded; and they live in neighbourhoods where worklessness, addiction and crime are rife.
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You have to love what you do. And in order to do that, you have to search your soul to find out what it is that you really are about. And then when you find it, if you're lucky enough to be in a position to do what it is that you love, it becomes easy. I'm blessed that I ended up doing exactly what I wanted to do.
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I think what will happen is that fiction will become more like poetry. As in, the only people who read it will write it.
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Every work of art is the child of its age and, in many cases, the mother of our emotions. It follows that each period of culture produces an art of its own which can never be repeated.
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The Hindu marriage may be described as the union of two families. In this union, there is no room for petty ambitions and personal ego-trips. What is involved is love for the entire family that one is marrying into.
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I've taken considerable gambles on shows, but they're very considered gambles.
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The sport would not survive today if drivers were being killed at the rate they were in the 1960s and '70s. It would have been taken off the air. It is beamed into people's living rooms on Sunday afternoons, with children watching.
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I wanted to apply to the astronaut program after the Challenger accident.
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Fame is like getting across the street. It's like, if there's nothing to be across the street for, it's a pointless destination.
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In 1998, I received treatment for my knee by an Israeli therapist. We spoke about Israel and I mentioned 'Scooterman' and he just froze. It was like he had met Elvis. I thought he was kidding me and then he called his brother, they yelled to each other over the phone, and then I believed him.
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There are people out there every day really fighting the fight for equal rights, equal pay, equal treatment. They're inspiring.
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The Obama administration rarely demonstrated the ability to shift gears and change policy in its first year. Even in the face of historic events such as the continuing demonstrations against Iran's regime, it stuck devotedly to prior plans.
