Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa Quotes
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I like films to be complete in their written form.
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I didn't have outstanding numbers coming out of college and I'm not 6'6 with 230 lbs.
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At the age of 13, I felt it was up to me to decide whether I wanted to go to church or be with my mates, and I chose to go to church.
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Music was a big outlet for me. Being able to play an instrument and sing was definitely a good way for me to escape things I was dealing with: family issues, growing up, being a kid and not knowing what I wanted to do with my life.
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When I was first starting to write plays, I quite literally had never heard of the idea of studying playwriting. I wouldn't have studied it even if I had heard of it.
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For us, overseas employment addresses two major problems: unemployment and the balance of payments position.
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You have to be yourself.
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Major success feels a bit like a coronation. Like I'd become a king. I was one of the most famous people in the world, loved and hated in equal measure. I couldn't see anything bad with it. It made me a happy person.
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The situation is quite serious - groundwater is important source for water use, including drinking water, and if it gets contaminated, it's very costly and difficult to clean.
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It would have shown people that I was prepared to do that kind of work, although I find myself in a position now where I don't really need to and I could pick and choose the kind of characters I'd like to do.
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I'm a huge historical fiction and non-fiction fan.
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It was a pleasure to meet President Obama and Michelle. I'm not a political person, but I admire what he has done.
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The functions of the family in a highly differentiated society are not to be interpreted as functions directly on behalf of the society, but on behalf of personality.
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The single worst moment of my life... was the moment I was born.
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My voice, I have to say, is kind of miraculous because I was born with a cleft palate.
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Dad was an amazing storyteller and illustrator, which he did in his spare time - very inspiring and dramatic.
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So, I think I'd be grateful for the next job. I always am. And I always consider everything I do to be the last thing I do.
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Wherever magistrates were appointed from among those who complied with the injunctions of the laws, Socrates considered the government to be an aristocracy.
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I have never worried about 'Frontline' becoming an old-fashioned news brand, because we never were.
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Having one foot in design and the other in sustainable and social projects, I hear this question quite often: 'Why does the world need another chair?' My answer is that the world needs another chair/bicycle/car or any new product for that matter, like the world needs another book.
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You only get one chance at life and you have to grab it boldly.
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I never knew my father. He was never married to my mother; he was never a part of my life. It was just my mom, my brother and me.
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If you like your brother and he's prospering, you'll be pleased for him.
