Hamid Karzai Quotes
Every time we ignore the suffering of others or stand by and watch, we do not only act against our own interests but we violate a part of our humanity.
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It's been clear for some time that FBI Director Comey has lost the confidence of Republicans, Democrats, and broader institutions, and his removal as FBI Director was probably overdue.
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When you are missing someone, time seems to move slower, and when I'm falling in love with someone, time seems to be moving faster.
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You get kind of bored being in catalogues all the time.
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I love Winston Churchill; I think he had the grace of coming and the grace of leaving - when things were hard he was there, and when it was time to leave, he left.
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I think America becomes more disgruntled by going to the movies and having an endlessly good time at them.
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When it's time to film and to actually take on the role of Precious, I felt an immense responsibility to do it justice.
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It's a hard thing to imagine how somebody copes with grief and at the same time has to build a new life.
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I may have managed to build a successful technology startup that had gone public by the time my three kids hit their 13th birthdays, but don't think that bought my wife and me any special respect from our teenagers.
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As an artist, I can't be responsible for how people interpret material.
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People get cranky when you burst their bubble. Over time, advances in astronomy have relentlessly reinforced the utter insignificance of Earth on a celestial scale. Fortunately, political and religious leaders stopped barbecuing astronomers for saying so, turning their spits with human-rights activists instead.
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Humanity is acquiring all the right technology for all the wrong reasons.
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Age puzzles me. I thought it was a quiet time. My seventies were interesting and fairly serene, but my eighties are passionate. I grow more intense as I age.
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It is high time that the Palestinian people restore their freedom and independence. It is high time that the decades, the long decades of suffering and pain would stop.
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I want to keep working with the best, keep going and be a better actor each time I go and dive into something.
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In school I was in the dark room all the time, and I've always collected stray photographs; there's a great deal of memory in them.
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The winter solstice has always been special to me as a barren darkness that gives birth to a verdant future beyond imagination, a time of pain and withdrawal that produces something joyfully inconceivable, like a monarch butterfly masterfully extracting itself from the confines of its cocoon, bursting forth into unexpected glory.
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If I really had to pinpoint my happiest days out of the United States, I'd choose those Fifties military days in Britain, particularly my time in South Ruislip. I had a ball.
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Television is fun, but it's hard, and if it gets too crazy I may just do it as a part-time thing.
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Anything that's given to you can be taken away from you at any time.
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I have two daughters: One an open book, one a locked box. So the question of privacy is a challenging one. How much do kids need? How much should we give? How do we prepare them to live in a world where the very notion of privacy opens a generational chasm?
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That's why I love crime novels so much: When I write a crime novel, the conflict is built in.
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I'm a big guy, but I'm really simple with the food. I'll hit the In-N-Out or just the regular buffets.
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No one ever said movies are for developing your range. Hardly anyone gets that opportunity. Which is why I think the stage is so good. It's less bread, but you can play different types, and you can initiate your own projects.
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Every time we ignore the suffering of others or stand by and watch, we do not only act against our own interests but we violate a part of our humanity.
