Samantha Power Quotes
I think I would like the sort of job where you can work away in obscurity to try and improve things, without being caught up in the political maelstrom.

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Disciples of Keynes, who focus on aggregate demand, view any increase in household wealth as raising employment because they say it adds to consumer demand.
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What is politics? Political system is equal to development politics plus political politics.
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I firmly believe that with President Trump in the White House, we have such a great opportunity as conservatives.
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Clothes have to be simple and comfortable.
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Philip Kitcher thinks that mathematics is surprisingly like empirical science. Few mathematicians would agree; philosophers too, from Socrates on, have held the opposite opinion.
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I started playing badminton when I was probably of eight years and ever since have been playing. I didn't go to university.
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We had to get serious and hit all aspects. We had to graduate. That's what you got to do: reach all people across the nation.
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If you look at the very best presidents, the most effective presidents, they were always decent salespeople. Ronald Reagan was an extremely effective salesman, very tuned to the people he was selling to, very clear in what he was selling, very resilient and buoyant.
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In Hollywood they're getting younger, but believe me, it's not the food. It's the plastic surgery.
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In Russia all tyrants believe poets to be their worst enemies.
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A bad hair day for me is when it gets flat and greasy.
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I have this assemblage of small facts, which looks like intelligence but no real depth of knowledge about anything. That's why I'm an actor.
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I had a thick accent, and people didn't understand me, and I was ashamed, and I fumbled. I radiated an uncertain energy; sometimes baristas sensed this and wouldn't try to talk to me, and then an insecure voice in my head would cry, 'He's racist!'
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I think it's much harder to have a long dialogue scene than an action scene. An action scene is long, but it's not really hard. It's kind of boring, really. It looks good at the end, but to shoot it, it's not the most exciting thing.
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Writing about 2,000 words in three hours every morning, 'Casino Royale' dutifully produced itself. I wrote nothing and made no corrections until the book was finished. If I had looked back at what I had written the day before I might have despaired.
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What becomes a crime deserving capital punishment when the tables are turned is a matter of small moment when the negro woman is the accusing party.
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A sociopath doesn't warm up their environment, doesn't make it cozy. They don't have to; when they're not performing, when they're not manipulating, when they're all alone, there's nothing.
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I'm not playing a role. I'm being myself, whatever the hell that is.
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By 2014, the war in Afghanistan will be over.
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We who reject Trump's bankrupt leadership must heal old wounds, reorient ourselves, and embrace common goals. And if there is one thing on which we can all agree, it's this: we cannot concede any ground.
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'Touch'
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Having shaved my head for the role put a spotlight on me.
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I think I would like the sort of job where you can work away in obscurity to try and improve things, without being caught up in the political maelstrom.