Jalal Talabani Quotes
The Kurdish people welcome the no-fly zone protection, contrary to the Iraqi regime that is against it.
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On the night of the winter solstice, when the dead get their annual reprieve, they go up to the 24-hour donut shop and wedding chapel to get hitched. Marriage is a good and proper pursuit for dead people. For a while, it relieves the dark, shuddering loneliness of the afterlife.
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If anything, I was a prodigious eater of everything that was put in front of me. That was probably the only thing my parents wouldn't complain about.
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The world would be happier if men had the same capacity to be silent that they have to speak.
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If my career path takes me elsewhere, that's great. But comedy is my forte.
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If you want to talk about cultural appropriation, we have to go back to the Greeks.
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A lot of the time when I write about the person that I love, I feel like I'm writing about New York.
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All people, regardless of whether they're athletes or not, should treat people the way they want to be treated.
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I love bayou life.
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Our soldiers show every single day that they are more than good enough.
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I can laugh and cry at the drop of a freakin' hat - all at the same time.
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A lot of times, when you're the leading lady, you get to sing heartwarming songs and that's it, and people don't get a sense of who you truly are.
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One of the main lessons I have learned the last five years as Secretary-General is that the United Nations cannot function properly without the support of the business community and civil society. We need to have tripartite support - the governments, the business communities and the civil society.
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I know I've got a degree. Why does that mean I have to spend my life with intellectuals? I've got a lifesaving certificate but I don't spend my evenings diving for a rubber brick with my pyjamas on.
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Recording a song for a film doesn't take much time; it's hardly an hour's job, but concerts are constant, and so is travelling, so I've to take time out to work on my albums because I'm passionate about creating my own music. When you love something dearly, you set your priorities accordingly.
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I have a Bachelor of Arts in English, which means I had a lot of formal training in reading.
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Some of the senior people, the very senior astronauts, shook my hand and said, 'K.C., you did a great job. Don't let anyone tell you different.'
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I've always been a Nike person.
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Success or failure in business is caused more by the mental attitude even than by mental capacities.
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Some folks hesitate to seize additional strength because they think it wrong or dangerous to be a powerful individual. Somehow they have acquired the false notion that tyranny or dictatorship or cruelty are the outcomes of a powerful personality. These characteristics are not power. They are weaknesses disguised as power.
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There is one taboo against meat-eating. It divides Hindus into vegetarians and flesh eaters. There is another taboo which is against beef eating. It divides Hindus into those who eat cow's flesh and those who do not.
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We just make music. For I never stop working.
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We have a world minus a whole lot of talent that has stepped out of contention for leadership, only because they don't want to seem too aggressive, too smart, unattractive, or too male.
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It's a lovely thing to be able to sing.
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The Kurdish people welcome the no-fly zone protection, contrary to the Iraqi regime that is against it.
