Jack Straw Quotes
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Many in Taiwan believe that Hu Jintao is much more sophisticated than his predecessors in understanding Taiwan. He represents a different generation of leaders, more pragmatic, less ideological.
Ma Ying-jeou -
Realism hasn't fallen out of favor with most people, who are interested in people's lives rather than gymnastics of style or literary trends. It's a certain kind of academic who undervalues realism, largely because it is not amenable to endless exegesis.
Vikram Seth -
A country that does not fulfill its tasks in protecting the external borders has to cope with the consequences.
Viktor Orban -
I go to Malawi twice a year. It's where two of my children were adopted from, and I have a lot of projects there that I go and check up on and children who I look after. It's sort of a commitment that I've made to this country and the hundreds of thousands of children there who have been orphaned by AIDS.
Madonna Breakfast Club -
There's a lot of bad things going on but I didn't do nothing.
Manute Bol -
When a single author uploading his own books to Amazon can earn more money than a large N.Y. publisher exploiting both print and e-rights, there's something amiss.
J. A. Konrath
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You know, we're really destroying ourselves because we're really making the motivating force of anything we do selfish.
Ralph Steadman -
I'm just someone who marvels at God.
Vera Farmiga -
I tolerate lactose like I tolerate people.
Larry David -
Every leading lady I work with, I'll see if I can get a song out of them and put it on an album.
Idris Elba -
You know how in every heist movie they get past the security cameras that show the hallway leading to the diamonds by jamming the screens with a fake signal of everything looking safe and quiet? Usually a guard coughs so they don't notice the blip from switching to the bogus feed.
Adam McKay -
I haven't reported my missing credit card to the police because whoever stole it is spending less than my wife.
Ilie Nastase
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The more walking-around money I have, the less I walk around.
Iggy Pop -
I am an ardent supporter of capitalism - but I also understand that while individuals have inalienable, God-given rights, corporations do not.
Gary Hamel -
I live in, literally, the same home when I was swiping my first bank card and wondering if I'd have to put back the Charmin. We still don't have a dishwasher. My mom has done all these gardens so now my house looks like the garden shack in the middle of Versailles.
Rachael Ray -
I took a whole stunt course and pretty much got certified as a stunt driver. It's ridiculous how easy it is once you understand the car and know how to do it.
Aaron Paul -
I've never been against women. That anti-feminist rap is bogus. I think men should be nice to women, buy them diamonds.
Sam Kinison -
If I didn't have a girlfriend, I'd have 10 girls at the studio, and they would make me not rap.
Young Thug
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Women only cut their hair in times of crisis... It's somethin' a woman always has the power to do, even when she loses control over everything else. Cuttin' hair is a cry for help.
Arabella Pollen -
Few Westerners know Iran as well as Robin Wright: her first trip there as a journalist was in 1973, and she has covered every important milestone since, from the Islamic revolution and the hostage crisis to the more recent staring contest with the West over Tehran's nuclear program.
Nancy Gibbs -
I joined a writing class at a nearby community center, where I was the youngest participant by about 40 years. Once a week, I'd funnel down a staircase and join the dozen retirees crowded in folding chairs around a table to discuss one another's stories.
Anthony Marra -
You don't want a character who sits on an even playing field the whole time.
James Norton -
We must respect the interior laws of creation, of this Earth, to learn these laws and obey them if we want to survive.
Pope Benedict XVI -
(Gates) is one of the most important business leaders of his age.
Jack Straw