Jalal Talabani Quotes
My door will always be open to those who genuinely renounce violence and seek peaceful accommodation into our nascent democracy.
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We all know that television is better for women as they get into their 40s. You could be more three-dimensional, not just the wife or the mother.
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If you like a man and he likes you, you should get married as fast as you can. Otherwise, you both are going to change your minds. There's plenty of time for that after marriage.
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Prison makes an interesting context for so many different characters to come together. You get to see what lines get drawn between people.
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I will sign pro life bills. But what people are interested in is what we can do to create jobs, grow the economy, and keep our costs under control.
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I was fortunate enough to visit a lot of beautiful places around the world. The most astonishing and memorable experiences were my trips to Africa and Australia.
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Why do elites hate the poor? It's xenophobia. They don't know any poor people - except their off-the-books Brazilian nanny and illegal immigrant cleaning lady from Upper Revolta who don't speak English.
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I've taken Saturdays to be the day I pull back completely. I do things that are more creative, and I've actually found that helps me when I get back into work to be more thoughtful, and I truly believe that feeding your creative soul is really important to being more analytical.
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We are shallow because we have become enslaved by gross materialism, the glitter of gold and its equivalents, for which reason we think that only the material goods of this earth can satisfy us and we must therefore grab as much as can while we are able.
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Museums are not normally presenting the works on the walls as provocations to work. It's more like going to a Jacuzzi.
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Winston Churchill was not entirely British. His mother was American, making Sir Winston part Iroquois Indian.
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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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It wouldn't bother me at all not to play on my own album.
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Set in the advertising world of the 1960s, 'Mad Men' is stunning to look at - a Camelot-era parade of smartly dressed professionals lounging around on midcentury modern furniture.
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Caste is not a physical object like a wall of bricks or a line of barbed wire which prevents the Hindus from co-mingling and which has, therefore, to be pulled down. Caste is a notion; it is a state of the mind.
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'Blade Runner' is one of my favorite films.
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No one wants to see curvy women.
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When I first started, especially because I got the Critics' Choice before I'd released an album, there was a lot of scrutiny on what my character was, what my background was, what colour my hair was. I fought quite hard for the music to overtake the personality aspect.
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I never had any expectations of winning a Grammy. It wasn't something I was set on, that I was hoping and praying and starving for.
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My dear doctor, I am surprised to hear you say that I am coughing very badly, as I have been practising all night.
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If you hire relatives, you'll have a payroll that won't quit.
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On the role of the press in a democracy
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As a form of government, imperialism does not seek or require the consent of the governed. It is a pure form of tyranny. The American attempt to combine domestic democracy with such tyrannical control over foreigners is hopelessly contradictory and hypocritical. A country can be democratic or it can be imperialistic, but it cannot be both.
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I've always wanted a 'Full House' reunion, so when you see stuff like this comes back, it's super exciting.
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My door will always be open to those who genuinely renounce violence and seek peaceful accommodation into our nascent democracy.
