Martin Jacques Quotes
The election of Shinzo Abe as the leader of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic party and now prime minister will have profound repercussions for Japan and East Asia. Most western commentary during the premiership of Junichiro Koizumi has been concerned with the extent to which Japan has allowed a freer rein to market forces.
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I'm a proud family man.
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Each generation seems to invent its own reasons for war.
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Man becomes great exactly in the degree in which he works for the welfare of his fellow-men.
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Mike D'Antoni was a cool coach, but he was just a bad person. He can coach. He was just mean for no reason.
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I realized I had been keeping people around even when deep down I knew they were bad for me. I had overridden myself.
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There's a great tradition in storytelling that's thousands of years old, telling stories about kings and their palaces, and that's really what I wanted to do.
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Whenever you're in any acting role you are mortgaging your own character.
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Congress is attempting to eviscerate women's health care. Like many women across America, I am outraged.
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I keep setting the bar higher for myself in terms of what I'm trying to accomplish.
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So film music is something I absolutely wanna get involved in.
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I'm not one to get involved with what anyone says about me.
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The tale of 'Point Break' is about doing what you love and committing to what you love. It's relevant to me as a Venezuelan, to you as an American, to any Chinese person watching the film.
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A society made up of individuals who were all capable of original thought would probably be unendurable.
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Any time you bring sexuality into the comics pages, you have to brace for pushback.
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It's great living with your best friends.
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Here's the thing, back in the day, a lot of guys would make fun of me, that I would sing and dance, that I was a cheerleader. But I kept my head on straight. I had goals.
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I don't think Steve Jobs had much desire to share his fortune.
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Thank God for Carrie Wiatt (creator of Diet Designs)! She has raised my consciousness of healthy eating so much that it will be practiced by me and my family for the rest of our lives. I never dreamed low-fat food could taste so good!
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My parents wanted us to be well-rounded individuals and really have the American experiences as richly as one can.
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Bigger is always better.
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Every achievement, every step forward in knowledge, is the consequence of courage, of toughness towards oneself, of sincerity to oneself.
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At the after-party of the Indy 500, I'm usually wearing jeans and a tank top.
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The election of Shinzo Abe as the leader of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic party and now prime minister will have profound repercussions for Japan and East Asia. Most western commentary during the premiership of Junichiro Koizumi has been concerned with the extent to which Japan has allowed a freer rein to market forces.
