Phil Klay Quotes
When I first came back from Iraq, I of course found myself thinking a lot about it. Not just my experiences, but those of people I talked to, friends, and colleagues.
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China, frankly, can be an opportunity for Africa based on the huge infrastructure deficit on the continent, but what needs to happen is that governments and citizens have to build internal ownership of the need of good governance, transparency, accountability, for respect for the environment.
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I have changed so much as an actor over the years.
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I was always very determined and ambitious, and I knew I would do something that would let me travel and stuff, but I didn't know really know what I would do to get there.
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When I was in high school in the early 1970s, we knew we were running out of oil; we knew that easy sources were being capped; we knew that diversifying would be much better; we knew that there were terrible dictators and horrible governments that we were enriching who hated us. We knew all that and we did really nothing.
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My mum was a child minder, but now she fosters. My dad was in the police force, and now he's a private detective.
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The devil made me do it.
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Human faces shouldn't get lost amid the statistics.
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My brother married young, and his is the best marriage I know.
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I've never been to New Zealand before. But one of my role models, Xena, the warrior princess, comes from there.
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I'm not a Facebook/Twitter gal, but my husband is.
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If you have a particular faith or religion, that is good. But you can survive without it.
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I'm English, and I started off as a songwriter, so I can't really escape that - it's there.
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I'm not really one of those people who believes that if you're a musician you can just leave that behind and start getting into politics.
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No two wars are identical.
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I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.
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All peoples are entangled in the net of the world market.
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Man, I have had so much plastic surgery, I don't even recognize myself, sometimes. If I catch a glimpse in a window or something, I think it is someone else.
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Not owning a car anymore, I feel like I'm barely an American. I miss it. And I barely ever get to listen to the radio in the car, which is the best place for radio.
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The Fourth of July should be celebrated with big hearts.
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An artist is somebody who enters into competition with God.
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For about 175,000 people, Chiranjeevi Blood Bank has supplied blood for free in times of emergency. This is because of the service-oriented attitude of Mega fans.
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People recognize actors that they see regularly, like people they see on the television every week.
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The judiciary has fallen to a very low state in this country. I think your part of the country has suffered especially. The federal judges of the South are a disgrace to any country, and I'll be damned if I put any man on the bench of whose character and ability there is the least doubt.
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When I first came back from Iraq, I of course found myself thinking a lot about it. Not just my experiences, but those of people I talked to, friends, and colleagues.
