Uzodinma Iweala Quotes
Sensationalism only works for so long. Think of something like the Kony 2012 campaign. Its sensationalized, viral language got people all hot and bothered, but at the end of the day, there was so much it got wrong about the situation, and that did more damage to their cause than what they got right.
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To face deflation, you have to have people accepting it and not reacting to it.
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While the older generation is content to sit around and critique culture, that culture is moving beyond them. At some point the traditional church and all of the expressions of that church will become essentially irrelevant.
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Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends?
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Nobody has said to men, 'It is OK if you want to be a full-time dad; find a woman who will support you.'
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I think that in Mexico, we must change some practices that were built during the 72 years of predominance in Mexico. Former presidents would just hide away, run away or disappear. And I think it's key in a democracy that presidents face people, see eye to eye to citizens and work to keep on contributing to the - to Mexico.
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Bigotry toward any faith community cannot have any place in civilized society anywhere in the world.
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One shouldn't know the future.
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When I was about 13, I met the coolest, chicest young woman I had ever seen. She was a neighbor of mine who became a fashion designer and had a small design studio. She taught me so many things about style and fashion. I had always loved making things, so when she told me about her career in fashion, I knew I had found my path.
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The awkward thing for me is when the realization happens that I actually might like this girl. Then I become awkward.
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The regret of my life is that I have not said 'I love you' often enough.
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I suppose I was a frustrated artist. I like fitting things together, and there are plenty of different ways to do that with real estate.
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No such thing as a man willing to be honest - that would be like a blind man willing to see.
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The time I trust will come, perhaps within the lives of some of us, when the outline of this science will be clearly made out and generally recognised, when its nomenclature will be fixed, and its principles form a part of elementary instruction.
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Culture is about the mindset of people, and we are very happy to have a strong combined mindset of people.
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The challenge of a cathedral is very good for architectural inventiveness.
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You do a show to be a hit and hopefully run a couple of years.
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I think the only safe medium are books, because people like to hold books in their hand.
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The point of the future is that anything can happen.
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I love music, I make films with music, I eat with music, I sleep with music, I think with music. Music makes me dream; it strengthens my creativity.
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I remember playing on pretty much an all-minority youth team and going to some of the tournaments north of Cincinnati and not being able to stay with host families where all the other teams were staying with host families.
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You should take notes whenever you hear interesting or original language.
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One thing I probably share with everyone else in the astronaut office is composure.
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We are facing a storm that most of us have long feared.
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Sensationalism only works for so long. Think of something like the Kony 2012 campaign. Its sensationalized, viral language got people all hot and bothered, but at the end of the day, there was so much it got wrong about the situation, and that did more damage to their cause than what they got right.
