Philip Caputo Quotes
True believers just don't see things the way they are, because if they did, they wouldn't be true believers anymore.
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In fact, from then on scholars engaged in a kind of game of comparing different Indo-European languages with one another, and eventually they could not fail to wonder what exactly these connections showed, and how they should be interpreted in concrete terms.
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Many of the wars we see around the world start as domestic conflicts that are fueled by external forces and powers. My view is that we can help peace if we help communities transform from the inside, on their own terms.
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I really hate to write.
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If I saw my 15-year-old self now, I'd think I wasn't that bad, but back then I perceived myself as awful.
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I remember reading a 'Scientific American' article about the use of new physical techniques - including neutron scattering - as a method for unravelling the structure of the ribosome. I was fascinated.
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I've always considered myself to be fiercely patriotic. I love Britain - its history and the down-to-earth attitude people have.
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I am not in politics to make more money.
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I never lost a friend I wanted to keep.
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We need to give the Iraqis a chance to build their own future. It should be in their hands. It must be in their hands. That is what democracy is all about. We can teach it, we can explain it, but they must want it enough to make it work for them.
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Caring about others, running the risk of feeling, and leaving an impact on people, brings happiness.
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You know how in every heist movie they get past the security cameras that show the hallway leading to the diamonds by jamming the screens with a fake signal of everything looking safe and quiet? Usually a guard coughs so they don't notice the blip from switching to the bogus feed.
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More than anyone else, Hank Aaron made me wish I wasn't a manager.
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The only thing I miss on stage is the falsetto.
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My mom and I have always been really close. She's always been the friend that was always there. There were times when, in middle school and junior high, I didn't have a lot of friends. But my mom was always my friend. Always.
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What would annoy the most people most often? That is the true left-wing test of government intervention.
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I like films to be pure cinema, but I also like them to provide a snapshot of a family, a society or a character - something that can nourish you as a human being as well as an actor.
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If there are kids who want to follow in my footsteps, I'd say that my shoes are too big for them to fill! But their shoe size is just perfect.
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No flying machine will ever fly from New York to Paris.
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Location work has its charms, and can seem glamorous on the outside, but I think living at home and having the stability of a home life once you've finished work is very underrated!
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Like at Halloween: I knew I'd arrived when I saw people dressing up on Halloween as my character.
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Arthur Ashe Jr. is a true Virginia hero, and he belongs here.
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Civilization? I'll stay right here in the Congo!
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True believers just don't see things the way they are, because if they did, they wouldn't be true believers anymore.
