Nayef Al-Rodhan Quotes
Policies should take account of the emotional dimensions of human behaviour rather than assuming rational action.
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Where are the gains for religious freedom and human rights to justify all the bombings, invasions and wars we have conducted in the lands from Libya to Pakistan - to justify the losses we have endured and the death and suffering we have inflicted?
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The toute ensemble was such as to make polished society blush, when compared with these savages.
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Historically, the Balkans have been an incubator of war.
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I do not consider myself beautiful.
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When people don't understand my work, I don't feel like explaining.
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Of all Iraq's rocket scientists, none drew warier scrutiny abroad than Modher Sadeq-Saba Tamimi.
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I'm not small, I'm space-efficient.
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If you look at my record, I have a clean record.
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To put it simply and a bit crudely: Our economy is demanding more well-educated workers than our schools are providing. To attract this scarce resource, communities have to offer more than just jobs.
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As far as viewpoints, I think I'm more well-rounded and definitely more educated, and probably more hopeful than I used to be. I think when you're young and you get into a cause, you get frustrated with it within a few years, or six months.
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Marvel has such a huge slice of the pie.
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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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I really like one-on-one, rich relationships.
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It's not enough for just us to invest in Utah; more and more, we are encouraging businesses around the world to follow suit. We want them to invest in and become part of Utah's future and to allow Utah to invest and become part of theirs.
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Hope is such a bait, it covers any hook.
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I come by writing dialogue fairly naturally, I've got a chatty family; I'm a bit of a voyeur, and if I'm ever in a public place, I automatically find myself listening.
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Recollection is not something that I can summon up, it simply comes and I am the servant of it.
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I think 'Dark Blue' came to me while I was doing a project in London. I read it, and the character immediately popped out at me.
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[Senators John Kerry & John Edwards] have risen high in Democratic polls with a brand of class resentment and soak-the-rich rhetoric rooted in the old-fashioned liberalism of Ted Kennedy.
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In my deepest parts of sadness, I'm always making a joke or being sarcastic.
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Horror films are very effective to me; they have an impact on me. I think that real life things scare me a lot more.
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I have never started a novel - I mean except the first, when I was starting a novel just to start a novel - I've never written one without rereading Victory. It opens up the possibilities of a novel. It makes it seem worth doing.
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As actors, we put in our best, but when people don't like a film, you have to learn to deal with it. I've learnt not to get too emotional.
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Policies should take account of the emotional dimensions of human behaviour rather than assuming rational action.
