George Packer Quotes
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The art of creation is older than the art of killing.
Ed Koch -
There's a fine line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line.
Oscar Levant -
Koran says whoever believes in God in the last day shall be saved. It is a religion whose very name, Islam, comes from the word Shalom, which means peace. It's about establishing peace. We greet each other with peace be upon you, which the Jews do in greeting each other.
Feisal Abdul Rauf -
Fundamentally, footballers don't look around a dressing room and think, 'He's a black player... he's Japanese.' They don't think like that. They think, 'He's a good player; he can help. He's not very good.' I'm not trying to defend anyone's actions, but there are going to be isolated incidents because it's an emotive, passionate sport.
Gary Lineker -
My life has been a roller coaster ride, but somehow I've always been able to land on my feet and still play the guitar.
Ace Frehley Kiss -
I remember there being a period of time when I had a baby, and I was so sleep-deprived that I'd get into having no filter, and that was not good.
Laura Dern
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I just feel I've got thousands and thousands of young fans that have to learn about what's real when it comes to AIDS.
Eric Lynn Wright -
Breaking up is hard to do... so it's essential to keep getting wiser - and wiser - about what healthy love is all about.
Karen Salmansohn -
You do the policy, I'll do the politics.
Dan Quayle -
The secret to everything for me is doing yoga every day. It does do nice things for your body, but it also kind of calms you down and chills you out. Other than that, I don't really drink alcohol and I always take my makeup off at night!
Kate Beckinsale -
To different minds, the same world is a hell, and a heaven.
J. B. Priestley -
If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style.
Quentin Crisp
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The man that got me into collecting sneakers in the first place was the man they call Michael Jordan. He was the one who kind of exposed me to the sneaker world - he was my favorite basketball player, and he had the best shoes.
Benjamin Hammond "Ben" Haggerty -
A democratically elected congressman of the United States of America should not be talking of an ethnic divide in Afghanistan, should not be interfering in Afghanistan's internal affairs.
Hamid Karzai -
Creme Brulee is the ultimate 'guy' dessert. Make it and he'll follow you anywhere.
Ina Garten -
I just want to play for Hindus and Muslims that sit together. That's all I want to do.
Zubin Mehta -
From 16 years old, I wanted to have a baby, that's all I wanted.
Sadie Frost -
In a perfect world, we would have put users in control of their information when the Internet was first created.
Adam Cohen
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There were some things that I found I really enjoyed singing about; like, on the title track, there's this film-noir character of a woman who's sort of losing it in a room.
Diana Krall -
I like to think of myself as a natural gardener.
Clive Anderson -
I actually used to be a front for the largest national sports-betting syndicate in America.
Ashton Kutcher -
I was doing community theater, and I was always interested in acting, but I was also interested in sports. I was interested in a lot of things. I was a pretty normal guy. I wasn't like a guy who grew up in a dark theater watching movies.
Willem Dafoe -
Mountaineering is a complex and unique way of life, interweaving elements of sport, art and mysticism. Success or failure depends on the ebb and flow of immense inspiration. Detecting a single rule governing this energy is difficult - it arises and vanishes like the urge to dance and remains as mysterious as the phenomenon of life itself.
Wojciech Kurtyka -
The Olympics are never just about sports.
George Packer