Norman Finkelstein Quotes
People have the right to defend their country from foreign occupiers, and people have the right to defend their country from invaders who are destroying their country.
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I think that God, in creating man, somewhat overestimated his ability.
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I lost 'The X Factor,' and I lost 'Deal or No Deal' twice. I'm good at losing game shows.
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When movies first came out, maybe they were in black and white and there wasn't any sound and people were saying the theater is still the place to be. But now movies and theater have found their own place in the world. They are each legitimate art forms.
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My first-ever car, my parents bought me a red Fiat Uno. I was 17 and just so happy to have a car, so I was very fortunate that my parents were in a position to get me one - it was a secondhand car, but I was just so happy to have it.
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'Twin Peaks' was huge. I mean, it changed television; it was a huge hit, and it only went a season and a half. So that teaches you immediately that you just enjoy it for the time that you do it.
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I like the idea of sending my Aquazurra girls out with a lucky charm under their feet.
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My eyes aren't special, my nose isn't special, my mouth isn't special.
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In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the simple. In conflict, be fair and generous. In governing, don't try to control. In work, do what you enjoy. In family life, be completely present.
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That some achieve great success, is proof to all that others can achieve it as well.
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I do think grand gestures are a hit and miss, especially for girls.
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I'm not a car person. Three years after 'The Da Vinci Code' came out, I still had my old, rusted Volvo. And people are like, 'Why don't you have a Maserati?' It never occurred to me. It wasn't a priority for me. I just didn't care.
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Tennis is mostly mental. Of course, you must have a lot of physical skill, but you can't play tennis well and not be a good thinker. You win or lose the match before you even go out there.
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Don't let your dreams be dreams.
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I have a responsibility as a potential role model that I take very seriously.
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I think it's important for politicians to have moral qualities.
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I love my husband very much. I knew it was real true love because I felt like I could be myself around that person. Your true, true innermost authentic self, the stuff you don't let anyone else see, if you can be that way with that person, I think that that's real love.
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It is useless to contend with the irresistible power of Time, which goes on continually creating by a process of constant destruction.
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Knowledge, absolutely sure of its infallibility, is faith.
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Let the human mind loose. It must be loose. It will be loose. Superstition and dogmatism cannot confine it.
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Spirituality is meant to take us beyond our tribal identity into a domain of awareness that is more universal.
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The ability to scale up is hard. So the best model for us is concentrated India, diversified financial services, and through this, we can get significant scale on an Indian platform.
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I think the true test of a pop song, for me, and I've talked to a lot of other writers about this, is you take your demo, you pop it in your car and you drive down Sunset Blvd. to Santa Monica, and that's the Hollywood car test.
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Intolerance has been the curse of our country.
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People have the right to defend their country from foreign occupiers, and people have the right to defend their country from invaders who are destroying their country.
