Rafik Hariri Quotes
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If you make a film too American, it won't travel. It will have no life outside of its own country.
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I hate to say it but I think it has become very obvious that our system for devising trade agreements, so very important to this country's functioning around the world, has not only broken, but it has broken completely.
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Your mind is a magnet. You don't attract what you need or what you want; you attract who you are. And I love who I am!
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If I had undertaken the practical direction of military operations, and anything went amiss, I feared that my conscience would torture me, as guilty of the fall of my country, as I had not been familiar with military tactics.
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I do find my speech difficult at times, but it's getting so much better as my confidence grows and that's thanks to the position I'm now in, which is totally due to my fans.
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I have worked steadily since I started, but things are very hard for women and need to change.
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I had immigrant grandparents who came to this country and came for religious freedom and loved it, never made any money, Bronx, Brooklyn, but loved America. And they told me every day it's the greatest country in the world.
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The United States was the first country in the history of the world to be consciously created out of an idea - and the idea was liberty.
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Americans have long recognized the need to protect our public lands and their vast resources.
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Even the superstars need to be coached once in awhile.
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New Zealand is a country of thirty thousand million sheep, three million of whom think they are human.
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I cannot in any case permit myself to be brought before the people, exclusively, by any of the political parties that now so unfortunately divide our country, as their candidate for office.
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Today, the Iraqi citizen sees that America is coming and wants to occupy his country and kill him, and he is willing to experience for himself what happened in Palestine.
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Never have anyone else carry your luggage. Pack only what you need.
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Merit pay has failed repeatedly, and it's no surprise. When you base teacher pay on standardized test scores, you won't improve education; you just promote the high-stakes testing craze that's led parents, students and educators to shout 'Enough!' all across the country.
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It's also reflective of a young person's religion or faith in that it's highly charged with sacramental imagery and with country imagery, because I was in the seminary for so many years in the country.
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On the tech side, little start-ups can do something magnificent. They don't need too much in terms of plants and infrastructure.
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We still need to feed the public, both physically and intellectually.
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Sometimes, in the midst of a tragedy like the Newton massacre, we witness incredible acts of valor, tenderness, grace, and decency. We saw it from Sandy Hook Elementary School's teachers, students, and parents, as well as from their community and country. The outpouring of sympathy and help has been touching and, at times, inspiring.
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Building walls does not make any country great again.
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If you don't work hard, then you aren't going to have the success that you want. But if you work hard and dig in, then you are going to have the success that you want.
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The urge for retribution depends upon our not seeing the underlying causes of human behavior.
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I would hope somebody out there will still want to hear a Backstreet Boys song when I'm 50-something.
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We need to restore the confidence in the country, first of all.
