Jean-Bertrand Aristide Quotes
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Palestinian propagandists can say and do anything they please without concern for the truth, in the belief that if they repeat it often enough it will simply become the truth.
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But we cannot rely on memorials and museums alone. We can tell ourselves we will never forget and we likely won't. But we need to make sure that we teach history to those who never had the opportunity to remember in the first place.
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If I have a 100 percent batting average, you should fire me, because it means we haven't tried anything really noble.
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A cat can maintain a position of curled up somnolence on your knee until you are nearly upright. To the last minute she hopes your conscience will get the better of you and you will settle down again.
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Would I describe myself as new Labour? I'm Labour, organised Labour. I think labels have a limited use and that's where you really get into boy stuff sometimes, just sticking on labels.
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The mid-day meal is a well-intentioned scheme and has to be implemented effectively.
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My fault, my failure, is not in the passions I have, but in my lack of control of them.
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I would love to play a superhero. I wish I could be in 'The Avengers,' kicking butt.
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The worst feeling in the world is the homesickness that comes over a man occasionally when he is at home.
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Nothing fires me up like losing. It certainly makes you want to go that extra bit.
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If I had remained in Lhasa, even without the Chinese occupation, I would probably have carried the ceremonial role in some orthodox way.
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I listen to very little music, particularly contemporary. If I listen to it, it's going to be my own music, some arrangement or something. I spend so much time listening that the way I relax is by watching things, a comedy; that's my way to wind down.
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The Simpsons can go anywhere in the world and not worry about any budgetary issues. However, even when the show has had its run, I think the characters can go on in perpetuity.
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I came from a strong jazz/ singer-songwriter/folk influence, but in L.A., I learned how to have a balance between all these genres and R&B music and hip-hop, mixing them all together.
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Withholding information that would get innocent people killed was the right thing to do, not a journalistic sin.
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The only way to find peace is when you are not separated, when you are not fighting, when you part of the whole.
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I believe in music because it has the power of change.
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I know what I can do so it doesn't bother me what other people think or their opinion on the situation.
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I wanted to be a teacher because that is all I knew. It was a great course on primary school education, in which I could specialise in music, but I ended up dropping out after I was honest with myself about what I really wanted to do with my life.
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I just want to be challenged. I want to be proud of what I do, and I want to learn new things and keep growing.
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Liberation movements - operating surreptitiously and conspiratorially - thrive on discipline and suspicion, and punish deviation or dissent.
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Haitians don't like to say they are hungry because we are proud.
