Jose Bergamin Quotes
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As an organization, Esri is strong, and we're continuing to grow. We're dedicated to this. And we're excited to see what you can accomplish and to watch your work evolve.
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If a Chinese student does not know Chinese learning, it's like a person without a surname, a horse without a bridle, a boat without a helm. The more Western learning he possesses, the more hateful of China he will become. Even if he becomes a capable man of vast learning, how can he be of any use to the state?
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We tend to talk about death as if it is losing a battle, but that assumes living is winning and dying is not.
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Since the end of the Cold War, Soviet aggression had been replaced by a number of particularly venomous threats, from Timothy McVeigh to Osama bin Laden.
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The only real indulgence was buying a house. That was a pretty big step.
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My father was a teacher, and there were teachers all around, his friends, they were working for the Government and their behaviour was within strictly limited areas.
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That image is a couple different people's homes that I knew growing up.
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Since I became Secretary-General, five years ago, I have seen youth participate at the United Nations as never before.
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The air of ideas is the only air worth breathing.
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Overall I enjoy a certain anonymity. I live a very normal, very ordinary life.
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Not all lies are harmful. Sometimes we're willing participants in deception for the sake of social dignity, maybe to keep a secret that should be kept secret, secret. We say, 'Nice song.' 'Honey, you don't look fat in that, no.'
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In social matters, pointless conventions are not merely the bee sting of etiquette, but the snake bite of moral order.
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E-governance is easy governance, effective governance, and also economic governance. E-governance paves the way for good governance.
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I'm not bothered about what others are doing. All I want to do is excel in whatever it is that I do.
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There are so many people in the world who cannot read English or French or whatever.
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I find the past so fascinating. Photographs are strange, almost surreal, almost here yet gone. I slip into thinking what the past must have been like and I enjoy creating that ambience and atmosphere - 1730 to around 1870 is the most interesting period.
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I write about real life as it is lived by the young American Muslim women that I've had the pleasure of meeting throughout the course of my travels as a writer and being able to speak in different places and meet different people at signings and things.
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Let love flow so that it cleanses the world. Then man can live in peace, instead of the state of turmoil he has created through his past ways of life, with all those material interests and earthly ambitions.
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There are people who consider it almost unpatriotic to be inquisitive and to be truthful about your opinions.
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It's fascinating when you're from another place, but you don't speak the language.
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I have nine Grammy Awards. I wouldn't have that if I couldn't sing.
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Sure, I get the blues. But what I try to do, is apply joy to the blues, you know? I don't know if it's a technique, or just being bent that way, being raised by the folks I was raised by.
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The only time a man thinks is when he's alone.
