Walid Jumblatt Quotes
The violence and burnings in Lebanon were the work of Syrian soldiers and workers dressed in civilian clothes.
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Natural selection, as it has operated in human history, favors not only the clever but the murderous.
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We have a relationship with Syria, an old relationship. We also have good relations with the people of Syria, with all segments of the population. This is the situation as well in Iraq and other countries.
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At every turn, small businesses should be encouraged to compete. When they do, we all win.
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I really want to have actors contribute their own ideas, with phrasings and ideas on all levels.
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In my situation, every time I write a sentence, I'm thinking not only of the people I ended up in college with but my siblings, my family, my school friends, the people from my neighborhood. I've come to realize that this is an advantage, really: it keeps you on your toes.
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At the present moment, the security of coherent philosophy, which existed from Parmenides to Hegel, is lost.
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I don't think there's any dearth of talent in India - we've always had the best juniors in the world.
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The same parts of my brain get as excited as when I study bio or read a novel and write a paper on it.
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Lester is the Rock of Gibraltar. Nothing can rattle him. I am not. I was always flying off the handle about things. And the one person who could calm me down and make me realize that none of this silliness mattered was Lester Holt.
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Mostly, I don't write overtly personal stuff.
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We are not angels, we are merely sophisticated apes. Yet we feel like angels trapped inside the bodies of beasts, craving transcendence and all the time trying to spread our wings and fly off, and it's really a very odd predicament to be in, if you think about it.
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I've been a big astrophysics nut since I was 12. I have always had a real soft spot for the bizarreness of quantum mechanics. But I gave up on being a scientist in high school - I'm just not that good at math.
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To be able to make decisions and see them come to fruition and feel the excitement around them, what it generates within the company, how the artists get motivated - that's the most rewarding part; feeling I can be a catalyst for an artistic experience for our artists and for the public.
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Were women meant to do everything - work and have babies?
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I can write best in the silence and solitude of the night, when everyone has retired.
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Am I a criminal? The world knows I'm not a criminal. What are they trying to put me in jail for? You've lost common sense in this society because of religious fanaticism and dogma.
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When I started playing in bands, we had to be apologetic for what we did. We had to be apologetic because the mainstream was so bad.
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I was shocked when I heard that Farghadani had been sentenced to 12 years and nine months in prison on spurious charges, as Amnesty International notes, of 'spreading propaganda against the system,' 'insulting members of the parliament through paintings' and 'insulting the Supreme Leader' with her cartoon.
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I think a lot of people are making music that shares their life experiences, and that's what I choose to do, too, but in my life experience, I also choose to try to find the hope in the music, and I think a lot of it has to do with my Christian faith.
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I always wanted to be a professional athlete, it just took me a while to realise it would be in racing. I played field hockey competitively for Ontario since I was 13, 14. Then I tried for the national side and made it. But it was so competitive. The girls were just so big and strong. I was getting crushed.
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Tim Story is a fantastic director, and I'm so excited to get to work with him.
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One effect of an individualistic culture that's poor at instilling mutual respect is that people jump more quickly to anger or violence.
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The violence and burnings in Lebanon were the work of Syrian soldiers and workers dressed in civilian clothes.
