Lakhdar Brahimi Quotes
A fly cannot go in unless it stops somewhere; therefore weapons, fuel, food, money will not go to Afghanistan unless the neighbors of Afghanistan are working, are cooperating, either being themselves the origin or the transit.
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I suppose I often think of my writing as quite impersonal. But it turned out, when my father died, writing was exactly what I wanted to do.
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Dear God! how beauty varies in nature and art. In a woman the flesh must be like marble; in a statue the marble must be like flesh.
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3D prefers you to use wider lenses because when things are out of focus, and yet it's in 3D, it bothers you.
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The seven deadly sins: Want of money, bad health, bad temper, chastity, family ties, knowing that you know things, and believing in the Christian religion.
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I'm a child of the Women's Movement. I always believed that I could do anything. That women didn't have to be limited in any way.
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Absolutely father knows best, always do what your fathers say, and if you can't find one then just ask me, I am a father and I know best.
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Love yourself instead of abusing yourself.
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If it wasn't for golf, I'd probably still be peddling jewelry or be in the sugar mills somewhere.
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See, as much as I love the game, golf was my vehicle to competition. And I love to compete.
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I am not afraid of aging, but more afraid of people's reactions to my aging.
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I don't like people waiting on me. I feel it is an unnecessary expense.
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One always writes comedy at the moment of deepest hysteria.
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I try to write relevant songs about life and whatever I'm going through and whatever people are going through.
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I can't stand going out to one more dinner with some Mrs. So-and-So who might leave a million dollars to the Chicago Symphony Orchestra when she dies.
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I like to have friends in the kitchen and make a big mess and use every pot in the kitchen.
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While the Assads are despotic, George H.W. Bush made the father an ally in Desert Storm, and Ehud Barak offered to return to Hafez Assad the Golan Heights in exchange for a peace deal.
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My three husbands were afraid of me. I am a very powerful woman.
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'Oh, to be a minion,' muttered Giac to himself dreamily. 'I was a sub-minion.'
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Wouldn't it be great if you could put all the published works online? The Internet Archive is trying to become useful as a modern-day digital library.
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My nana used to tape 'The Simpsons' when it aired on Sky. We'd get the VHS tapes - my dad would courier them from Nana's house to us - and we'd watch them on Sunday nights.
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That was a very sophisticated attack; the nature of it was novel.
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Families, when they get a housing voucher, they move a lot less. They move into better neighborhoods. Their kids go to the same school more consistently. Their kids have more food, and they get stronger. There are massive returns.
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A fly cannot go in unless it stops somewhere; therefore weapons, fuel, food, money will not go to Afghanistan unless the neighbors of Afghanistan are working, are cooperating, either being themselves the origin or the transit.
