Queen Noor of Jordan Quotes
One thing that keeps me awake at night: I am a mother and, I have to confess with great delight, a grandmother of five girls, which gives me great hope for the future - girl power! Can I say that without alienating all of the men?
Quotes to Explore
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I am a proud Zionist. I can tell you about every blossom that grows in this land. I know the history and the Bible.
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At one point, I had a story accepted at the 'New Yorker,' which sent off weird bells in people when I told them - 'Oh,' they thought, 'now you are a writer' - where I really had been for the last 30-odd years.
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It is part of my responsibility as a bridge builder to speak the truth about what's great about America, what we've done right, and what our less glorious moments. And many people feel that the Iraq adventure, for example, has been one of our less glorious moments.
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Adding 'just kidding' doesn't make it okay to insult the Principal.
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When I had no money, I would find out which friend had work and money at that point in time and would go and stay with him for a week. All of us theatre guys did that.
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I can go to a country song, go right into it and make it sound authentic. And I think that's because of my ear as an impressionist.
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I was raised doing martial arts.
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Many people love in themselves what they hate in others.
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The gamble of literature is that I make the best work I can; the most truthful, the most representative of how I see things. I try and do that, and then I put it out there and say to you, 'What do you think?' I hope that you think well of it, obviously.
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My husband and I were married in May 2007 on a sprawling rent-a-ranch in the Texas Hill Country. On the drive from Houston, we'd stopped off for our marriage license in the former produce aisle of a Winn Dixie-turned-courthouse in San Marcos and from there drove off the grid.
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It's the way you ride the trail that counts.
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French fries. I love them. Some people are chocolate and sweets people. I love French fries. That and caviar.
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Social Security, all public and no option, rescued older Americans from living their final years in poverty.
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I can trust in Jesus. And this Gospel that we preach does work. So those who are hurting and suffering today, hang in there. The sun will shine again.
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It was never important for a wedding to be about anything other than me and my partner. A big celebration was never my cup of tea.
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The 3-point shot has created a situation in the game akin to 'Lotto' fever.
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I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.
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You always hear about delegation, but people make the mistake of delegating and not following up. I give authority, but I stay in touch. Otherwise it doesn't work.
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Talking about the difference between the first and twentieth year of marriage Remember that first year of marriage, you used to argue just so you could make up and have sex? Twenty years later, you're arguing just so they'll sleep in the other room.
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You try so hard to make something that's fun and exciting, then all anyone wants to talk about is how no-one likes you. It gets very grinding. I had to let the chip I have on my shoulder about that go.
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Indeed, man wishes to be happy even when he so lives as to make happiness impossible.
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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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Football has a future. I don't know what that future is. I'm a physician.
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One thing that keeps me awake at night: I am a mother and, I have to confess with great delight, a grandmother of five girls, which gives me great hope for the future - girl power! Can I say that without alienating all of the men?
