Ali Bongo Ondimba Quotes
I developed the armed forces, especially in a way that improved living and working conditions. My record is there.
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Those who survived the San Francisco earthquake said, 'Thank God, I'm still alive.' But, of course, those who died, their lives will never be the same again.
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I do sometimes wonder if people think, 'Oh we'll have her because she cries well.' The odd thing is I don't really know where it comes from. If the script is good, I find I can usually cry without too much trouble - in fact, the hard thing is trying to get me to stop. But I'm not really a crier in real life. I'm not a dramatic person, you see.
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The comic is the perception of the opposite; humor is the feeling of it.
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At an unprecedented time with the worst attack ever on our soil, our President displayed extraordinary determination, leadership and resolve when history was thrust upon him and the United States.
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You have to try things you're really afraid of, even if you pee yourself a little bit.
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It is not my duty to spend my money in my country, but it is what I want to do. There is nowhere else I would like to invest.
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I know one husband and wife who, whatever the official reasons given to the court for the break up of their marriage, were really divorced because the husband believed that nobody ought to read while he was talking and the wife that nobody ought to talk while she was reading.
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I managed to survive the worst things any entertainer could possibly go through.
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I did kindergarten twice because I was so shy.
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I just try to direct in a way that interests me. And, hopefully, other people will find it compelling.
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When there's an adult person who's scaring you, you grow up pretty quickly.
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I invented rock & roll. Jimi Hendrix was my guitar player. James Brown was my vocalist.
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I will just think, why am I singing? Then I will know everything I need to know about what I'm feeling.
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You can kill a lot of time if you really want to put your mind to it Or leave it all behind and never really have to go through it.
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I had studied piano since I was 13, but I was surrounded by students who'd been playing since they were 5. I realized I was never going to be anything but mediocre.
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You are not just, "This is the way I play it every night." You are constantly finding new ways in, new attacks, "I want to try it this way. Maybe this scene is affecting that scene. I want to attack this scene differently."
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I have to see myself naked! That’s all that counts. If I’m not happy with my naked body, who will be?
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I have no pleasure in any man who despises music. It is no invention of ours: it is a gift of God. I place it next to theology. Satan hates music: he knows how it drives the evil spirit out of us.
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No power or virtue of man could ever have deserved that what has been fated should not have taken place.
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My book in a nutshell is about the deleterious effects of patriarchy down through the ages for women and for men and how the Bible dismantles this fallen social system. I'm completely persuaded that patriarchy is not the Bible's message, but that it runs counter to God's vision for humanity. It produces tension and disunity between men and women that run contrary to God's vision for his world.
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The record business has always mystified me. Sometimes there are reasons why things sell or don't sell that can't be understood by mere mortals.
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I developed the armed forces, especially in a way that improved living and working conditions. My record is there.
