Joan Didion Quotes
I have always wanted a swimming pool and never had one.
Joan Didion
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For 11 years, I was mayor of Tirana, our capital. We faced many challenges. Art was part of the answer, and my name, in the very beginning, was linked with two things: demolition of illegal constructions in order to get public space back, and use of colors in order to revive the hope that had been lost in my city.
Edi Rama
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I don't like crazy names. I don't like them. I don't think it makes any sense. You have to think about the child and, as they get older, what they have to deal with. A lot of people do things as a fad, and they want to get some attention, but it's like, this is your child.
Laila Ali
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Let me make a solemn pledge before all of you, before the whole world and before God, that I will devote all my energy and all I possess in my power to serve the people of Nigeria and humanity.
Olusegun Obasanjo
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At first, I was just trying to sound like DOOM and Eminem, and then I dug out my own voice, I guess.
Thebe Neruda Kgositsile
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The bonds we create in the household are the most important and lasting. Savor them; they're sacred.
Rainn Wilson
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In a world of commoditized knowledge, the returns go to the companies who can produce non-standard knowledge.
Gary Hamel
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Before I had my child, I thought I knew all the boundaries of myself, that I understood the limits of my heart. It's extraordinary to have all those limits thrown out, to realize your love is inexhaustible.
Uma Thurman
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Once I'm in a situation where I can not do anything for three years and go off the map, I'll focus more on writing. Right now, I want to just make Flume awesome... and big.
Flume
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Do I believe in coupling? Do I believe in commitment? Do I believe in co-parenting, raising children together, having a family, and growing old with someone? I absolutely believe in all of those things. I just don't believe that you need to be married to do that. I love going to weddings, though. I do love a good wedding.
Laura Wasser
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Hold on with a bulldog grip, and chew and choke as much as possible.
Abraham Lincoln
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I never forbid myself anything.
Ieva Laguna
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Going to the opera, like getting drunk, is a sin that carries its own punishment with it.
Hannah More