Ivo Daalder Quotes
One of the amazing things about September 11 is that we lacked the imagination to connect the dots and foresee it.
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People have given me the freedom and believe in me enough to say if I want to do these things that I will find a way to make it work. I don't know if they think I'm crazy, drug damaged or just an old weirdo.
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Thank goodness I started getting movie roles and then television shows came along. So I was very fortunate to be able to do all three and I like all of them.
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Studies show when people yell, they get themselves even angrier. Interesting factoid: If you and/or your partner's heartbeat becomes higher than 100 beats per minute during an argument, you will not be able to fully understand/process what the other is saying.
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When I was little, I grew up in a place called Hertfordshire, which is just near London, but out in the country, and I visited Pakistan in the summers to go and see my family on my dad's side.
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For commercial customers, we have invested in specialist mobile-first sales capabilities, and we are building out our device-selling channel.
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It's better to regret something you have done than to regret something you haven't done.
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This agreement sends a message that intrusive and deceptive practices will not be tolerated.
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There is always something new coming out of Africa.
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And in fact you're not like everyone else: you weren't ashamed just now to confess bad and even ridiculous things about yourself. Who would confess such things nowadays? No one, and people have even stopped feeling any need for self-judgment.
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Men are less hesitant about harming someone who makes himself loved than one who makes himself feared because love is held together by a chain of obligation which, since men are wretched creatures, is broken on every occasion in which their own interests are concerned; but fear is sustained by dread of punishment which will never abandon you.
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I used to fight the pain, but recently this became clear to me: pain is not my enemy; it is my call to greatness. But when dealing with the Iron, one must be careful to interpret the pain correctly. Most injuries involving the Iron come from ego. I once spent a few weeks lifting weight that my body wasn’t ready for and spent a few months not picking up anything heavier than a fork. Try to lift what you’re not prepared to and the Iron will teach you a little lesson in restraint and self-control.
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Teachers teach and do the world good, Kings just rule and most are never understood
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Like everybody else, I love a good pop song. You know, there's nothing like it. I also just really like music that goes off on extended forays of extrapolation into different areas. So it's kind of nice to be able to move between those two poles.
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Information is useless if it is not applied to something important or if you will forget it before you have a chance to apply it.
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The saddest thing is there won't be anyone to miss us when we're gone.
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Without the restraints of religion and social worship, men become savages much sooner than savages become civilized by means of religion and civil government.
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If a guy is taking his girl for granted, he really deserves a slap, with a baseball bat.
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People want to connect over shared passions and interests. They're seeking inspiration. We see this over and over - in communities of people who are grappling with body issues, in the LGBT community.
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But sometimes the very things you fall in love with people for, become the things you like least about them, in the end.
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When white people eat potato chips, they're called white people. When black people eat potato chips, they're called niggas.
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I'm just part of the people.
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One of the amazing things about September 11 is that we lacked the imagination to connect the dots and foresee it.
