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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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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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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So many people love sci-fi, and they're so loyal.
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If parents could just get their children moving around in the most simple and fun ways - jumping in leaves, dancing to pop music, throwing socks in a laundry basket - they could be sowing the seeds of great habits that could last a lifetime. It is all about turning it into a game.
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I can't say that I've made the transition to movies.
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Right away when I got to college, I realized that being a politician sucks. It's really hard! It wasn't for me. B.J. Novak is convinced that I will run for mayor of Chicago at some point. He begs me to do it. It'd be a tough gig, but I was always very attracted to the idea of helping people and trying to make the city a better place.
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I'll never get out of politics. I have friends in public office. I have things that I want to do. You can't go back in life. I won't go back to the existence I had before of running a political consulting firm and signing up clients and advising campaigns in exactly that way.
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I'd bowled a lot, but I never really had proper lessons.
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Later in life, when I'm retired and have a family of my own and will be able to send my kids to college, that's when I'll start spending. Way too many athletes go broke these days, and I like saving my money so that I can ensure my family and friends currently and after me will never have to endure some of the things I did when I was a kid.
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You can't ask a guy like me why I performed. I really wanted to fly through the air. I was a daredevil, a performer. I loved the thrill, the money, the whole macho thing. All those things made me Evel Knievel. Sure, I was scared. You gotta be an ass not to be scared. But I beat the hell out of death.
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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.
