Hamid Karzai Quotes
On the security front the entire Nato exercise was one that caused Afghanistan a lot of suffering, a lot of loss of life, and no gains because the country is not secure.
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I'm known for having crazy shoes. I have a total Napoleon complex - I'm only 5'4", and every heel I have is four inches or more.
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They're always so serious, the orchestras, you know? It's always a fun contrast of that song and the genre of music. And me.
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I do not suppose I shall be remembered for anything. But I don't think about my work in those terms. It is just as vulgar to work for the sake of posterity as to work for the sake of money.
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Your private life is really very important for you. You know, all of us, you know.
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It's the 21st century. It's healthier for us, better for the environment and certainly kinder to be a vegetarian.
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I'm a kind person; I don't have a really nihilist streak in me, but I respond to that kind of humour.
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As a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone is for you.
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When I first read 'The River,' I had theories on what it was about, but once we got into rehearsal, I realized it's much simpler: It's about how human beings try to connect. The play holds a mirror up to the audience, and they take from it what's relevant to their lives.
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'Good English' is whatever educated people talk; so that what is good in one place or time would not be so in another.
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I guess I'd be put in the ID politics camp. But there is really nothing in the world-view of, say, Bernie Sanders I actually disagree with. I'd like a guaranteed income, single-payer health care, a stronger safety net, etc. The problem is the temptation to paper over historically fraught issues to achieve that is tempting.
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The best thing I did was to choose the right heroes.
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I knew I wanted considerable education so that I wouldn't have to work as hard as my parents.
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I've been in some bad TV shows and suffered through so much poor writing.
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There is no birth of consciousness without pain.
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Enough to using Texas as a political laboratory for testing far-right ideas. Enough to using Texas as a workshop for fattening the wallets of their special interest friends and supporters. And enough of politicians listening only to each other, rather than real Texans.
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'Baahubali's success augurs well for the Telugu film industry as a whole. It has opened up new markets.
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By understanding and harnessing the forces that drive human behavior, you can create a self-sustaining philanthropic effort that reaches millions of people. It begins with an entrepreneurial attitude: take an idea and execute on that idea. If it doesn't work, learn why and build on what you've learned.
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I joke that my niche in Hollywood has been naked foreigners.
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Most people only use their griddles for pancakes, but you can sear vegetables like sliced zucchini or mushrooms, thinly sliced meats like chicken or pork, or thinly sliced fish or squid.
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It doesn't matter how precisely the onion is cut as long as the person chewing it is happy.
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I assisted at the birth of that most significant word 'flirtation,' which dropped from the most beautiful mouth in the world.
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My dad always told me that anyone's voice is just another instrument added to the music.
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Pity is for this life, pity is the worm inside the meat, pity is the meat, pity is the shaking pencil, pity is the shaking voice-- not enough money, not enough love--pity for all of us--it is our grace, walking down the ramp or on the moving sidewalk, sitting in a chair, reading the paper, pity, turning a leaf to the light, arranging a thorn.
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On the security front the entire Nato exercise was one that caused Afghanistan a lot of suffering, a lot of loss of life, and no gains because the country is not secure.
