Mohamed ElBaradei Quotes
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I think people come and go, 'I'm going to find the real Gary. What is it... the real Gary? I've got to find it.' But the thing is, it's pretty much what you see is what you get. I'm just like this. There's no hidden viciousness.
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So many boys and girls talk the same way, listen to the same music, look the same. If I'm out, I'll notice the person who looks different before I notice the person who's, 'really hot.'
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Fashion is inspired by youth and nostalgia and draws inspiration from the best of the past.
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Why was there so much work-sharing in the 1930s? One reason is that government pushed for it. In his memoirs, President Herbert Hoover estimated that as many as two million workers avoided unemployment as a result of his efforts to promote work-sharing.
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When I began I thought that literature was contained within a bubble that somehow floated above the world commented upon by newspapers. But I became more and more interested in trying to include some of that world within my work.
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I was rubbish at school.
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When I really started liking music was when I could play some of it myself, and after a couple of years of playing folk music, I kinda rediscovered those hits that were on the radio all the time when I was a kid.
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My own philanthropic efforts have always included an educational element, whether it's expanding opportunities to educate a promising mind or extending the brain's ability to learn.
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I enjoy being Jewish, but I'm an atheist... I hate fundamentalism in all its forms. Jews, Catholics, Baptists, I think they are all potty and capable of destroying the world.
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There's that old theory that humankind and this planet were seen as the centre of the universe. That was thrown away - how could we be so presumptuous? Well, I subscribe to that.
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In 2008, people who invested in hedge funds needed capital badly, but many of the funds would not return their money. However, I gave money back to any investor who requested it. It was the bottom of the market and a pretty tough time.
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Risk is a part of God's game, alike for men and nations.
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People haven't always been there for me, but music always has.
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You have to respect your opponent.
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Oh, I am such a nerd when it comes to music - I only listen to Broadway!
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Living en famille provides the strongest motives for rudeness combined with the maximum opportunity for displaying it.
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Starting my career as a kid, I was doing what jobs I got.
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More money means litigating, more player-hating. Got a cell at the pen, for me waiting. Is this my fate?
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When you surprise yourself and you can't remember what the take felt like, then something transformative has happened.
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Advertising is a wonderful lubricant for business, if it's used properly.
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I don't think we do a great job in America any more of distinguishing between campaigns and governance. We live in an environment that's all campaign all of the time and it's helpful, now that we've moved beyond a campaign and an election to get into a governance posture.
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Not all celebrities are dunces.
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My father taught me that you have to stand by your principles.
