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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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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Swaraj of a people means the sum total of the Swaraj (self-rule) of individuals.
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“Autonomy is absolutized in principle and practice. This may lead to the second response, namely, that physicians will accede to whatever the patient or valid surrogate wants. This prompts the physician to transfer all responsibility to patients, family, or friends. This occurs with alarming frequency in the care of infants, the elderly, and demented patients who may be over- or under-treated because their surrogates demand it. Indeed,”
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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 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.
