Abdullah II of Jordan Quotes
Whenever you have a crisis, you're always going to have the extremists taking advantage of the situation.
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I worked on 'Lonesome Dove' three weeks all together. When I heard they were doing it, I wanted to be involved since I'd read the book.
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It's healthy to have two or three weeks' gap between big releases.
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I think any form of self-expression is half confidence, half sheer hard work and, maybe, a bit of talent thrown in.
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We must do our part to end poverty in Korea so that the next generation doesn't experience what we are going through now.
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I've got my ideal job. I like to sing, I like to dance, I like to bang drums and dress up, and someone pays me - it's incredible.
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There are many problems, but I think there is a solution to all these problems; it's just one, and it's education.
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I went to high school, which was a good thing because I hadn't interacted with many people my age, and I didn't really have friends. I had a million acquaintances and no friends.
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We confuse activity with progress, and that's always dangerous, especially in war.
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I managed Hewlett Packard through the worst technology downturn in 25 years, the dotcom bust.
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I've never looked at my Facebook page or my website, because I'm fundamentally an amateur.
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Love that is not jealous is neither true nor pure.
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To die for an idea; it is unquestionably noble. But how much nobler it would be if men died for ideas that were true!
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At the beginning of a new project, often before I do any actual writing, I collect photos, quotes, song lyrics, and even objects that relate to the characters or the world I'm creating.
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When I was being brought up, we weren't allowed to wallow in self-pity, which was a thoroughly good thing. We were all fine and healthy because that was what we were told to be.
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Money has no moral opinions.
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I have a pretty fancy facialist, this woman Dale Breault. Getting older, it's a good thing to have a serious facialist.
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I hope that the opening of the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial will be a life-altering experience that inspires every American to rededicate themselves to the fulfillment of Dr. King's dream.
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The safest road to hell is the gradual one - the gentle slope, soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones, without signposts.
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When I listen to a song, I don't say, 'Oh my gosh, that vocal line she sang was the best thing I ever heard.' I'm thinking, 'That lyric just moves me. That lyric just said what I feel better than I could say it myself.'
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Just as art brings you to another place, so does religion - and to ask questions of factuality tends to reduce both. If you say you were inspired by a novel, that implies that your book is a work of fiction.
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I think it's appropriate for the international community in situations like this to intervene [in Kosovo]. I am in favor of an intervention. On some level, you have to say that at least somebody [Clinton] is doing something.
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When I was the NIH director, I often expressed envy of institute directors: they had the money and ran the scientific programmes.
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Whenever you have a crisis, you're always going to have the extremists taking advantage of the situation.
