Amelia Barr Quotes
Time is a very precious gift - so precious that it is only given to us moment by moment.
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I don't much care whether rural Anatolians or Istanbul secularists take power. I'm not close to any of them. What I care about is respect for the individual.
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One minute you're a slug and the next minute you're a hero, so you don't know what to think.
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You want to read a book? That requires introspection. It requires time away from people and time away from the constant need to communicate and to connect.
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Exposing your ignorance is how you get somebody to embrace you.
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I never believed I was the best fighter in the world.
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I had never really felt settled in Brooklyn. I think it had to do with growing up in New Jersey and being someone who her whole life wanted to live in the city, and the city meant Manhattan.
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On many accounts, Cornwall may be regarded as one of the most interesting counties of England, whether we regard it for its coast scenery, its products, or its antiquities.
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Calculated risks of abuse are taken in order to preserve higher values.
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Every day, you have to get up with new energy and new ideas to contribute to pushing the organization forward.
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Double J is similar in age, we're similar in experience. I think if we hooked up, we could be a formidable team. We get along well inside the ring and outside the ring.
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If you realize too acutely how valuable time is, you are too paralyzed to do anything.
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One of the reasons people hate politics is that truth is rarely a politician's objective. Election and power are.
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I don't want to sit around the house. I want to be out there. I want to go to practice. I want to be in the huddles. That's me.
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There is an element of mystique to radio, and I often listen to cricket commentary on radio, especially when one is stuck in a traffic jam.
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The only thing that will be remembered about my enemies after they're dead is the nasty things I've said about them.
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I find that most people know what a story is until they sit down to write one.
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Every moment in our lives is a miracle we should enjoy instead of ignoring.
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I think the attraction of 'American Idol' is about the basic human nature attitude that is, 'We can put you up there. But we can take you down.'
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As a footballer, you always want to test yourself against the best.
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I walked down the hill, forgot philosophy, and joined the human race again. Nobody was particularly glad to see me.
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In fact, a person always finds when he begins to practice meditation that all sorts of problems are brought out. Any hidden aspects of your personality are brought out into the open, for the simple reason that for the first time you are allowing yourself to see your state of mind as it is.
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The thing is, you don't want to overact or be full of yourself.
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I have been, earlier in my life, a lazy writer. I'd spend three hours at the gym to avoid writing, or I'd just find other distractions - reading, doing laundry, talking on the phone, etc. But suddenly I was like a laser beam: I was relentlessly focused, sometimes to the detriment of other things.
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Time is a very precious gift - so precious that it is only given to us moment by moment.
