Elliott Abrams Quotes
For 22 years, Bandar bin Sultan was Saudi Arabia's influential, irrepressible ambassador in Washington.
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God grant you the strength to fight off the temptations of surrender.
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We love those who know the worst of us and don't turn their faces away.
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My sister's a singer, and she's on Twitter, and she has millions of followers. I wonder how that helps her. I think it does to an extent. I think she gets free things.
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I think any actor in their right mind is afraid of getting pigeonholed.
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The reality about being economically dependent on someone else usually doesn't work out for women in the end. It's about being an adult and being responsible for your life. Most women have to work, so let's just get on with it.
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You can never get complacent because a loss is always around the corner.
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My whole thing is loyalty. Loyalty over royalty; word is bond.
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Truth is on the side of the oppressed.
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I am my own sanctuary and I can be reborn as many times as I choose throughout my life.
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Monetary policy is like juggling six balls... it is not 'interest rate up, interest rate down.' There is the exchange rate, there are long term yields, there are short term yields, there is credit growth.
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When it's a bad movie you want to release it quietly. You try to keep it a secret like an STD.
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On the tour we get a case of beer on the bus every day from Ozzfest.
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I hope I did it the way my peers did it before me. I didn't do anything but try to play hard.
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Death is only a larger kind of going abroad.
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My father's family came from Virginia and Philadelphia. He wasn't a brother who talked a lot. He was a workingman, a quiet, blue-collar dude.
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The English king's power was curbed by Parliament, though that wasn't always a good thing, as politicians often behave no better than monarchs - there are just more of them.
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Be happy in your own skin.
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Power tends to get confused with repression.
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Now U2's not my favorite band, but I do respect them, and in the same way I respect Bowie: They change without fear of change.
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It would be really great if I discovered a cure for cancer, but it would only be a little bit less great if my neighbor did. So I am pretty happy when my neighbor becomes wealthier, better educated and more innovative. I feel the same about China and India.
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I am told that you regret not what you did but what you didn't do; and so that's why I do everything, so as not to have any regrets.
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You Jig, you amble, and you lisp.
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It wasn't like I was specifically wanting to write songs about technology. It's just what I lived, what I was experiencing growing up.
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For 22 years, Bandar bin Sultan was Saudi Arabia's influential, irrepressible ambassador in Washington.
