Aleksandra Mir Quotes
You pick people, and they pick you sometimes. It's especially great to connect with people you think you have nothing in common with.
Quotes to Explore
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The Prophet defeated the enemies of Islam even when he and his followers were small in number.
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The world would be happier if men had the same capacity to be silent that they have to speak.
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However, as our brave men and women continue to return from the battlefields of the War on Terror, Congress must respond by enacting policies that meet the evolving needs of the veterans community.
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Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan understand that government does not create jobs. Entrepreneurs do.
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Played tennis for years. But you can't improve at tennis after you're 50. You get to be in your 40s, and suddenly you're a doubles player.
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I came out the box and for seven years I had a huge career. And then it's done, it's dumped. But I ain't gone, and I refuse to be gone.
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At the after-party of the Indy 500, I'm usually wearing jeans and a tank top.
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We have to honor our commitments to today's beneficiaries, but we can't solve the growing deficit and debt problems unless we are smart, courageous, and sensible in planning for future.
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Many mathematicians derive part of their self-esteem by feeling themselves the proud heirs of a long tradition of rational thinking; I am afraid they idealize their cultural ancestors.
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It's pretty intense writing about my own life, my own struggles.
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'Bloo' is a compilation of a few songs I've written over the past year, inspired by the necessity of finding happiness in the people I choose to surround myself with.
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I think by eighth grade I knew I wanted to be an actor. I'd done church plays and stuff, but my first actual acting class was in eighth grade. I was obsessed with it.
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My last divorce was in '68. What made it come to a head was a promise. See, I had promised her that the next year I wouldn't work as much. But then I got in trouble with the IRS, and I had to continue working just as much to pay the government. So she said I lied, which is something I never did.
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Exhaustion and exasperation are frequently the handmaidens of legislative decision.
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The Internet didn't get invented on its own. Government research created the Internet so that all the companies could make money off the Internet. The point is, is that when we succeed, we succeed because of our individual initiative, but also because we do things together.
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Many of my clients have become close friends, and that informs the clothing I design for them. Julianna Margulies was introduced to me by her publicist many years ago, and we've been good friends ever since.
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Whites, like ourselves, belong to our country. They are compatriots, fellow citizens... we see them as Africans.
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To seek the highest good is to live well.
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My dream evening is wearing my sweatpants, eating something delicious and watching TV with my boyfriend.
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I like the weight, look, and feel of a book. I enjoy turning the pages, and frequently scan the spines of my many books on the wall, each title a reminder of the stored information and creative thoughts contained therein.
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What I haven't apologised for is the original concept of seeking to bring justice to all South Africans through the concept of nation states.
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There is just no reason why the richest nation in the world can't provide health care to all its people.
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It's not like I'm nervous of people seeing what I can or can't do on camera or on TV or anything, or what my engineers think.
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You pick people, and they pick you sometimes. It's especially great to connect with people you think you have nothing in common with.
