Rafik Hariri Quotes
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I don't keep people around me that aren't family. You don't get to stay. Unless you're eating at the table with us, you're not part. We eat together, we cry together, we live together, we die together. Everything that we do is for each other, and we care for another.
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Every step of progress the world has made has been from scaffold to scaffold, and from stake to stake.
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I joined a radical group at the age of 16 because I'm a passionate man; the good news is that I turned myself around since then. But my character is still quite free and passionate.
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For every benefit conferred, God is to be praised in his gifts. Otherwise when the time of judgment comes, that man will be punished as an ingrate who cannot say to God: 'Your statutes were my song in the land of exile.'
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I throw ideas out into the open when I really should just be writing them down in a journal.
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I don't think in words; I think in pictures, in images.
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In some sense, what you might have suspected from the first day of high-school chemistry is true: The periodic table is a colossal waste of time. Nine out of every 10 atoms in the universe are hydrogen, the first element and the major constituent of stars. The other 10 percent of all atoms are helium.
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Ask not what your teammates can do for you. Ask what you can do for your teammates.
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If you seek my help and guidance, I will immediately give it to you.
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I like to write with a lot of emotion and a lot of power. Sometimes I overdo it; sometimes my prose is a little bit too purple, and I know that.
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Excellence is not a skill, it's an attitude.
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Experiencing sadness and anger can make you feel more creative, and by being creative, you can get beyond your pain or negativity.
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A lot of people go in and have to create their own characters, and they do fine with it.
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I'm very happy with what I've accomplished, but we're going for more.
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Most Americans probably have no idea how hostile anti-abortion sidewalk counseling outside clinics can be. There's a reason pro-choicers volunteer to escort patients as they make their way past angry crowds to the clinic door.
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I learned that the only way you are going to get anywhere in life is to work hard at it. Whether you're a musician, a writer, an athlete or a businessman, there is no getting around it. If you do, you'll win - if you don't, you won't.
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As a queen, I speak about unity and respect. I think that is the most important thing.
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If I can put it together, I've got an opportunity to win.
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If a scene doesn't work on three levels - it's not advancing the story, the characters, and telling me something new - then put it in the trash.
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My dad is a big Outlaw country guy - Johnny Cash, Johnny Horton, Waylon, Willie. He loves Elvis and turned me onto Elvis. He was always playing me stuff. He and I would sing and entertain the family. We'd have a little skit on Thanksgiving or whatever.
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When your situation has gone beyond the power of nature, it has become a curse. Who can remove a curse but Jesus Christ?
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The practice of altruism is the authentic way to live as a human being, and it is not just for religious people. As human beings, our purpose is to live meaningful lives, to develop a warm heart. There is meaning in being everyone's friend. The real source of peace amongst our families, friends and neighbours is love and compassion.
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Greatness occurs when your children love you, when your critics respect you and when you have peace of mind.
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...made it very clear ... that the United States is engaged in the peace process.
