John R. Allen Quotes
Afghanistan is going to be here a long time, and what's critical is that Afghanistan's relationship with its neighbors are, to the maximum extent they can be, constructive and operationally useful.
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I enjoy money. Not enough people in this world are happy. I'm determined to be contented, and having plenty of money from working makes it easier for me.
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There's no doubt in the world that directing makes you a better actor. Me, anyway. There's no doubt in the world that it makes me a more collaborative actor.
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Because of our social circumstances, male and female are really two cultures and their life experiences are utterly different.
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For the first time, the weird and the stupid and the coarse are becoming our cultural norms, even our cultural ideal.
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Honesty is something you can't wear out.
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I am pretty tough as a boss.
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I want to be an activist professor.
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A lot of times, you think you want something, and then you find something completely different.
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The unyielding resistance of the Cuban patriots is symbolized by our 5 Heroes. They shall never back down! They shall never surrender!
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Power is something of which I am convinced there is no innocence this side of the womb.
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I am a person who is trained to look other people in the eye.
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Just because I don't show six-pack abs doesn't mean that I don't have them.
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I am extremely rebellious. I have this strong, defiant spirit.
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I think songwriting is the ultimate form of being able to make anything that happens in your life productive.
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As an actress, the joy of being able to play the three sides of any woman, which are the glamour, the pragmatic and the one not to be messed with, is pretty glorious.
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I love 'First Wives Club' and 'Death Becomes Her' and movies about women like that.
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I just want fiction to remain a vital force for entertainment and not just for contemplation. Both things can exist.
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I could be working 300 hours a week. I just say 'no.' The power of slow is the power of no. I can't go to every party I get invited to. I can't do every work thing.
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I'm pretty laid back.
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I want to be the healthiest, best Emma that I can be, and I know that by going to treatment that's what's going to happen, and I'm going to continue on that positive road.
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The last page of [Lincoln in the Bardo] - without giving too much away - involves somebody entering somebody else. Not in a sexual way. But it says one of the simplest things you could ever say, which is that we must try and be inside each other. We must have some kind of feeling for each other and enter into each other's experience.
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Shoes are the finishing touch on any outfit and it is important to complete a look with the perfect pair!
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I think I just learned that God has a plan for all of us, and I work hard and do all the things I can, but at the same time, His will is perfect; and me trying to control it, it's not going to work.
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Afghanistan is going to be here a long time, and what's critical is that Afghanistan's relationship with its neighbors are, to the maximum extent they can be, constructive and operationally useful.
