Haider al-Abadi Quotes
Corruption is a disease, and sometimes it's institutionalized. It takes years to remove it. But I want to remove it.
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I haven't seen the show, but when it was finished I felt good about what we had done. I don't know how it will stack up with Survival, but that'll be up to the critics.
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I have no idea if some societies, anthropologically speaking, aren't really suited for democracy. I don't think that's true.
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I'm still learning how to do things - like lining my eyes? Forget it.
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I think my generation is obsessed with instant gratification. We want everything now, now, now.
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It is the quality of our work which will please God and not the quantity.
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A marriage contract to me is as binding as any in business, and I have always believed in sticking to an agreement.
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My experience has offered me the sensibility that encourages me to try newer characters.
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When we went into World War II, I was a tractor driver then. I drove tractors on the plantation. So when they start calling people my age, 18, up, I was one they called.
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When enacted, health care reform provides generous tax credits to help people afford their health insurance premiums.
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People say sometimes, gosh, that was brave of you to write such-and-such last week. 'Brave?' What do they mean 'brave?' It's right! How could you not write it?
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People frequently ask me if adverse criticism bothers me. I've had a lot of it, and I have been able to shrug most of it off.
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Sex appeal is a good thing for commercial cinema. Though I can't sit at home and consider myself a sex symbol, it is for people to do so. I want to be known as an interesting actor.
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Job-interviewing is just a skill. Like any skill, some people have more of a predisposition for it than others.
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You've got to respond to that and of course thinking through the role of a left party in the modern world, in the modern economy and society and having a policy response to that.
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I try to create songs that are really massive and intense, but at the same time remaining honest and raw.
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If you get rid of all these giveaways and loopholes and deductions and credits, then you can sharply lower the rates.
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I was a Stephen King fan and I was amazed that I got the chance to play that role and very glad that I did.
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What I spent, I had; What I kept, I lost; What I gave, I have.
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Think health, eat sparingly, exercise regularly, walk a lot, and think positively about yourself.
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Moyo, a Zambia-born economist, asserts that aid is not only ineffective-it's harmful. Her argument packs a strong punch because she was born and raised in Africa. Moyo believes aid money promotes the corruption of governments and the dependence of citizens, and advocates that an investment approach will do more to help reduce poverty than aid ever could.
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Energy is a concept that has been coined by physicists. There is no observable thing known as energy anywhere.
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I'm very picky, and I'm never 100% happy with the work I do; I hate watching myself and hearing my voice.
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Corruption is a disease, and sometimes it's institutionalized. It takes years to remove it. But I want to remove it.
