Umar Quotes
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I'm not sure if being known opened or closed doors for me.
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I come from the liberal side of thinking: Better one guilty man should walk free than one innocent man found guilty.
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Never be unfaithful to a lover, except with your wife.
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The economy is not immutable; it's not about natural laws. It's about rules, and we make the rules.
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There is no problem that is not improved by effort, and no effort that is too paltry to be worth undertaking.
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As a filmmaker, I really want to utilize the tools to carry the voice - my voice, and the voice of the characters.
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Twenty percent of students in Israel's schools are haredim; another 20% are retired; another 20% are Arab. I have no problem with any of them.
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Self esteem is the reputation we acquire with ourselves.
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I'd open doors for anyone who opens doors for me.
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The Olympics have their own unique atmosphere and energy. People might say it's just the same as any other competition, but don't kid yourself. There's a hunger for victory.
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I had a friend where it turned out that she hated my guts, all through our friendship. I thought she was my best friend, and then, in high school, she turned on me and had sordid affairs with all of the people that I'd dated. It was less hurtful because I was in high school, so it was more like, 'What's wrong with you? Gross!'
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I think it's the responsibility of a major opera house not only to cultivate debate and get people thinking, but also to be interfaced with things that challenge them. To challenge its audience and not just deliver things that they know, even though some of those things are wonderful.
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I never sing in the shower either.
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There is one thing stronger than all the armies in the world, and that is an idea whose time as come.
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Kids in urban and rural areas face so many challenges, and they show up at schools that don't have the extra capacity or extra resources to meet their needs.
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Ever since I was a kid, I've wanted to set a time that nobody can touch for many years.
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Bikes and planes aren't about going fast or having fun; they're toys, but serious ones.
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I cannot be music director at La Scala and at Staatsoper. This would be unfair to one of the two institutions.
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Life in the Middle East is quite different from other places.
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The defects of great men are the consolation of the dunces.
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He who made all men hath made the truths necessary to human happiness obvious to all. Our forefathers threw off the yoke of Popery in religion; for you is reserved the honor of leveling the popery of politics. They opened the Bible to all, and maintained the capacity of every man to judge for himself in religion.
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Men always want to look like themselves, just a little bit better.
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Lots of people think the violence in the films I make is overwhelming, but they think they're seeing something that they aren't seeing.
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On every dishonest man, there are two watchmen, his possessions, and his way of living.
