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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A lot of people go in and have to create their own characters, and they do fine with it.
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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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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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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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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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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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When I die? Fuck it, I wanna go to hell, 'cause I'm a piece of shit. It ain't hard to fuckin' tell.
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We are the voices of the wandering wind,Which moan for rest and rest can never find;Lo! as the wind is, so is mortal life,A moan, a sigh, a sob, a storm, a strife.
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I like Mr. Gorbachev. We can do business together.
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I need to eat every three hours - it keeps my metabolism going so I stay at a certain weight.
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When I was a kid, during those days, you couldn't use instruments. It was against the pastor's religion, so all the singers would make these instruments with their voices. It was just unbelievable. I couldn't explain it.
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We're not trying to form a new religion. I think that all the powerful religions are pretty much the same. People like to pretend they are very different, but they are not. They are really about believing in something bigger than yourself, something that's unseen, and about having some faith. That's not such a bad thing to have in the world.
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If you are not able to communicate successfully between yourself and yourself, how are you supposed to make it with the strangers outside?
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Pain doesn't have a face and pain doesn't have a certain way of adjusting. Pain is universal.
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My family never had a business background. We are artistes.
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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.
