Juan Manuel Santos Quotes
The notion that you do not negotiate with terrorists is not the history of humanity or of the world.
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The humor is essentially dark for a cartoon and sophisticated. But at the same time, being a cartoon gives the writers more freedom than in a normal sitcom. It always pushes the line that, despite human failings, the Simpsons are really decent people.
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Sometimes your parents are the ones with the biggest mouths of all time.
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I'm the guy that has written at great length about exactly how we should profoundly reform Social Security. If I were afraid of going after entitlements, I wouldn't have done that, I wouldn't have put Medicaid reform in this budget, I wouldn't have called for the reductions in spending, which people will scream about, but I think are necessary.
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Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing.
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Congratulations. I knew the record would stand until it was broken.
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I think that's the ultimate sign of a teammate and respect is that they compete against one another so hard at practice that here's a chance to share some knowledge inside. It takes some humility to do that.
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I don't care what people think of me as a person, but I do care what people think of my work, and whether I'm investing enough into it.
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It has been a great working experience with Sreenu Vaitla.
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Unless you consider yourself some sort of human brand, which I don't, you have to deal with the fact that different people are going to like different aspects of your work. It's not consistent. I am not consistent. But I feel OK with that.
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I really have a passion for food. Of course, music, but behind that, it's food.
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Wit is an explosion of the compound spirit.
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When we train a horse to do a certain job, we're training the horse to be like a soldier, and yes, he still has a spirit, and he still has his ideas, but he is a disciplined soldier, and in the end, he will follow the rider's instruction to do what needs to be done.
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We can win respect in the world only if we are strong internally and can banish poverty and unemployment from our country.
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Having children is not for everyone, but I think it's a beautiful lesson in it not being all about me anymore. It's a relief, in a way. It's like, this is her story now, and I'm her mom. It's a nice shift.
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Memories have huge staying power, but like dreams, they thrive in the dark, surviving for decades in the deep waters of our minds like shipwrecks on the sea bed.
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I just write the stuff I want to at the time, what feels right for me.
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A man is honorable in proportion to the personal risks he takes for his opinion.
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Sometimes in politics and even in life you need to take the tough and difficult decisions which you know would be good for you and the country in the medium and long term
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When all authority of every kind is put aside, denied, then you can find out for yourself.
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I felt like I couldn't meet a single rich person. Regardless of where I live, they don't want to talk to me. I threw a barbecue and invited the whole neighborhood, and nobody showed up.
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It's very scary to me that people actually think we should just follow our leaders. If we can't learn from our history, we're nowhere.
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Everyone now knows how to find the meaning of life within himself. But mankind wasn't always so lucky. Less than a century ago, men and women did not have easy access to the puzzle boxes within them.
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The notion that you do not negotiate with terrorists is not the history of humanity or of the world.
