Immaculee Ilibagiza Quotes
Forgiving the men who killed my parents and brother was a process, a journey into deeper and deeper prayer.
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Surprisingly, I'm not a fan of guns or anything like that!
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I've always been in love with the States. When I was a kid, we would take these long summer holidays in Texas, Nashville, and all over. I fell in love with the people, the food, even the smell. You don't necessarily get that in old Europe.
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It's unresolved conflict in my life that I have a lovely family and a risky job.
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Paranoia is an illness I contracted in institutions. It is not the reason for my sentences to reform school and prison. It is the effect, not the cause.
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There's nothing that will change someone's moral outlook quicker than cash in large sums.
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That's what fiction writers do: create characters and do terrible things to them for the entertainment of others. If they feel guilty enough, they write happy endings.
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You cannot be in your offices every day doing nothing... and at the end of the day you expect to be paid.
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I don't like books that play to the gallery, but I've become more concerned with telling a story as clearly and engagingly as I can.
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I've never been in a place where winning has hurt the ability to do anything.
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I learn something not because I have to, but because I really want to. That's the same view I have for performing. I'm performing because I really want to, not because I have to bring bread back home.
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I want to be the best version of myself - intellectually, emotionally, and physically. So I like to wear clothes that I feel comfortable in, that reflect that.
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The thing is, you choose to be an actress, but not to be a celebrity.
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He is very upbeat but we hear that all the time from just about any athlete.
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Putin recognized that if he could get enough money, everything would be under control.
Garry Kasparov -
The 21st century - and the atheists - needs the presence of religion, just as religion must deal with the real challenges and the thinkers of the day in order to sharpen the conscience and the intelligence of those who study the timeless sacred texts in a spirit of responding to the questions of their time.
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You measure a government by how few people need help.
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The first two books that I did by myself were long stories in verse. I knew I could do that because I'd written a lot in verse. But, verse stories are hard to sell, so my editor encouraged me to try writing in prose.
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I accept challenges, I have always done that in writing.
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Learning is as much an art as teaching
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It’s crazy. Since there have been men and women, there have been funny women... f**king idiot-ass men keep saying that women aren't funny. It makes me crazy. I find it disgusting and offensive every time.
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They're desperately searching for meaning in their lives but they will not crack the Bible open.
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There is an unparalleled beauty inside. When you are in that place, you realize that you are never alone. When the whole world gives up on you, you can turn inside. When you are ready to give up on the whole world, you can turn inside. When you want to be with the whole world, you can still go inside and experience this beauty. Nothing ever changes in there.
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There are things - I want to compete in a big tournament, like an eight-man tournament, like the old fighters. You're going to compete; you're going to fight this one and this one.
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Forgiving the men who killed my parents and brother was a process, a journey into deeper and deeper prayer.
