Ali Koehler Quotes
We all just really love teen movies and teen music and I've just always been fixated on that, so I'm just kind of immature about that kind of stuff still.
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Foreign policy should not be justified through making oneself feel good, but through results that have tangible consequences.
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The way children are taught football doesn't encourage skill; the focus is on other areas.
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I literally was saved by a role, from becoming a cab driver. I never did have to wait tables, though, so looking back I guess I had it pretty soft.
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'RoboCop,' when that came out, was like the best comic book movie ever, and it's not based on a comic book.
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I didn't consciously make the decision to write an adult novel. I didn't think of it as my riposte to the YA genre.
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I really connect to strong feminist writers that make their ideas accessible for the rest of the world.
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I did swimming, gymnastics, dance, and the acting was just a small part. I didn't have pushy parents; it wasn't forced upon me. They just said, 'See if you like it. If you do, great; if you don't, don't worry about it.' I was really fortunate to have that guidance and supportive parents.
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World's children cannot wait any longer. While international community debates and issues recommendations, statements and fine speeches, world's children - marginalised, socially excluded, poor and vulnerable - continue to suffer.
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Our ambition should be to rule ourselves, the true kingdom for each one of us; and true progress is to know more, and be more, and to do more.
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It is faith that drives us to build, a belief that we cannot be limited by lack of nerve or airspace.
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Touring is what you make it. I like to organise as much as possible myself.
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But I think we need to remember that democracy everywhere is by its nature incomplete, a work in progress.
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Romance should never begin with sentiment. It should begin with science and end with a settlement.
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You want people who choose to follow because they genuinely believe in ideas, not because they're afraid to be punished if they don't. For startups, there's so much pivoting that's required that if you have a bunch of sheep, you're in bad shape.
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I think the dot-com boom and bust represented the end of the beginning. The industry is more mature today.
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A writer should have this little voice inside of you saying, Tell the truth. Reveal a few secrets here.
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The young people who join extremist groups are clearly suffering from massive deficiencies in religious knowledge and are often politically gullible (when they are not attempting to salve pangs of conscience by cutting themselves off from a life of delinquency).
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What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans, and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty or democracy?
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I've never seen an obese person who has said, 'I am well in my mind.' Happiness stops food being a compensation.
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I'm not a fan of action movies.
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The country crowd just has fun.
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I believe strongly in the Constitutional principle of separating church and state. Our founders were right in fearing that religious freedom would be threatened in the long run by a departure from governmental neutrality in spiritual matters.
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We all just really love teen movies and teen music and I've just always been fixated on that, so I'm just kind of immature about that kind of stuff still.
