Abdullah II of Jordan Quotes
Radicalisation thrives on economic insecurity and exclusion. To create stakeholders in a peaceful world, people need opportunities to fulfil their potential and build good lives. Helping them is a powerful message of respect.
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I never blamed Pinochet, or my torturers, or external circumstances.
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As the years go by, I've added a few pounds on, and I like it. I like it that I look a little softer.
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To be honest, proper recognition has only come from the fans. I don't want to be hard, and I don't want to be negative, but I want to be honest.
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It would make everything I worked for meaningless if baseball is integrated but political parties were segregated.
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Governments and nations should sit together and resolve issues. Reforms must be reached through understanding. But others should not interfere.
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If my career path takes me elsewhere, that's great. But comedy is my forte.
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Community colleges are one of America's great social inventions a gateway to the future for first time students looking for an affordable college education, and for mid-career students looking to get ahead in the workplace.
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I just always wanted to be left alone to go into a creative space.
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Arab-led Islamic fundamentalism destabilizes nations from Algeria to the Philippines.
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Since belief determines behavior, doesn't it make sense that we should be teaching ethical, moral values in every home and in every school in America?
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I never thought I would go to Gaza. It's incredibly difficult to get into, and when you get there, it's a war zone. Then they have this beach, and there's this incredible, vibrant beach culture there, which is something that I grew up with in Southern California.
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You can't be preachy - kids are allergic to messages.
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You don't have to have a great voice to sing, just a distinctive one. But make sure you say the words clearly and tell a story.
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I mean the terrorists are - are like a pimple, like a boil. They'll go away.
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I'm a really bad liar.
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Tiny quails may not seem as impressive as a mammoth turkey, but there is something refreshing about a spread of individual birds on the Christmas table.
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It's the way the human brain works: when enough events occur in a pattern, we stop thinking and go into macro mode.
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It's very tempting to have a nanny and live in a gated community and have a chef - I'd love to have a few dinners cooked for me. But I don't want that for my children. When they're older, if people say to them, 'Did you have a chef?' I want them to be shocked by the question.
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I'm not really a girl who likes to go out to lunch or cocktails or store openings.
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I believe that life is a journey towards God, and that no one has the right to insist that you go a certain road.
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Sometimes there's a snobbery among literary types that these people don't really get it, but in a lot of ways they get it more than the literati. There's a culture in the background that they understand and know. They get that deeper level.
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Likewise, education can direct people toward good or evil ends. When education is based on a fundamentally distorted worldview, the results are horrific.
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Without social cohesion, the human race wouldn't be here: We're not formidable enough to survive without the tactics, rules and strategies that allow people to work together.
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Radicalisation thrives on economic insecurity and exclusion. To create stakeholders in a peaceful world, people need opportunities to fulfil their potential and build good lives. Helping them is a powerful message of respect.
