Debra Winger Quotes
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There is no question that chemical weapons attacks are a heinous abuse of humanity and power. But to assume that military strikes are an effective retribution for the crime committed is wrong.
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Never offend people with style when you can offend them with substance.
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How is the world ruled and led to war? Diplomats lie to journalists and believe these lies when they see them in print.
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The most important thing that everybody can do, aside from building and keeping your network strong, is make good choices about your health.
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Throughout my life I have always been amazed that people couldn't listen to other people, that they couldn't hear their best intent, that there seemed to be an enormous need to demonize.
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I also use women as a sex object; maybe I'm kinky. However, I like to talk to them as well.
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You watch 'Whale Rider,' and I defy you to not get teary-eyed at the end there.
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I have always been small, so defenders have always been taller and tougher than me. So that's difficult for me; they foul me sometimes, but there you are - that's what the rules of the game are for.
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You have no ability, if you're a financial institution and you're threatened with criminal prosecution, you have no ability to negotiate.
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Ibiza is a popular vacation place for a lot of the players in Spain. If you go in the summer, there are some of the world's most famous movie and music stars, so nobody cares about soccer players.
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For some reason, I just lack that ability to be embarrassed about going up to people. I even do it for friends if they want to ask someone out.
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When girls bully, it's very subtle, and you can't define it. At least with boys, the bullying is usually explicit, and you can deal with it. It's psychological with girls.
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Back in May of 2008, the Kindle was still quite new, and we focused on that.
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I was taught from a young age that many people would treat me as a second-class citizen because I was African-American and because I was female.
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My fault, my failure, is not in the passions I have, but in my lack of control of them.
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If we can provide even a few months of early warning for just one pandemic, the benefits will outweigh all the time and energy we're devoting. Imagine preventing health crises, not just responding to them.
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I'm trying to go with the flow, which is not what I used to do. I used to try to micromanage my career choices.
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Combine the extremes, and you will have the true center.
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I have an older brother and older sister. My older sister is the girliest girl on the planet, so I just hated everything about that. I did anything my brother did. He actually got me into wrestling. I watched it because he did, and I played video games because he did.
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There's something really terrible about having your BlackBerry next to your bed or having your laptop in the living room when you're talking to someone. The biggest source of stress in my life is the screen, the blogging.
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In our seeking for economic and political progress, we all go up - or else we all go down.
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We have learned in recent years to translate almost all of political life in terms of conspiracy. And the spy novel, as never before, really, has come into its own.
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One of the great things about working for Netflix is that they haven't placed any restrictions on content or artistically.
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It's such an amazing thing to be loved for who you are.
