Mother Teresa (Mary Teresa Bojaxhiu) Quotes
Go out into the world today and love the people you meet. Let your presence light new light in the hearts of people.
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We have to surmount the difficulties that face us and work steadfastly for the happiness and prosperity of our country.
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I didn't choose to write a military man as much as Vince Haven chose me.
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I think it's a mistake to go after someone just based on looks. But I always respond to people who don't act that interested in me.
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In 1989, I was on Tiananmen Square with the students, living in their makeshift tents and joining their jubilant singing of the Internationale. In the two decades since, each time that I have gone back, visions from those days seem to return with increasing persistence.
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There's no way you can possibly intellectually justify, 'Well, it's okay for the Western Judeo-Christian countries to have nuclear weapons, but not for a country like Iran.' That logic goes nowhere fast.
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Of course education becomes very very important and that's for our human resource development.
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People like to invent enemies. It spares us the need to address complex worldviews.
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I was falsely arrested twice, slandered and defamed.
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I was always writing the books that I wanted to write, books that demanded to be written at the time. But, like most writers, you start off feeling your way.
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In my first book, Under Fire, I wrote that I revered Ronald Reagan. That was a dozen years ago. I still feel that way. I think he changed the world for the better for my children and my children's children.
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I have a speech impediment because I slur a lot, and they even make fun of me on 'Cougar Town' because there's certain word combinations that I just can't say.
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Are we really so far from the Victorians? Much of what our society holds important was shaped in the 19th century.
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Pat Moynihan could write books with one hand and legislate with the other. I can't; I have a short attention span. The slightest distraction would take me away from writing.
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I was on 'Melrose' at a time where we had to all go home and be there at the same time when the show was on, or set your VCR. But that was a big thing, and people of my generation still talk about that. They remember where they were, at what point of their lives that show came, and then talking about it the next day.
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I don't think there's any show comparable to 'Game of Thrones' in terms of the way it does the fantasy element to such a high standard: everything is created with so much care and detail. You really feel like you are transported into this entirely other fictional place.
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What are the ideas right now worth betraying? What are the lies we tell ourselves now?
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I like having the space of my own project.
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Public office is supposed to be a public trust. This is a clear sign of the rampant corruption at the highest levels of the Republican leadership.
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Life is beautiful. It's about giving. It's about family.
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The French are pretty thin-skinned. The few times I mentioned a French writer in 'City Boy,' the relatives would ring up in high dudgeon. I once wrote a mocking review of Marguerite Duras in the 'New York Review of Books,' and good friends of mine in France got very angry.
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Maybe the universe is a giant practical joke and we don't know the punchline.
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Where love is great, the littlest doubts are fear; Where little fears grow great, great love grows there.
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Never in the history of fashion has so little material been raised so high to reveal so much that needs to be covered so badly.
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Go out into the world today and love the people you meet. Let your presence light new light in the hearts of people.
