Dina Powell Quotes
My parents wanted their daughters to reach their full potential. I joke that they said, 'We left our homeland so you could pursue your dreams - as long as you're a lawyer, a doctor, or an engineer.'
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Concision in style, precision in thought, decision in life.
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The atmosphere seems to change once the sun goes down and the race fans get to watch a good show.
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My father was a jazz listener, and I think, at least before I was 5, I was not so into that. Although there were records that emphasized percussion that I liked, like Baby Dodds.
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I had a Ford F-250. It was a big ol' farm truck, but it wasn't a rig. That's about the biggest I've ever driven. That's what I drove back and forth to high school. I was a poor guy, and it was a truck that my uncle owned and let me drive because I had no money.
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I will go running when I'm stressed out. The running helps, but more than anything, I'll put music on and then I'll run. I'll cry and get it all out.
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Laws are to be enforced justly but firmly, with an iron hand. This is the case anywhere, even in a family.
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What is the future of the woman's movement? How in the hell do I know? I don't run it.
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We must admit with humility that, while number is purely a product of our minds, space has a reality outside our minds, so that we cannot completely prescribe its properties a priori.
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If you only write when the muse strikes, you won't get anything done. You have to write consistently, when your schedule says you should. And that's hard.
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Our constitutional liberties shall not be sacrificed in our search for greater security, for that is what our enemies and all enemies of freedom and democracy hope to achieve.
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I embrace my blackness, just as I do my conservatism and my Christianity, but I don't want to be defined or pigeonholed by any one of the many elements that make up my character.
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Liam Smith was a resilient fighter. He was tough, has a lot of heart. He thinks before he attacks.
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Instead of going out, I'm trying to encourage people to have a memorable experience in their own home. We call it 'Delicioso Night In.' I invite the people I care about the most. Then, when I get a lot of people together, I like to have finger foods.
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No change can come if those who are impacted the most by discrimination are not willing to stand up for themselves.
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Though there is such a rich tradition of culture and arts, I have never been invited to perform at a concert in South India.
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I'm very smart, and I have a great team of people around me investing my money. I'm not buying gold - yet.
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Abraham Lincoln was killed by the forces of white supremacy.
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When Van Halen started out, there was no path to fame. We just played what we liked. Even today it always comes down to the simplicity of rock and roll.
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I probably believe in God in a non-denominational way.
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When you click on a link, you are replicating the string of code that it links to. Replication of code sequences isn't life, any more than replication of nucleotide sequences is, but we know that it sometimes leads to life.
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I'm a punk rocker. I don't do Christian.
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I'd had a really bad car accident years ago, and basically, the ligaments in the back of my neck were ripped, and I'd never addressed that.
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Life can be thought of as water kept at the right temperature in the right atmosphere in the right light for a long enough period of time.
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My parents wanted their daughters to reach their full potential. I joke that they said, 'We left our homeland so you could pursue your dreams - as long as you're a lawyer, a doctor, or an engineer.'
