Ahmed Rashid Quotes
The idea of a permanent U.S. military presence in Afghanistan, as opposed to an economic presence, is going to create a new wave of hostility toward the United States.
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I have invariably been in love when I haven't had the same reciprocated emotion at all. I don't choose to talk about my personal life because I believe that I don't want to, and I believe my personal life is personal.
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Almost all the early Christian Fathers were opposed to the death penalty, even though it was of course standard practice across the ancient world.
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Our responsibility for BLM lands is multiple-use, meaning a variety of needs and uses.
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We live surrounded by critics, so let them talk, let them criticize me as much as they want. Ultimately, that makes me a better player.
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I was shot in the wrist when I was a kid. Deliberately.
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I watch a lot of football.
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I was in a convent for a year.
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I just try to get away with as much as I can. I don't think that's very radical in the art world.
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At nine, my mom used to tell me she saw an Olympic medalist in me. I used to take it as a joke, but she was very serious.
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In some causes silence is dangerous.
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Many men of genius must arise before a particular man of genius can appear.
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But I'm after medals more than anything. Championships don't get taken away from you but records do, so I think I'd rather have medals at every championships rather than times. A world record would be a bonus, but I'm still only 25 in 17 days.
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I want to try doing sportier things, kite surfing and paddle surfing - I think it would give me that extra confidence.
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Think of how we challenged the impression that we taxed for its own sake and that we were hostile to business. We were right to change.
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When I was a child people simply looked about them and were moderately happy; today they peer beyond the seven seas, bury themselves waist deep in tidings, and by and large what they see and hear makes them unutterably sad.
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One way or another, Gaza's residents must live in peace with Israel.
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I've seen pictures of me, and I look mean and arrogant. That's how I felt on the inside. I think now, 'Is that really me?'
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Writing is a strange and solitary activity. There are dispiriting times when you start working on the first few pages of a novel. Every day, you have the feeling you are on the wrong track. This creates a strong urge to go back and follow a different path. It is important not to give in to this urge but to keep going.
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The people may be put into the way they should go, though they may not be put into the way of understanding it.
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I want to create a thousand paintings, maybe two thousand paintings, as many as I can draw.
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There’s a morning when presence comes over your soul. You sing like a rooster in your earth-colored shape. Your heart hears and, no longer frantic, begins to dance.
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Poetry can tell us about what's going on in our lives - not only our personal but our social and political lives.
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The idea of a permanent U.S. military presence in Afghanistan, as opposed to an economic presence, is going to create a new wave of hostility toward the United States.
