Fidel Castro Quotes
Cuba never had advisors in Vietnam. The military there knew very well how to conduct their war.
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I don't have any fear of intimacy, but rather thrive on it, which is rare in a public person.
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All writers want to know that someone is reading their work, taking them seriously. It provides a kind of moral support.
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I grew up in Cyprus and Egypt, these fantastic places I remember fondly.
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All I want is an education, and I am afraid of no one.
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First, I have to thank God for giving me the gift that he did as well as a second chance for a better life.
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Well you know it's dangerous in politics, because especially in the Philippines there's a lot of killing in politics.
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Oh, I've become immune to the Booker. I think we need something a little more like the Pulitzer prize, where there isn't this great race.
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If I could gain 1,000 pounds and be healthy, I would love to do that.
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In general, being likeable is more about being interested - rather than interesting. Indeed, a good way to convince someone that you are an awesome conversationalist is to simply shut up and let the other person talk.
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I have this data bank garbage can in the back of my head that is an emotional collection of events that have occurred in my life.
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There's plenty of days when I don't want to eat chicken breast and broccoli and rice, but I know what I have to do, and I know the sacrifice I have to make.
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Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
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It requires wisdom to understand wisdom: the music is nothing if the audience is deaf.
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But what I'm very interested in, whether it's writing, whether it's hosting a show, whether it's cooking food, I'm just into the discussions of identity, culture and the politics of culture.
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We don't normally think of it as such, but writing is a technology.
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One day, I'll be listening to a bunch of Ray Charles, the next day it's nothing but Red Hot Chili Peppers. The next day it might be Tupac all day.
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Historically, the notes of scale systems anywhere have been based on these pure harmonics.
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I feel like if we can use the combination of basically data-driven hunches and bet on really first-class talent to deliver the shows, that I think we could do as well as the networks do, who basically have a 75 to 80 percent failure rate for new shows anyway - even after all that development and pilot work.
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I knew I needed to find a way to stay out of trouble and to have good grades to be able to stand out.
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I hope our hopes and aspirations are bigger than setting records.
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Tony Blair took us to war in Iraq on the basis of the supposed threat of Saddam's weapons of mass destruction.
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Today the real test of America's power and wisdom is not our capacity to make war but our capacity to prevent it. Prevention must be our overriding objective. It can be done. Surrendering to the inevitability of combat only paves the way for its occurring.
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My prayers are being answered for my career. These are prayers I've been praying for as a kid.
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Cuba never had advisors in Vietnam. The military there knew very well how to conduct their war.
