Charles Issawi Quotes
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Each of the bracelets I wear is from a long trip I've taken. One is from Nicaragua. One is from Nepal. One is from Guatemala. One is from Laos. They don't come off. I walk into a lot of very high-level boardrooms now, and I present to distinguished conferences, but these bracelets remind me of the places I've been and the people I've met.
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I can say with a level of confidence that Islam is not a religion of war, only because the majority of Muslims don't subscribe to that perspective, not because there's something inherent in the text that tells me it's a religion of peace.
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'Single' is usually applied to women as though they are a problem to be fixed.
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In an ever-changing technological landscape, where today's platforms are not tomorrow's platforms, the key seems to be that any one of these spaces can use a dose of humanity and art and culture.
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Just because I don't show six-pack abs doesn't mean that I don't have them.
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Honestly, I grew up in pretty modest circumstances. We were a middle-class family.
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Most writers tend to get worse rather than better. I'm determined to be one that gets better.
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We are not saints, gods, spiritual human beings that we can sit and decide whether a film will do well or not. It is not in our hands.
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People act like Nirvana invented grunge; they just took it and personified it.
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Clarice: getting cold feet There's still time!Toni: We can just call everyone and say we're terribly sorry but something came up and we have to leave town!Clarice: ...But what about the five gallons of baba ganoush, and all those tofu pups?Toni: Shit. I forgot. Well, I guess we'll just have to go through with it, then.
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Yeah I'm in love with the girl in the four-wheel driveChrome steel bumpers and red step sideShe has a large time in her large machineMan I wonder how she gets up in that thingIt casts a big shadow sittin' in the sunShe's got it revved up rockin' ready to runAnd someday soon I'm gonna climb right upAnd take a little ride in her big ol' truck.
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The intersection of being female and a showrunner carries difficult challenges.
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I don't ever think a day is a perfect day. There's always something.
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In a way, I think science is the modern religion, and at times, I despise it as much as I despise other religions because it really will only accept stuff that fits its masculine ability to define the world.
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Growing up, I never felt like the pretty girl.
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When I met my wife, my whole life changed on a dime, really quickly and for the better.
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You have to get out there and compete. You have to work hard. People aren't just going to come knocking on your door and say, 'Please let me invest $1 billion in your back yard.' You need to be able to go and match the pitch and close the deal.
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I do take for granted, probably, the fact that I grew up in New York City, one of the most liberal places on earth, with bleeding-heart, liberal parents who took me to see 'Rent' and Terrence McNally plays from a very young age.
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I think that strength levels go hand in hand with building a great physique. You've got to lift heavy weight to get big - period.
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It is of course the nature of historical contraction that the shortest distance to a historical destination is never a straight line.
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Images of the world are Renormalization Group fixed points.
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Distance is meaningless. No one's that far away unless they choose to be.
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A shortcut is the longest distance between two points.
