Laura Dekker Quotes
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President Reagan stood for conservative principles in a way that brought people together.
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The Afghans themselves say that if you put two Afghans in a room, you get three factions.
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If you're thin-skinned, you don't belong doing what I do for a living.
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I want to resume the life of a shy person.
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I have a reputation for being hermitlike. I'm not. I'm just obsessed with my work.
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I was the kid who never won the races. I never jumped the highest. I wasn't on the list of the high-achieving.
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Who is there that can adequately gauge the greatness of the humility, gentleness, self-surrender, revealed by the Lord of majesty in assuming human nature, in accepting the punishment of death, the shame of the cross?
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He said, 'From then on, I realized that I was not just abandoned. I was chosen. I was special.' And I think that's the key to understanding Steve Jobs.
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The most violent and troubling stories become part of our national consciousness about foster care.
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Well, it's still another two-day competition, so it's really important to show that you're ready. Every meet is really important right now. You've got to keep showing you can hit.
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We have two trainers at the polo ground and do a mix of aerobics, gymnastics and stretches before we start riding. As polo players, it's very important for us to keep in shape. We do a bit of yoga and Pilates sometimes, too.
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I have this theory that people in Hollywood don't read. They read 'Vanity Fair' and then consider themselves terribly well read. I think I can basically write about anybody without getting caught.
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I finished 'The Hunger Games' trilogy, and I love most anything with zombies.
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I am very much against makeup and high heels and all that we inherit as 'beauty.'
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It seems that if you put people on paper and move them through time, you cannot help but talk about ethics, because the ethical realm exists nowhere if not here: in the consequences of human actions as they unfold in time, and the multiple interpretive possibility of those actions.
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George Foreman is easier and has the bigger name and have you noticed that Foreman never calls me out or ever mentions my name? He is afraid of me like most fighters are and most people want to forget about Larry Holmes, like he never ever existed.
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The very idea of marriage is basic to recognition as equals in our society; any status short of that is inferior, unjust, and unconstitutional.
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Oddly enough, Bruce Lee wrote some great philosophy.
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I'm obsessed with trash TV. I love horrible TV. shows. It's the white trash in me, you know?
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The amount of work that a for-profit has to do to get real money is minimal compared to the amount of work it takes a non-profit to get even a very small grant.
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The Islamic community today is faced with a new version of an old struggle. My late mother used to say it doesn't matter whether you came to this country on the Mayflower or on a slave ship, through Ellis Island or the Rio Grande. We're all in the same boat now.
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If we were to inspect ourselves or members of our family and our friends, we would see that we don't really have to go all the way overseas to be mystified - we can be mystified right at home.
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When I'm not surfing or sailing, I am to be found at the harbour working on my boat.
