Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy Quotes
Working in any country where you want to talk about the kind of issues that other people don't want to talk about is difficult.
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I love when you aren't accountable to anybody or anything, and you can just be wherever you are.
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My schedule is so crazy.
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I don't know where Hank Aaron will break Ruth's record but I can tell you one thing - ten years from the day he hits it three million people will say they were there.
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When I was old enough to walk home alone from school, I loved seeing our house from a distance. It sat on the corner of South Muirfield Road and West 4th Street and had this proud, majestic look. But I rarely went through the front door. The back was more dramatic.
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I have a very vivid memory of the way my parents spoke, and the 50's that I grew up in are closer to the 20's, I think, than today in many, many ways.
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I wanted to try marathon running, but something always came up: I had a baby and a C-section or I got injured or I just didn't think I could run that far.
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I'd pretty much given up hope of being published, so I just wrote the book I wanted to read.
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Those who put their lives on the line overseas are undoubtedly American heroes, but it's time for us to remember that those who serve in civilian life also embody the American spirit and are worthy of our praise as well.
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Rock 'n' roll is good for the soul, for the well being, for the psyche, for your everything. I love it.
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In the Second World War, I was a little girl. I was evacuated in my country.
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Choir of Men: O botheration take you all! How you cajole and flatter. A hell it is to live with you; to live without, a hell: (tr. Lindsay 1925, Perseus)
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My daughter loves stories about my childhood, and we both love discussing women's issues. She's a wise and mature ten-year-old.
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I want to use whatever connections to get a super-outstanding Basquiat in the White House. It could be one of mine. It could be something that a friend owns.
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You can't let players do what they wish and be professional. That's a fact. As for the team, Boro had two internationals when I got there in 1995. Now they have more than 15. And they didn't cost the fortune some suggest.
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Our humanitarian aid system is sick and needs to be fixed. It needs to get a reality check and get back humanity.
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Right now I'm living my boyhood dream, which was to play for a European club. The fact that it's a huge club like Barcelona makes it a tremendous honour. I like everything about the city: the climate, the people. It's quite similar to Brazil, which helps a lot. There's even a beach!
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I can record auditions from my office in my home.
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Anybody that's from somewhere that's made it in music outside of New York or L.A., if it's a unique enough place, they'll always say, 'Dude's from Minnesota!' Or wherever, you know? So that's how I got the Philly connection.
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If you have the material it will form itself as a kind of connective tissue.
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I have to say, though, it's a little strange doing both because Durant is very straight and stern and austere.
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I like to go to Africa purely with something to do. I'm not very comfortable getting into an armor-plated Land Rover and going to see things, with my hand gel, you know, it's not me at all. So I like to hang out and you know, really get to know people and try and do something that resonates with them.
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I am not keen just for the position; I'm keen to help and to serve. If I can really avoid any bad things on my country, I will not hesitate one second.
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Stood for his country’s glory fast,And nail’d her colours to the mast!
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Working in any country where you want to talk about the kind of issues that other people don't want to talk about is difficult.
