Imelda Marcos Quotes
The Philippines is in a strategic position. It is both East and West, right and left, rich and poor. We are neither here nor there.
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I ended up in the US for a month or so, before moving to Montreal with some Romanian friends.
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I grew up in north Norfolk, which certainly used to have an enormous sense of community. There are more and more second homes there now, so I'm not sure how that has damaged it. But where I live in South London, there is a beautiful community; it's the friendliest place I have ever lived, which comes as a surprise to non-Londoners.
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Whatever happens in life is fine - just trust in that.
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When most people think of Woodrow Wilson, they see a dour minister's son who never cracked a smile, where in fact he was a man of genuine joy and great sadness.
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I was a really big kid.
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Obviously, you want to help the team win in any way possible. If that's scoring goals, great.
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Buy other authors' books when you go to their events. Even if you aren't going to read it. Even if you are going to give it away. Even if you aren't interested. Not just for the author but for the bookstore. It's karma and just plain good manners.
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You must not lean on a tree on Sabbath, if the tree might be dependent on you for support.
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But anyone who knows anything about the music industry knows it's not only about the music.
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I made the decision to come back to New York, quit my job and move to Paris.
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I'm hoping that the administration and other thought leaders will succeed eventually in bringing the country back to the older idea that the American dream is having a career, getting a job, and getting involved in it, and doing well. That was the core of the good life.
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Using simple equipment and daylight alone is for me a pleasure and a replenishment.
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I think of myself as an actor. The duty of an actor is to be able to impersonate anything - a child, an old man, a tree, a chair, a woman.
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In America, we have this bell curve of certain values. And then we have another bell curve of different values, which is the Republican Party. And they're out of sync right now.
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All art is propaganda, and ever must be, despite the wailing of the purists. I stand in utter shamelessness and say that whatever art I have for writing has been used always for propaganda for gaining the right of black folk to love and enjoy. I do not care a damn for any art that is not used for propaganda.
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I hear that Donald Trump is watching the Olympics tonight. He's seeing how high the Mexican pole vaulters go.
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The Proclamation does not, indeed, mark out exactly the course I should myself prefer. But I am ready to take it just as it is written, and to stand by it with all my heart.
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Through his long, productive career, Paul Theroux has mixed nonfiction books about exotic travel with novels set in exotic places. Africa, Singapore, Hong Kong, Honduras - he lives in and writes about places most of us never see.
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The lack of financial strength to avail healthcare is a major challenge.
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A word out of place or an interesting choice of vocabulary can spawn a whole character.
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Some things are easier to legalize than to legitimate.
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For the robust, an error is information.
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Immigration is everyone’s business: it is one of the most important national issues. The idea that it is too dangerous to be debated is a mockery of democracy. It is too important not to debate.
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The Philippines is in a strategic position. It is both East and West, right and left, rich and poor. We are neither here nor there.
