Roland Joffe Quotes
I cannot forget a conversation that I had with an elderly couple from the tribe. They asked me whether I would kill them after I had finished. When I asked them why they asked that, they replied, Because you white men always do!
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Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months.
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Tonight, we gather to affirm the greatness of our nation - not because of the height of our skyscrapers, or the power of our military, or the size of our economy. Our pride is based on a very simple premise, summed up in a declaration made over two hundred years ago.
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Personally, becoming a mother has been such a rewarding and wonderful experience. However, at times it has also been a huge challenge. Even for me who has support at home that most mothers do not.
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But if I played well and prepared myself properly, then all I had to do was control myself and put myself in a position to win.
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I believe we are our own inner hand - the godly power resides within each of us to create the lives we desire - no matter what the challenges!
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It costs more money to put a person on death row than it does to lock them up for the rest of their lives because of attorney fees.
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Jessica Jackley has a gift for making people want to fork over their cash. To total strangers. Far, far away.
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I always tell friends you can't judge your success by someone else's. You can't be afraid to fail.
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What is our freedom fight about? Is it about the liberation of children or just having sex with them?
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If you want to run as fast as the men, you've got to train like the men.
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I'd be resentful if shareholders who don't know the business tried to tell me what to do.
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I don't think you can ever completely transform yourself on film, but if you do your job well, you can make people believe that you're the character you're trying to be.
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You don't swing where you sleep.
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People ask about dictators, 'Why?' But dictators themselves ask, 'Why not?'
Garry Kasparov -
In its report, the Cox Committee concludes that China is using stolen U.S. design information to speed up its deployment of a new nuclear missile force.
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The anger of a person who is strong, can always bide its time.
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So I figured in keeping with the record, I'd do something off the wall which is show up for free and wing it... I don't know, I'm just going to play some songs. I think it'll be fun.
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For two people to satisfy everything each needs for their entire lives is a tall order. Some couples may be equipped to do this. Some are not.
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If a better person emerges, I will hand over management control.
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I was to Japanese visitors to Washington what the Mona Lisa is to Americans visiting Paris.
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Never wound a snake; kill it.
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The fact is I don't lead a simple enough inner life. I indulge in excesses, bacchanalia of the spirit. Perhaps I identify too much with everything I read and study. Someone like Dostoevsky still shatters me.
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I cannot forget a conversation that I had with an elderly couple from the tribe. They asked me whether I would kill them after I had finished. When I asked them why they asked that, they replied, Because you white men always do!
