Eduard Shevardnadze Quotes
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Don't go into any store that features shopping bags that can stand on their own accord in the middle of a table. This sort of shopping bag denotes prices that will start chipping into your children's college education fund. Avoid it.
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I approach these people from a standpoint of love. How were they loved? How do they love? What's going on in their heart? There's that that I think about with every role.
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My parents never pushed me to ski race. It was my choice and something I really wanted to do. I would have rebelled if they had pushed me, and I wouldn't have had the same passion.
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Even though I am the daughter of a poet, and my stepmother is also a poet, growing up, I didn't think I could understand poetry; I didn't think that it had any relevance to my life, the feelings that I endured on a day-to-day basis, until I was introduced to the right poem.
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I grew up in Germany for a little while, and all my German friends said that Seattle, weather and energy-wise, is a lot like West Germany. It's true.
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In some ways, my most comfortable feeling has been that of being an outsider coming in, but over the years I've tired of that and I'm ready to feel at home. That's what music gives me: a feeling of absolute home.
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I am a very loyal man and always keep my promises when I commit to something.
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I grew up in the South and went to church a lot.
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Life's a challenge, but that's the best part.
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To win the cause we all believe in, the spread of true democracy all over the world, we need to win by example, not just with speeches but by example; not just with military might but by gaining the respect of the world.
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The best thing commercially, which is the worst artistically, by and large, is the most successful.
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What is new in the world? Nothing. What is old in the world? Nothing. Everything has always been and will always be.
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Even if I get thrown out of Hollywood, I'll come back.
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The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.
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On stage, you can use your emotions. It's the place where you can channel them. They have a purpose.
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Life is tragic comedy, in a way. There is humor.
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Do you want to feel good, or do you want to do good?
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If I ever own a restaurant, I will never allow the waiters to ask if the diners like their dishes. Particularly when they're talking.
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Business is in itself a power.
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When the written and spoken word is censored, the urban landscape becomes a nation's only physical link to the past.
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I have long believed that it is only right and appropriate that before one sleeps with someone, one should be able – if called upon to do so – to make them a proper omelet in the morning. Surely that kind of civility and selflessness would be both good manners and good for the world.
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When I was younger, my whole sense of self-worth was based on whether or not I was working, which was awful. And I had a baby at 20 years old, so it wasn't just about me. At around the age of 30 there was a stretch where I wasn't working - certainly not on anything I liked, anyway - and I started to do other things.
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A good title should be like a good metaphor. It should intrigue without being too baffling or too obvious.
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Prospects of normalizing our relations with Russia look good.
