Mahmoud Abbas Quotes
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Matching shoes and bags immediately age you by 10 years.
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'Obvious' is the most dangerous word in mathematics.
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Because I'm in the public eye, I think that I would prefer to date someone regular who isn't in the news all the time, but I think even if you date someone regular, they'll still put it in the news.
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I feel sorry for the man who marries you... because everyone thinks you're sweet and you're not.
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For about a year, I just didn't know what to do. I did laboring jobs, working in the docks, construction sites.
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I always feel the danger because you might always be subject to an unexpected or emergency event.
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I don't set out to win awards. I don't think any musician does, but when you receive an award, it's an affirmation: it means that people appreciate what you do. Every award I have received is a confirmation of something I have done, and that motivates me to push a little harder.
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We are shallow because we are 'mayabang,' ego driven, and do not have the humility to understand that we are only human, much too human to mistake knowledge for wisdom.
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It is unsafe to take your reader for more of a fool than he is.
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For the most part, it's a very male-dominated business. Most executives are male, so it's always sort of their vision of stuff. I'm constantly fighting against that, even when I play the wife or the girlfriend or the best friend. I always try my hardest to bring as much layering in and not make things stereotypical, but it's hard.
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Compared to how I have raced before and how I have competed, the success that I have had, this does look like doom compared to it.
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We've always made progress by understanding what the next great challenge is.
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You can't just keep recycling revivals. And you can't keep betting on the efforts of guys like me who've been around. You have to take the next step and bet on the next generation.
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Feminism was about making women's lives less constrained and giving them more choices.
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No one escapes from the past without bearing some of its burdens.
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I really enjoy doing films, but I also love television. I certainly would not be against doing some regular television work and being on a show that runs several years.
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When you are a photographer, you work all the time, because your eye is the first camera.
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I've got a bunch of books... I rely on funny books and movies to cheer me up. Oh, but I must say, I do have the world's most perfect husband, so a cuddle from him always cheers me up. He's a good guy.
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My father, who had lost a brother, fighting on the Austrian side in World War I, was a committed pacifist.
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The world is a raving idiot, and no man can kill it: though I’ll do my best. But you’re right. We must rescue ourselves as best we can.
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I'm not an actor because I want my picture taken. I'm an actor because I want to be part of the human exchange.
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When you want a thing done, 'Don't do it yourself' is a good motto for Scoutmasters.
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We want the Israelis to leave. They want to leave - so let us let them leave.
