Elliott Abrams Quotes
Opponents of U.S. sanctions have made 'unilateral sanctions' their special target. They argue that sanctions observed by many nations would be much more effective. True enough. Far better for trade with an outlaw regime to be restricted by many nations than by just one.
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I understand that the nature of politics sometimes involves fending off frivolous, anonymous allegations.
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I've always considered myself to be fiercely patriotic. I love Britain - its history and the down-to-earth attitude people have.
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Making my class laugh and getting in trouble. I was the class clown.
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Going to parties usually makes me feel depressed, just because I have such social fear after meeting people.
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You have to work hard for what you want to achieve and you have to set goals and dreams and really go for them.
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Every actor has their own process. For me, I really need to stay in the pocket. So, if I'm on set and I'm in character, I'm not thinking like a producer. If I'm on set and I'm not in character, wardrobe and make-up, and I'm just coming on set for the moments that I'm not shooting, then I'm able to be the producer.
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You know how in every heist movie they get past the security cameras that show the hallway leading to the diamonds by jamming the screens with a fake signal of everything looking safe and quiet? Usually a guard coughs so they don't notice the blip from switching to the bogus feed.
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Theo van Doesburg wanted to teach in the Bauhaus in 1922. I refused, however, to appoint him since I considered him to be too aggressive and too rigidly theoretical: he would have wrought havoc in the Bauhaus through his fanatic attitude, which ran counter to my own broader approach.
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No flying machine will ever fly from New York to Paris.
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I get more fulfilment from being a father than I do from being an actor.
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When my father was arrested, we didn't know where they had him. My mother found him at the house of torture. It was called Villa Triste.
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I feel very strongly that 'curves' are natural, womanly and real.
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I miss my mother very much, and I feel closest to her when I have dinner in the oven and the children are nearby playing and I'm reading a book or doing some little project.
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Whenever I do something, it is rooted in the Indian opportunity.
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My parents sent me to a dance class, so it was a road chosen by them, not me. But I enjoyed it so much I knew I would become a performer.
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It is not just for a few states to sit and veto global approvals.
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I have heard firsthand from several small business owners about their struggle to borrow and their fear of taking on additional debt.
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Glory lies in the attempt to reach one's goal and not in reaching it.
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I love Levon Helm - he's one of my favorite guys.
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So many of my thoughts and feelings are shared by the English that England has turned into a second native land of the mind for me.
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Hope is generally a wrong guide, though it is very good company by the way.
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My mom has always been a caregiver, and she's perfect in this role leading my foundation.
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My grandfather worked with charities his whole entire life, and we grew up living with him. He always told me about the other side of the world and everything that's going on.
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Opponents of U.S. sanctions have made 'unilateral sanctions' their special target. They argue that sanctions observed by many nations would be much more effective. True enough. Far better for trade with an outlaw regime to be restricted by many nations than by just one.
