Jon Huntsman, Sr. Quotes
I found that, academically, it really didn't matter whether I had received a certain grade in a class; it didn't matter too much what schools I wanted to attend... What matters is one's drive, one's intelligence.
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As to women, the Islamic faith has given women rights that are equal to or more than the rights given them in the Old Testament and the Bible.
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I'll never forget the first time... I got a Blackberry smartphone, and I'm playing with it and I'm going, 'This is really important because my email, my contacts, my calendar. Everything is here and it's synced up with that computer. It's synced up with my assistant's computer.'
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I grew up, until age 6, in Chicago. My parents rented their apartment and, at the end of the Depression, my parents wanted to replicate that situation. So, again, we lived in a somewhat suburban setting outside of New York City, and again, they rented.
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I'm not accustomed to giving advice to those who haven't asked for it.
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The Pentagon is a series of wedges. So you have - the outer wedge has windows on the outside, and then inside of that, it has windows with an alleyway; then there's another wedge with windows outside, windows inside. And we call them the E Ring, the D Ring, the C Ring.
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I have to admit that I only read 'War and Peace' when I was 40. But I knew the basics before then.
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Whether you need to like a character, I don't think that's necessary in order to portray him.
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It is difficult to survive as an author in Sweden, so for commercial success, it is good idea to write crime, get yourself translated, and live happily ever after.
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I think I'm at a place where I haven't really been encountered by anyone overtly strange. But people think they know me.
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Someone will eventually succeed in this hunt for a longevity pill, and when they do, one of the greatest advances in the history of medicine will have been achieved.
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I touched her thigh and death smiled
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Everybody's at war with different things… I'm at war with my own heart sometimes.
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I like architectural shapes. You can't put any shape on any body, except on the runway. In reality, it has to look and feel flattering.
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People are talking about the Internet as though it is going to change the world. It's not going to change the world. It's not going to change the way we think, and it's not going to change the way we feel.
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And I love writing. I've always loved writing.
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I do have a place in my heart for animal shelters because the job they have is impossible - so many animals that need to euthanized because don't have homes for them.
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I dance because it makes me want to explode.
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In Hawaii, we have something called Ho'oponopono, where people come together to resolve crises and restore peace and balance.
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When I meet people on airplanes and they find out I'm an economist, they usually ask about stock tips.
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I'm such a huge fan, and I've done classes of all Lady Gaga music. And she's just someone who evokes freedom and love for her fans and passion in what she does. Lady Gaga, I'll take you out for a salad anytime.
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Just so you know, we're ashamed the president of the United States is from Texas.
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My son has followed fashion since he was a punk. He and I agree that fashion is about sex.
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I found that, academically, it really didn't matter whether I had received a certain grade in a class; it didn't matter too much what schools I wanted to attend... What matters is one's drive, one's intelligence.
