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There are really two kinds of optimism. There's the complacent, Pollyanna optimism that says, 'Don't worry - everything will be just fine,' and that allows one to just lay back and do nothing about the problems around you. Then there's what we call dynamic optimism. That's an optimism based on action.
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I think you can say anybody uses anything as a gimmick. Is Adele's not having gimmicks her gimmick? It's hard to say, isn't it? Really, I think that everybody has something that people like or that's great about them.
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Most of the people nowadays send their things by internet. But I cannot work that way. I like to do it myself.
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The higher your station, the less your liberty.
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I like being an outsider. It is better in France on the outside.
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A big part of being an actress specifically is feeling entitled to your artistic opinion, feeling that it means something, and being able to stand by it.
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Adele's like a beacon of honesty. Doesn't compromise, goes to America and she's still the same sweary cockney.
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It is key that Kansas Citians make the call as to what kind of airport they want.
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I remember the great atmosphere and the great stadium.
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I really like the collaboration of doing movies and television. But I like the sort of solitary work of doing music.
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I have not been a follower of how many millions my films made or did not make.
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If you ask the government to solve all of your problems, it's a bit like asking your wife to cook and clean, to raise the children, to hold down a second job to help with the family finances, to keep her parents happy and well and keep your parents happy and well, and to also - to do the lawn and clean the gutters.
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Generally, I find a lot to be grateful for.
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The things we remember best are those better forgotten.
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The Middle East is obviously an issue that has plagued the region for centuries.
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Blog culture has a hard time digesting narratives, but it has an easy time digesting 'big ideas' pieces.
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I want a society that provides decent jobs for those who can work and decent security for those can't.
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We have no Arab intellectuals of international stature because we live in a state of generalized mediocrity. We are suspended in the pit without touching the bottom.
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That's the beauty of the acting world. You can play so many different characters who know and do so many things that you have no idea about as yourself. So I'm a big fan of workshops and classes and learning new things because you can always apply it. It's your little supply bag of creativity. Keep filling it up.
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We need new partnerships for peace and security.
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Our global future depends on the willingness of every nation to invest in its people, especially women and children.
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Five years ago, people were crying and feeling the Japanese were about to take over the Earth. I don't hear that kind of talk anymore.
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A great many people experience the movement from one century to the next, but a minuscule number of people experience the movement from one millennium to the next.
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The knack of flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.
