Samantha Power Quotes
Democracies are expense-averse and they think in terms of short-term, political interests rather than a long-term interest in stability.
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A lot of people still disregard something like yoga. I would have as a young player. I would have been too busy playing golf or something.
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The future is much like the present, only longer.
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Jay Townsend has offered, and I have accepted, his resignation from his position with my campaign. Now let's return to talking about issues that really matter to families: job creation, spending restraint and economic development.
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In many countries, they do not even keep track of how girls are doing in school, or if they are there at all. If we say, 'Girls count,' then we must count girls, so we can see if we are really making progress in educating every girl.
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I did a film called 'Fire with Fire.'
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Always remember that better days are ahead - if not in this life, in the next.
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Among my generation, there was a purist position that any contact with electoral politics was an unforgiveable compromise.
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I just wanna get to the end of the day without it raining.
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Nuclear power is not a miracle key for the future.
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No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.
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I'm twitchy. I think I've got ADD. I find it hard to sit down. I need to be constantly challenged; otherwise, I get very... well, I guess 'bored' is the word.
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Obviously it's more fun having my teammates there and having all that camaraderie, but individual workouts are not a loss.
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I'm at the transition place myself, still playing high school girls but moving to a stage when I'm playing older roles and going to the places of stillness and wisdom and knowledge and weight. It's exciting and scary.
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It's unacceptable to just sit on the couch and say I'm not doing anything. You've got to get out and do everything you can.
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The numerous evils to which individual persons are exposed are due to the defects existing in the persons themselves. We complain and seek relief from our own faults; we suffer from the evils which we, by our own free will, inflict on ourselves and ascribe them to God, who is far from being connected with them!
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Psychoanalysis is out, under a therapeutic disguise, to do away entirely with the moral faculty in man.
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Any pitcher who might throw at me should know I'm not giving up my day job or trying to get anyone else's job. I just can't think of anything cooler than being one of the boys of summer!
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Fire is the test of gold; adversity, of strong men.
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Besides the actual reading in class of many poems, I would suggest you do two things: first, while teaching everything you can and keeping free of it, teach that poetry is a mode of discourse that differs from logical exposition.
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People say that life is short, but it isn't short. It's very long.
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Oh, I did stop smoking a long time ago.
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Country music is still your grandpa's music, but it's also your daughter's music. It's getting bigger and better all the time and I'm glad to be a part of it.
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Democracies are expense-averse and they think in terms of short-term, political interests rather than a long-term interest in stability.
