Laisenia Qarase Quotes
'Fiji can make a similar report on the US on all those issues. Our report would be far worse than the US state department's report on Fiji.' (2 March 2005, reacting to a US State Department report critical on the state of race relations in Fiji).
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No matter how good you are, how brave you are or anything, it comes down to that car so many times. Not every time, but so many times.
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I'm not being secretive about anything. I just actually don't have opinions about society.
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Brands like Starbucks came along and talked about their brand as itself being a community, the idea that Starbucks is what they like to call a 'third place,' which is not their idea; it's the idea of basic citizenry needing a place that is not work, that is not home, where citizens gather.
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I started off singing in church as a child. The sound of voices coming together, that was my first moment of touching something outside of myself.
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Hyperrealism can create an atmosphere of surrealism because nobody sees the world in such detail.
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As a father, I would say I am more like a mother. I do a lot of hugging.
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A man's pride can be his downfall, and he needs to learn when to turn to others for support and guidance.
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I'm the type of guy who likes to be there 24-7. I'm Mr. Roses.
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The best thing Clinton could do - I think I wrote him a letter about this, but I'm not sure - is to shut up.... He has no discipline.
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..paint was always in history of painting a means to an end, whether the end was religious, social, decorative or romantic. Now it's become an end in itself..
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If I'm to fall, would you be there to applaud, or would you hide behind them all? 'Cause if I have to go, in my heart you'd grow, and that's where you belong.
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Patience is also a form of action.
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I want to offer plus-size women the opportunity to wear fun colors and to avoid the pitfalls of only wearing black because many curvy girls think it is the only color that is slimming.
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I've just always had a soft spot for character actors.
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I am tired of talk that comes to nothing.
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The kind of experience of humility and happiness that comes with gratitude tends to crowd out whatever is coarse, or ugly, or mean.
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I don't act, anyway. The stuff is all injected as we go along. My pictures are made without script or written directions of any kind.
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I've viewed myself as slightly above average in talent. And where I excel is ridiculous, sickening work ethic.
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I was born on 22 March 1931 in New York, the elder child of Abraham and Fanny Richter.
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I appeal to you as a soldier to spare me the humiliation of seeing my regiment march to meet the enemy and I not share its dangers.
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When people who love the ocean come together, they can achieve extraordinary things.
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American businesses are struggling to pay outrageous, exploitive insurance bills for their employees, hampering our ability to compete globally.
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VW has held a beloved place in American culture. When I graduated from college, many of my friends drove across the country, and most hit the road in a VW van or Bug. Through the years, these cars have represented youth, freedom and quirkiness.
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'Fiji can make a similar report on the US on all those issues. Our report would be far worse than the US state department's report on Fiji.' (2 March 2005, reacting to a US State Department report critical on the state of race relations in Fiji).
