Queen Rania of Jordan Quotes
We look at problems happening halfway across the world and we think, 'Well, that's their problem.' But it's not. ... When you solve somebody else's problem, you're solving a problem for yourself because our world today is so interconnected.
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Well Sid Pollack was... He was I would say probably, probably the most influential on me.
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My idols are Janis Joplin and Annie Lennox, who are neither of them from the typical pop culture.
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I definitely try to eat a healthy diet, but I am the first person to say I love unhealthy food. I would never tell you I don't. I love fried chicken or mac and cheese. Do I order them all the time when I'm out at restaurants? No, though I do have one splurge meal a week.
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Ambition often puts Men upon doing the meanest offices; so climbing is performed in the same position with creeping.
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The real drawback to the simple life is that it is not simple. If you are living it, you positively can do nothing else. There is not time.
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Guys like Clyde McPhatter used to sing their tail ends off!
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Russia is still the leader in world space exploration. But its position of leader involves great responsibility - we have no right to lag behind. We can and we must move constantly forward.
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I am always dabbling in new skin routines, but it's always about moisture.
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Pure geometrical regularity gives a certain pleasure to men troubled by the obscurity of outside appearance. The geometrical line is something absolutely distinct from the messiness, the confusion, and the accidental details of existing things.
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Children seem naturally drawn to poetry - it's some combination of the rhyme, rhythm, and the words themselves.
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I enjoy making films, but my heart is in the stage. Every night you have to be on. There's no second take.
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I've heard things said on football pitches that players clearly don't mean, whether it's racism or just an abusive comment in the heat of the moment.
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I loved DreamWorks and Pixar, and I still love kids' films.
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Sometimes when you're with somebody, and all their stuff is at your house, it's so hard to break up with them.
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Rap is the only interesting music left - it's the only genre that's still pushing itself, and experimenting in a way that I find exciting.
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I meant that the Chinese people are not aware of their own entrapment. They believe they live in a free society, but don't realize how much they are being monitored and controlled, how much the information they receive is restricted and warped, until they step out of line, that is, and feel the heavy hand of the state fall on them.
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It's fun to present stories that have a character that, really, everybody wants to be.
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Proteins are constantly being degraded. Therefore, simultaneous production of proteins is required.
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I just saw Jensen the other day. They are gonna be in the States at the same time when we are doing the tour, Se we'll see if we are going to see somewhere.
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The lesson is clear: estimates of causes of death are warped by media coverage. ... The world in our heads is not a precise replica of reality; our expectations about the frequency of events are distorted by the prevalence and emotional intensity of the messages to which we are exposed.
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Tinkering is something we need to know how to do in order to keep something like the space station running. I am a tinkerer by nature.
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The only reason I'd ever get a sex change operation is to see what it's like to be right all the time.
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It leaves a bad taste in your mouth, naturally, it's bittersweet. We wanted to go 4-0, but three out of four on a road trip where we played two back-to-backs is not bad. We seek perfection. We always want to be better.
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We look at problems happening halfway across the world and we think, 'Well, that's their problem.' But it's not. ... When you solve somebody else's problem, you're solving a problem for yourself because our world today is so interconnected.
