Ian Dunbar Quotes
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Journalists write because they have nothing to say, and have something to say because they write.
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Anytime you have a tight race and you lose, it's not pleasant.
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In terms of people that I know, my grandmother and my mother are huge influences on my writing life because they are both massively supportive and always have been of my career.
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When I first came out with my fans and the wind hit me, I almost took off.
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All peoples have contributed to the overall progress and enhancement of human life.
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He has the finest, fundamentally sound golf swing I've ever seen.
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The main thing is to make history, not to write it.
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You can tell the difference between songs that were created in a garage and songs that were created in the studio.
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When confronting most crises, whether historic or contemporary, aid agencies generally muddle along on a case-by-case basis. They weigh insufficient information, extrapolate somewhat blindly about long-term pros and cons, and reluctantly arrive at decisions meant to do the most good and the least harm.
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Have you ever watched a crab on the shore crawling backward in search of the Atlantic Ocean, and missing? That's the way the mind of man operates.
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My life has been a dream. If someone had to write a story about it, it would seem a little unreal. It's the kind of story I would read and say, 'Nah, that's not possible.'
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The mullahs are part of the past in Iran, not its future. But change in Iran will come through engagement, not through confrontation.
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Acting can be a narrow and isolated experience, because you only examine your particular part.
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A lot of people think that to make it as a model you just need to be pretty and slim, but they're wrong. There's a lot of hard work involved. You have to be very focused, know what kind of work you're aiming for.
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I love the crowds at festivals because they're so chilled out.
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What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have never been discovered.
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Working on 'Girls' opened up a lot of opportunity for me. It's like a dream job. It's a dream.
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One of the main lessons I have learned the last five years as Secretary-General is that the United Nations cannot function properly without the support of the business community and civil society. We need to have tripartite support - the governments, the business communities and the civil society.
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There are many things my father taught me here in this room. He taught me: keep your friends close, but your enemies closer.
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Every man prefers to look at a well-shaped woman instead of a rubber ball.
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It's cool when your husband starts to sing some old Merle Haggard song and I can pop in with a harmony and it doesn't sound too bad.
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We read Greek and Norse mythology until it came out of our ears. And the Bible.
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People - and dogs - are dying to be trained.
