Haider al-Abadi Quotes
When Saddam Hussein was overthrown, Iraqis resolved never to allow one man, one political party, or one segment of society to dominate our diverse nation. Now we have the opportunity to build an Iraq worthy of what we are: a pluralist people, steeped in history, striving to build one nation in peace and mutual respect.
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We've got great fans that rock and roll won't have, because you can have a one-hit record and country music used to, not so much anymore and you have a fan forever.
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A lot of people go in and have to create their own characters, and they do fine with it.
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We are exactly where we have chosen to be.
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Most Americans probably have no idea how hostile anti-abortion sidewalk counseling outside clinics can be. There's a reason pro-choicers volunteer to escort patients as they make their way past angry crowds to the clinic door.
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Mr. Obama's approach to engagement to some degree makes him dependent on people who wish neither him nor America well. This doesn't have to end badly and I hope that it doesn't - but it's not an ideal position after one's first year in power.
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Passivity is fatal to us. Our goal is to make the enemy passive.
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It's important for me to think I'm mixed-race.
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I want to do whatever I can to survive.
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Madonna remains the most visible performer on the planet, as well as one of the wealthiest, but would anyone seriously say that artistic self-development is her primary motivating principle? She is too busy with Kabbalah, fashion merchandising, adoption melodramas, the gym, and ill-starred horseback riding to study art.
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Presidents are nice people. They're nice, fun-loving people who have great jobs.
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At the lodge the chief gave me many particulars which were relative to the late visit of the Spaniards.
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I have always been interested in the idea of self-reinvention.
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From medieval tapestries, we know that slingers were capable of hitting birds in flight. They were incredibly accurate.
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You don't want to disappoint your mama, for that main fact that she's going to get on your behind.
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I always just wanted to be funny. I never really planned to be scary.
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The music technology scene is changing so fast it's hard to keep up.
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When stripped, I looked less like 'Il David' than a plucked chicken that died of myxomatosis.
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You have to be logical. You know? If I know that in this hotel room they have food every day, and I'm knocking on the door every day to eat, and they open the door, let me see the party, let me see them throwing salami all over, I mean, just throwing food around, but they're telling me there's no food.
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She’d walked a delicate line with commendable skill.But sometimes the best case wasn’t good enough.
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Radio 1 has always championed women; take Annie Nightingale, for example. One of my heroes.
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The last Christian died on a cross.
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No matter what is happening in your life, you always offer tea.
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People who sit back and wait for somebody to take care of them are the people that if shown a way, can be useful to our society.
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When Saddam Hussein was overthrown, Iraqis resolved never to allow one man, one political party, or one segment of society to dominate our diverse nation. Now we have the opportunity to build an Iraq worthy of what we are: a pluralist people, steeped in history, striving to build one nation in peace and mutual respect.
