Janet Reno Quotes
I think one of the keys to any crime-prevention program that's got to be developed is to focus on punishment - to let people know that there is a sanction and a punishment for hurting others.
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I've always wanted to play quarterback, and I lucked out to be able to play for my favorite team - America's team. I'm just living the moment. I feel like all of this was supposed to happen. When you work hard, things work your way.
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The Prophet defeated the enemies of Islam even when he and his followers were small in number.
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If you solve both the consumer problems and the corporate problems, you can win at this game. If you reinvent what a corporation is currently selling, it can often make the leap.
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Some talk shows have become so exploitive and tabloid, I wonder if I can believe some of their guests. Where do they find these guests, and why do they deserve air time?
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I like things simple.
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I want do a Mandarin language movie. It'll probably be the next movie I do after the one I do next.
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Jordan has to show the Arab world that there's another way of doing things. We're a monarchy, yes, but if we can show democracy that leads to a two-, three-, four-party system - left, right and center - in a couple of years' time, then the Muslim Brotherhood will no longer be something to contend with.
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I hardly teach. It's more like a gathering of minds looking at one subject and learning from each other. I enjoy the process.
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You can condemn and criticize religion... all those things are fine, but you can't mock and disrespect people.
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The body dies, but the spirit that transcends it cannot be touched by death.
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I'm working on a bunch of things with my daughter Emily. In some ways, she's a smarter and better editor than I am.
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It's important to be able to keep things fresh, no matter what age you are, or how many years you've been in the industry.
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I think that England made a very big, historical mistake to allow itself to become the kind of terrorist capital of the world.
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Letting the facts speak for themselves is an immoral principle when we all know that facts and figures can be selected to prove anything.
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Working with Bill Cosby was incredible. I was lucky to be a part of that.
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Nevertheless, it is even harder for the average ape to believe that he has descended from man.
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I don't want to go to prison... but there is nothing they can do to me that will make me stop this referendum.
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I would say that I quite consciously rely on my obsessions in all my work, that I deliberately set up an obsessional frame of mind. In a paradoxical way, this leaves one free of the subject of the obsession.
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I want to be a positive role model, especially for kids and Aboriginal people... When people see me, often all they see is another Australian athlete having a go. It isn't until they see the full Cathy Freeman picture that they realise how proud I am of my ancestry and heritage. I'd like a little more tolerance and acceptance of my culture and all the differing cultures that make up Australia.
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What? You can't knit in the dark? Stuff and nonsense; anybody can. Shut your eyes. Knit one stitch. Open your eyes and look at the stitch; it's all right. Shut your eyes and knit two stitches. Open them. Shut them. Knit three stitches. Falling off a log is no comparison.
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Waiting for me in Stockholm will be a personal assistant - Katrina from the Ministry for Foreign Affairs - as well the secretary of the Swedish Academy. They'll help us with our things and take us to our hotel. From the moment I arrive, I'll always be together with the other two laureates.
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I never had a mother. I suppose a mother is one to whom you hurry when you are troubled.
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You have to be kind to people. Treat them decently. There's no excuse for not.
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I think one of the keys to any crime-prevention program that's got to be developed is to focus on punishment - to let people know that there is a sanction and a punishment for hurting others.
