Haider al-Abadi Quotes
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You need a teaching coach who understands the game of basketball, not just some guy coming on the court talking about Xs and Os.
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The Universe is stranger than we imagine!
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We have now armed to such an extent as the world has never before seen.
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Remember I came to Albuquerque to do a hair and makeup test and wardrobe fitting; you guys were already shooting. It's tough when the movie's already started and you kind of show up. You're the new kid on the block. I walked onto the set and Tommy Lee Jones was about to do the scene. I just kind of walked up to him. I was shaking, but I just gave him this big hug and he just had nothing to say. He was like, 'Gotta go to work now.' I had a great time working with him."
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I cannot stand authority.
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Workaholicism is such a tough addiction to get over. I had to my wife because she was an enabler.
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Adversity is the touchstone of character: it is not in success but in misfortune that hidden powers bear fruit.
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Consistency is the hobgoblin of small minds.
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Filming is a funny combination of having a good time and not being able to wait until its over.
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With eternal investments there is never a loss of principle or principal.
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I'm an Australian, and when I grew up much of my influences were American - blues music and country music, all that sort of thing.
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I think it's important as an artist to never forget where you're from.
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Life is a balance between holding on and letting go.
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I've got music in my head when I fight. I've got a certain rhythm, a certain way of fighting, a certain relaxation where I can let myself go.
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Humanism was not invented by man, but by a snake who suggested that the quest for autonomy might be a good idea.
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...a distorted development of autonomy is the root cause of the pathological and, ultimately, evil element in human beings.
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The key to freedom is accepting my own autonomy as an individual, and respecting the autonomy of other individuals, with all of what that means - whatever that means.
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The ship founders on a sandbank and then gets back afloat. Electric power stops; after a while, the machines start up again. During such recesses, the anarch measures his own strength and autonomy.
