John Pilger Quotes
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A healthy economics has got to have both conceptual, theoretical research and applied, empirical research.
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I started auditioning but at times would feel depressed, as I would get shortlisted but never received the final call. Only when the commercials were released would I come to know that I was not selected.
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The scramble to get into college is going to be so terrible in the next few years that students are going to put up with almost anything, even an education.
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Cooperation and collaboration among nations and countries can help in the process of development of promoting welfare as well as bringing peace and stability.
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I don't even know what sound is, much less what it's for. It isn't to make money that's for sure. I've never made any.
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The heroes of 'Narcos' are the Colombian people who fought and decided to do something about the horrible narco-terrorism that took place in their country back in the '80s.
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There might be 1 finger on the trigger, but there will be 15 fingers on the safety catch.
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I really like Los Angeles - I had a good life out there. But the reason I choose to live in New York is because when I'm between engagements, as they say, something creative always comes up for me, like 'Julian Po,' or helping teach at NYU, or helping stage a show at Juilliard.
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I love Billy Joel. I cry sometimes when I hear 'The Stranger.' 'You May Be Right' may be one of the greatest songs ever written.
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I keep setting the bar higher for myself in terms of what I'm trying to accomplish.
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The Secure Fence Act, which authorizes the construction of 700 miles of security barriers along the southwest border, has now been sent to President Bush for his signature. This piece of legislation is an important piece of the border security puzzle.
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Advertising ministers to the spiritual side of trade. It is great power that has been entrusted to your keeping which charges you with the high responsibility of inspiring and ennobling the commercial world. It is all part of the greater work of the regeneration and redemption of mankind.
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I don't get far enough into a boring book to hate it.
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The great thing about albums is it gives you a lot of choices, and we can all say that the album business is dead, but watch Taylor Swift. I don't think it's dead. I just think we've got to hit on the energies that make people want to collect albums.
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I do like alternative rock and rap, but as far as inspirational, then I go full-on orchestra. It fills up your entire being.
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The weirder you're going to behave, the more normal you should look. It works in reverse, too. When I see a kid with three or four rings in his nose, I know there is absolutely nothing extraordinary about that person.
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There are deaths in public places on the grounds that the victim is gay.
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I watch a TV show called 'Shark Tank.' It's one of my favorite TV shows. It's basically self-made millionaires who have either come up with their own business or clothing... I came up with the idea of designing clothes.
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I don't think it works to just be mad at them - Maxine Waters out ranting and kicking down the doors. It would be so easy to dismiss you and marginalize you.
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Look not to yourselves! You are by nature wretched, miserable, poor, blind and naked. Look simply unto Jesus.
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The way women today are treated in Saudi Arabia is a direct result of the education our children, boys and girls, receive at school.
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Well, I did go to Irish dancing lessons as a kid, but I was slapped and never went again.
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In the old days, I'd have to go as a company, buy computer resources, buy servers, buy storage, and lash it all together. It took a long time to stand up. Now, if I need, I can go to Amazon or Rackspace and buy some computer power nearly instantaneously.
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I grew up in Sydney in a very political household, where we were all for the underdog.
