Hanne Blank Quotes
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There's a sense of being under siege in many Muslim communities. People just assume there are agents or informants in their mosque now. It's a fact of life.
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Usually, the first thing I do when I wake up is I start working, so I often won't start the day by reading anything because I like to minimize my 'commute' as much as possible. I wake up, open my laptop and start working in bed.
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It's hard for young players to see the big picture. They just see three or four years down the road.
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As I prepare for my second term as Secretary-General, I am thinking hard about how we can meet the expectations of the millions of people who see the U.N.'s blue flag as a banner of hope. We have to continue our life-saving work in peacekeeping, human rights, development and humanitarian relief.
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I don't think anyone's made a videogame yet that is me as the target audience.
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I never see myself as writing satire. I think I write about people as they really are, without making them better or worse.
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If you go to Norway, Finland, Russia or Australia, you'll see Xerox or Fuji-Xerox people, not just the name on the door. We have human beings who live and work and serve customers everywhere around the globe.
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Google owns YouTube, and recently, I drew a comic about an idea for a YouTube feature - which they actually took seriously and implemented. So I'm thinking that maybe we'll have a future where Google is 'xkcd.'
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I'm still learning a lot as a songwriter. I try to write down and make a note of ideas that I cross paths with on a day-to-day basis, whether it be a conversation or something I hear on the radio, seeing a movie, or just thoughts in my head as I'm walking down the street.
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The reason societies with democratic governments are better places to live in than their alternatives isn't because of some goodness intrinsic to democracy, but because its hopeless inefficiency helps blunt the basic potential for evil.
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With Spotify, I think people are discovering a lot of artists they might not discover otherwise.
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'We Will Rock You' is one of my favorite shows. I first saw it when I was a student at the Royal Academy and loved it.
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I'm a person who is always trying to write in a different vein.
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People who have good relationships at home are more effective in the marketplace.
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He stretched his arms to the crystalline, radiant sky. 'I know myself,' he cried, 'but that is all - '
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We are not necessarily doubting that God will do the best for us; we are wondering how painful the best will turn out to be.
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Thus let me live, unseen, unknown; Thus unlamented let me die; Steal from the world, and not a stone Tell where I lie.
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My name is Bono and I am a rock star.
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God tempers the wind, said Maria, to the shorn lamb.
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While I've spent a lot of quality time with my children, perhaps it's not been enough.
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A Native American elder once described his own inner struggles in this manner: Inside of me there are two dogs. One of the dogs is mean and evil. The other dog is good. The mean dog fights the good dog all the time. When asked which dog wins, he reflected for a moment and replied, The one I feed the most.
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I think actors go along a continuum from Simon Callow down to kind of Ross Kemp, and I like to think of myself as the Ross Kemp of comedy. He's very good in 'East Enders' because he plays a version of himself. I think I can play a version of myself - that's about all I can do.
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The history of all big jazz bands shows was, first they played for dancing, and then they played for singing.
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Sex acts don't drive erotica, the people who engage in them do.
