Dinesh D'Souza Quotes
I came to America at the age of 17 as an exchange student, and a year later, I was a student at Dartmouth. I would say that the rather weak foundation of my Christianity was effectively battered at Dartmouth. I've had mostly a secular career. But I became intellectually interested in Christianity again in my mid-30s.
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My mom really inspired me. She has always taught me it's not about us, it's about what we can give back.
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As the mother of two daughters, I have great respect for women. And I don't ever want to lose that.
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I went to the Technion and studied with Avram Hershko. I found it more exciting than practicing medicine.
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Dreams are today's answers to tomorrow's questions.
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I've always dreamed of having a large family.
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Pure art is a noble pursuit. Applied art is a business. That's one reason design firms have been so eager of late to add consulting and manufacturing to their core aesthetic competencies.
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Start the practice of self-control with some penance; begin with fasting.
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When you are talking about someone's art, it is usually so personal.
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I have this really high priority on happiness and finding something to be happy about.
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Global issues require common responses: Only together we can create the conditions to defeat Daesh and al Qaeda, block channels for terrorist financing, tackle foreign terrorist fighters.
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You don't have to be a rock star - if you don't like the situation you're in, you don't have to settle for it.
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My parents did not discourage me but could not understand how I could make a living by art. Their idea of an artist was a person who was condemned to starvation.
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I sold steaks over the phone in Omaha, Nebraska. Marbling, fantastic. That's what makes a great steak; a lot of people don't know.
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I feel like people are funny, and women are people, so I'm sick of the distinction.
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I came into this league by myself, and I'll leave by myself.
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The music of the Clovers and Spaniels and the rest was like candy to me. I couldn't get enough; my teachers probably thought I had attention deficit disorder.
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Who is most deserving of all of the money that I, Zlatan, am paid? The answer is Zlatan.
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Every time I dance, it's a tremendous blessing, and I just can't forget that.
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Do not say, 'It is morning,' and dismiss it with a name of yesterday. See it for the first time as a newborn child that has no name.
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I am an Asian designer. I was born in Taiwan. That is who I am. But I am a designer, like any designer of any race. Growing up in the '80s in Taiwan, the arts were not considered a career.
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I'm an old guy. I don't hustle and I don't bustle. So sometimes you're behind, but that's okay. Your peace of mind is more important. I have seen the people who hustle and bustle, and they are already gone, at a young age. They could have enjoyed life.
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I hope to encourage more children to discover and love reading, but I want to focus particularly on the appreciation of picture books…. Picture books are for everybody at any age, not books to be left behind as we grow older. The best ones leave a tantalising gap between the pictures and the words, a gap that is filled by the reader's imagination, adding so much to the excitement of reading a book.
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I came to America at the age of 17 as an exchange student, and a year later, I was a student at Dartmouth. I would say that the rather weak foundation of my Christianity was effectively battered at Dartmouth. I've had mostly a secular career. But I became intellectually interested in Christianity again in my mid-30s.
