Brent Scowcroft Quotes
America has never seen itself as a national state like all others, but rather as an experiment in human freedom and democracy.
Brent Scowcroft
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Any organization or any individual that targets civilians and kills them for political agenda is a terrorist organization.
Feisal Abdul Rauf
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I had an ethnic preference, if you will, for the warm weather, coming from Chennai. So I finally said, 'Look, can I move to California?' because every time I come here, it would be in the 70s or 80s, and there would be beautiful blue sky and warm.
Ram Shriram
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When you are doing stand-up comedy, you are the writer, producer, director, sometimes bouncer.
Dane Cook
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I'll tell you, there is nothing better in life than being a late bloomer. I believe that success can happen at any time and at any age.
Salma Hayek
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I've set the bar quite high in terms of storytelling.
E. L. James
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In private, I'm a hippie who follows Buddhism, does yoga, meditates and loves to dance wildly.
Laura Harring
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'Vagabond' is about owning where I come from, understanding the real power music had to transport myself with, whether that's busking in Europe or getting number ones.
Eddi Reader
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Freedom is a unique concept that everyone interprets differently.
Dmitry Medvedev
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There is, for me, as a black woman, as an African woman, a sense of possibility in America that I don't feel when I'm in Europe.
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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You in America should trust to that volcanic political instinct which I have divined in you.
George Bernard Shaw
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I feel like there's not as many bands anymore. It's more like there's a front-person and a band supporting them, solo-type spirits that have a look, a vibe, a message, a voice and a style. I was talking about it with a journalist in Europe; he was like, "You're a democracy; everyone in the band does stuff." There's not a lot of bands I can think of that still have it so every member of the band has an equal say. I was like, dude, you're right. I can't really think of any right now. There might be one or two leaders in them, but there are not a lot of bands like that anymore.
Ed Droste
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America has never seen itself as a national state like all others, but rather as an experiment in human freedom and democracy.
Brent Scowcroft