Usama Fayyad Quotes
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I've always been proud that my name stands for peace.
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A person, who no matter how desperate the situation, gives others hope, is a true leader.
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Every time you work, you have to do it all over again, to rid yourself of this dross. I suppose for a person who is not an artist or not attempting art, it is not dross, because it is the common exchange of everyday life.
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Obviously, it gave me a chance to see Barcelona. I won't deny that. But I also had a chance to see something in another country in terms of recycling and reusing nuclear material.
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I don't know what to do or where to turn in this taxation matter. Somewhere there must be a book that tells all about it, where I could go to straighten it out in my mind. But I don't know where the book is, and maybe I couldn't read it if I found it.
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It is wonderful to say that your days behind a school desk are over. It's just another phase in your life.
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I don't believe in strong-arming people.
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I see couples fighting about the stupidest things. You just have to rise above everything.
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To make theater out of real life, you need to catch dialogue when it happens.
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America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between.
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Those who go along get along.
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I think there's a big misconception out there about actors and the choices they have.
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I am a bit of a Cheap Pete, but I do spend a fortune on books and false moustaches and practical jokes.
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The test of good manners is to be able to put up pleasantly with bad ones.
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People say it's a Ponzi scheme, it's a bubble. People really don't want to take it seriously. At some point, that narrative will shift to 'virtual currencies are here to stay.'
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What is it that love does to a woman? Without she only sleeps; with it alone, she lives.
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The days of the painter at the Bauhaus appear to be truly over. They are estranged from the actual core of present activities, and their influence is more restricting than inspiring.
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I have deep emotions about the American people. If I were to cry for anything, I would cry for them and the policies that they're about to face.
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My life is very exciting now. Nostalgia for what? It's like climbing a staircase. I'm on the top of the staircase, I look behind and see the steps. That's where I was. We're here right now. Tomorrow, we'll be someplace else. So why nostalgia?
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But I didn't ask to have somebody nose around in my private life. I didn't even ask to be famous. All I asked was to be able to earn a living making people laugh.
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The only force that can overcome an idea and a faith is another and better idea and faith, positively and fearlessly upheld.
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I probably have a higher opinion of my writing than the average person, at least when I'm in a good mood, but I don't really think of my plays as only being relevant to a particular month or year.
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I'm not saying I only want to work with female directors. But I want to continue to work with emerging female directors.
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Humans are very good at making algorithms work eventually.
