Elliott Abrams Quotes
Harry Truman, who was a Bible-believing Christian Zionist, defied the secretary of state he so admired, George C. Marshall, and won a place in Israel's history by recognizing the new state 11 minutes after it declared its independence in 1948.
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I'm not shy or reclusive. I just spend my time with people rather than journalists.
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I've never said I was a chef - I think I make great food. I will never open a restaurant to do, like, tasting courses.
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I know I should be Wonder Woman. They need an international actress - a fresh face. They need a woman who's tall, athletic and dark-haired - and an actress who can play the part. That's me. So, I'm coming to L.A. to work hard and meet the industry. And if 'Wonder Woman' comes together, I want it.
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I loved fairy tales as a kid, so that's where my mind gravitates.
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Treasure the things about you that make you different and unique.
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From when I was 7 until I was 22, I played football. That was always my struggle as a kid. I always wanted to be an artist, but my parents were divorced, and my dad really wanted me to play sports, and that's how I got to see him. He would come pick me up or take me to practice, and he was always at my games.
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The fireworks begin today. Each diploma is a lighted match. Each one of you is a fuse.
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TV is still the place to grab the most eyeballs.
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I don't believe in having spaces in the home that don't get used. We pay so much for square footage that to waste it is criminal.
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As an entrepreneur, what drives you has to be the good news; otherwise, you just don't get out of bed.
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I love acting. I do it as a hobby. If I was able to have that as a career... Hopefully the fashion thing is a stepping-stone. I was so worried when I started modeling that it would hinder my chances of acting.
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Even before I went to the UN, I often would want to say something in a meeting - only woman at the table - and I'd think, 'OK well, I don't think I'll say that. It may sound stupid.' And then some man says it, and everybody thinks it's completely brilliant, and you are so mad at yourself for not saying something.
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I had a crazy life for a teenager. I lived in New Jersey, but I'd go to Vermont for three weeks, join a commune, take pictures with the guy I was dating, come back home, and post photos.
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The statues of Lenin and Stalin are down, but the fight against their ghosts seems harder.
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I went into the sciences very early on, but to me, economics pervades so much more of our lives and our existence.
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A pulp story without a detective and, obviously, somebody for him to do battle with is unthinkable, and I can't remember reading a pulp story that didn't have a dame - either a good girl or a bad girl.
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Fashion is killing women's body image of themselves.
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Wit is an explosion of the compound spirit.
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I think in all of the arts there are just certain people that have a gift. I think it's a certain spirituality, it's a God-given gift that just certain individuals have.
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I believe that the Holocaust is the most significant event in human history.
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To me, the screenplay only becomes the Bible of the film after the actors have been cast. You go over the initial script with them and listen to the way they talk. Then you try to do a rewrite to accommodate them.
Dito Montiel -
I know there's some kind of history to mountain music-like it came from Ireland or England or Scotland and we kept up the tradition.
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Harry Truman, who was a Bible-believing Christian Zionist, defied the secretary of state he so admired, George C. Marshall, and won a place in Israel's history by recognizing the new state 11 minutes after it declared its independence in 1948.
