Joao Lourenco Quotes
Corruption happens because there is impunity. That's the reason why corruption is widespread at all levels - from the person who asks for a bribe on the street to those who hold prominent positions.
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He that fails in his endeavors after wealth or power will not long retain either honesty or courage.
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When I learnt to write I became my own master, I became very strong, and that strength is with me to this very day.
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All my books are optimistic!
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If you want to put out a million CDs and sell them and get them played on the radio, and even videos, or whatever, if that still exists, that kind of muscle can only come from a label like Columbia.
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Turning 18 is a big deal.
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I'm a slow starter.
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Not always trainers, but if I don't have to, I don't wear high heels. It's really just if something looks good on me, I'm going to buy it. It can be Zara or Chanel... I'm going to buy it.
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I love dressing up for events; to me it's almost like wearing a costume for the evening.
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In the early part of the '60s I was influenced by the Ventures.
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My bag always weighs a ton. I carry my whole bathroom with me. You never know what's going to happen in a day!
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But if I played well and prepared myself properly, then all I had to do was control myself and put myself in a position to win.
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If you're on a budget, Sweetgreen is a new chain of salad bars that are very good but inexpensive. You choose from a menu or customise your own, with some protein, a healthy salad and a great dressing.
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I am Lebanese, and I know the interests of my country.
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I don't want any romantics to go into the military. I'm not a pacifist. I think we need a military, and the better one we have, the better off we are. I don't want kids going in there thinking that it's John Wayne on Iwo Jima. That's not healthy.
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Adventuring can be for the ordinary person with ordinary qualities, such as I regard myself.
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My paintings do not have a center, but depend on the same amount of interest throughout.
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I just try to speak passionately about things I'm involved in and moved by.
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Our program for American GIs can be heard at 1630 hours.
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The Postal Service is huge - employing more than a half million people - and its history is long and complicated.
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I take no credit at all. This is a talented team with a real desire to follow a specific style of play.
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I think we have to acknowledge that people are different and succeed at different things, first of all. Men are better than women at some professions like firefighting, construction work, and physics. But women are better than men at some professions, too, like elementary teaching, prostitution, and giving birth. Who's to say which is more important?
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I looked through our catalog year by year, and I saw that there were pockets of time when we wrote some terrific songs. Then all of a sudden, we'd go for another two or three months and there weren't great songs.
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I know it's late, I know you're wearyI know your plans don't include meStill here we are, both of us lonelyLonging for shelter from all that we seeWhy should we worry, no one will care girlLook at the stars so far awayWe've got tonight, who needs tomorrow?We've got tonight babe,Why don't you stay?
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Corruption happens because there is impunity. That's the reason why corruption is widespread at all levels - from the person who asks for a bribe on the street to those who hold prominent positions.
