Charles J. Chaput Quotes
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The first 10 years of my life, I lived as 'Matangi.' When I came to England in '86, my first week of school was terrible because I would put my hand up to answer things, and no one would choose me because they couldn't say my name. My auntie came from Europe to visit us, and she was like, 'Just call yourself something else.'
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Any conception of human well-being you could plausibly have, the Taliban patently fails to maximize it.
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I've always believed that a good twist is one that, when it is presented to the audience, half of them say, 'I saw that coming.' And half of them are completely and totally shocked. Because if you don't have the half that saw it coming, then it wasn't fair: You never gave the audience a chance to guess it.
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Any kind of restrictions put on free speech would have worse consequences than bullying.
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I like to do Pilates.
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I just want to play for Hindus and Muslims that sit together. That's all I want to do.
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Most men today cannot conceive of a freedom that does not involve somebody's slavery.
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Go to the young conductors who are not making it, and you will hear how we shouldn't push ourselves or sell ourselves, how they don't have the right connections and the right opportunities. Well, you can be sure they've had the opportunities.
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Emily Gannett is tireless. I know this because I have traded emails with her at 2 A.M. only to later wake blearily to a chipper morning missive sent south of 6 A.M. before her morning run.
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What you see is what you get.
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People would pay money to work at CNN.
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If supporters of equality for women want to vote for the best candidate, they must look to a person regardless of gender and must disregard the gender of political opponents.
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There isn't a person on Earth who couldn't use a connection with nature.
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We are not going to be able to operate our Spaceship Earth successfully nor for much longer unless we see it as a whole spaceship and our fate as common. It has to be everybody or nobody.
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A lot of my joy this year has been to give away awards to young people, no matter of race, creed or color, because they were a terrific violinist or a terrific dancer.
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People never know what they want, though everyone says they do. If they did, nobody would ever be surprised.
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The givers of most of the corruption in Africa are from outside Africa.
Olusegun Obasanjo -
Facts are more mundane than fantasies, but a better basis for conclusions.
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NATO isn't going to be concerned about fishing.
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I check my phone first thing when I wake up in the morning. I usually take it up with me to bed so it's on the floor next to the bed, although not actually in bed with me, because I really do not want to be the person who sleeps with their phone.
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A successful collaboration is all about trust and respect. If you show people trust they will perform better.
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Workers come to America to fill jobs unwanted by Americans, but they are staying and they are not going home.
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My work as a doula also extends all the way to the end of life. I sit at the bedsides of people who are passing on in hospices or nursing homes, for the people and families who want that kind of thing.
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