Henry Kissinger Quotes
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There is no hope unmingled with fear, and no fear unmingled with hope.
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Well I do think, when there are more women, that the tone of the conversation changes, and also the goals of the conversation change. But it doesn't mean that the whole world would be a lot better if it were totally run by women. If you think that, you've forgotten high school.
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I had an ethnic preference, if you will, for the warm weather, coming from Chennai. So I finally said, 'Look, can I move to California?' because every time I come here, it would be in the 70s or 80s, and there would be beautiful blue sky and warm.
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I think it's fine for girls to ask boys out. I actually prefer it.
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I have a terrible fear of travel. Just before we go, I start to panic and tell my wife I don't want to go. It's ridiculous. But actually it's only when it's somewhere I've not been to before.
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Our deals and performance speak for themselves. And whoever doesn't feel comfortable investing with us will not.
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The existing U.N. can be found in the writings of early Communist leaders.
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There's nothing that's impossible to me. You can ask my parents.
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Humans are the only animals that have children on purpose with the exception of guppies, who like to eat theirs.
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What really matters is what you do with what you have.
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Great wisdom is generous; petty wisdom is contentious. Great speech is impassioned, small speech cantankerous.
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Writing is very good for household tasks. Because you'd rather fix a dripping tap or paint an old wall - you'd rather do almost anything than sit and write. I have to reach a point of obsession in order to write, and so I find starting a book incredibly difficult.
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I'm not in the business of politics.
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Obviously we had to study Shakespeare at school, but to be honest, I was not a fan. I found the language very difficult, and I didn't enjoy watching it or studying it. I auditioned five times for the Royal Shakespeare Company early on in my career, and I didn't even get past the first rounds.
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I play to see what I can accomplish. I don't play for fun. I play to see how good I can be.
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I dated a lot, but I never really had anyone who was worthy of an anniversary. And most girlfriends never made it to a year, anyway.
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I understand that the end does not justify the means. And this should be a lasting value for democracy.
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I do think I know more about clothes than any 500 designers, because there's nothing like wearing them. You buy them, you study them, and you start to understand how they're crafted.
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As I have studied the Bible and the Book of Mormon, I have come to know through the power of the Spirit of God, that these books contain the fullness of the gospel of Jesus Christ.
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Sureness is something like a neck brace, which we clamp around our lives, hoping to somehow protect ourselves from the frightening, constant whiplash of change. Sadly, the brace doesn't always hold.
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One favourite find of mine has to be a 1980s black dinner jacket that I wear as a dress.
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The ocean has always been a salve to my soul.
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Failure and its accompanying misery is for the artist his most vital source of creative energy.
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America has no permanent friends or enemies, only interests.
