Hamid Karzai Quotes
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I still draw a lot though. Ballpoint pen is my preferred medium.
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The Treatise tries to analyze not only modern Western families, but also those in other cultures and the changes in family structure during the past several centuries.
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Any actor wants their movies and their work to be seen. You don't make a movie or get into this profession for your work not to be seen and just to show them to your mates at home.
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With freedom comes responsibility, and I can think of no responsibility greater than putting on a U.S military uniform and standing in the gap between an enemy threat and civilian life.
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The clash of civilizations or the clash between Islam and the West may be cliches. But there is an even bigger cliche around: that this clash actually goes on within Islam, between reformists and fanatics.
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I used to be the best comic actor in my batch. Everyone knew that my comic timing was impeccable.
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I don't mind what Congress does, as long as they don't do it in the streets and frighten the horses.
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Show business is fickle, and though I have been blessed with a healthy career, who knows how long that will last?
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It is still fashionable to believe that how you organize yourself religiously in this life may matter for eternity. Unless we can erode the prestige of that kind of thinking, we're not going to be able to undermine these divisions in our world.
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I recently went to New York for the first time, and honey, I'm in love with that place. I'm obsessed with its sausages.
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As far as I can remember, every dime I ever had went to something extravagant. I would rather spend more, buy fewer items and have them forever.
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When you're out grocery shopping for your family, maybe you can put a can of cat or dog food in your cart and bring it to an animal relief center.
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When the CEO makes a decision, people don't come back on it.
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Let the path be open to talent.
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The only competition worthy of a wise man is with himself.
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I was not the popular kid in school.
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It hasn't really made it easier getting film work. It's not like I can call up a studio or a producer and say - insert haughty voice here - 'It's Parker. I guess you might know me as the indie queen. I'm wondering if you have any projects for me to be in.'
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Filipinos don't wallow in what is miserable and ugly. They recycle the bad into things of beauty.
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As society diversifies, the number of people who read literature is decreasing. It will be difficult for readers to digest my ideas through literature.
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You can learn from everyone, the president or the cleaner. You need teachers in life, but they're not always school teachers or professors. You learn from ordinary people. You learn from travel, from just walking down the street.
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The king died and then the queen died is a story. The king died, and then queen died of grief is a plot.
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Evil does exist in the world. A non-violent movement could not have halted Hitler's armies. Negotiations cannot convince al Qaeda's leaders to lay down their arms. To say that force may sometimes be necessary is not a call to cynicism - it is a recognition of history; the imperfections of man and the limits of reason.
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Where liberty dies, evil grows.
