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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I think I look for a muse in women. Someone I can just picture in my mind. Someone who respects herself and others. It isn't so much the things she says, it's mainly what she does. That's what make her all the more beautiful.
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If you stop someone who's talking about something being fun, and say "Well what do you mean?" it's almost impossible to answer.
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I don't type fast. I type with three fingers - two on one hand, and I only get one going on the other. I think my thumb's in there, but I'm not sure. I may be no better than an orangutan when it comes to that.
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As little boys, my brother and I used to spend hours with my grandmother, asking her about the details of how she came to America. She could only give us a smattering of details, but they all found their way into our collective imagination, eventually becoming a part of our own cultural identity and connection to the past.
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People - and dogs - are dying to be trained.
