Omar Bongo Quotes
In brief, Western democracy, as other political models, is not exportable to all regions of the world.
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Do you force your kids to pay attention to what's going on, or do you let them live their lives outside of it? My hope is that my child is a strong activist. That would make me most proud.
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We've got our football where no one wears anything and the guys are in little shorts and they beat the crap out of each other, and they can catch it and they can kick it, and it's the only place it's played in the world.
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In Iraq we must succeed. Failure is not an option.
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I would love it if people could look at chubby folks with all of our curves, bumps and ridges and just say 'She's beautiful' just like that. You don't have to get on a treadmill as long as your blood pressure is under control and you eat healthy, God bless.
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Let us work toward greater cooperation with all Caribbean Countries, whether we speak English, Dutch, French or Spanish, whether we are independent or not, and whether we be island or continental territories.
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The mistake that straight people made was imposing the monogamous expectation on men. Men were never expected to be monogamous.
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I don't spend a lot on holidays, but have been very fortunate to travel extensively through doing various challenges around the world. The best place I've ever been is Argentina.
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The fact that Western Muslims are free means that they can have enormous impact. But it would be wrong to claim that we are imposing our ways on the West. New ideas are now coming from the West. To be traditional is not so much a question of protecting ourselves as to be traditionalist in principle.
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There is only one step from the sublime to the ridiculous.
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My mother didn't set out to surround us with white students or colleagues. My mother just sought a quality education. People have these expectations of who they think you should be. And I say it's because they don't really understand Malcolm X - or his wife.
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Whatever notoriety Fall Out Boy used to have prevents me from having the ability to start over from the bottom again.
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It is not important what Rahul Gandhi thinks, its important what a billion Indians think.
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I stand by the principle of honesty, fair play, and trustworthiness.
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A great sense of peace entered my body, and seemingly into every cell.
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I've been in a room in Silicon Valley where on the wall they have 160 industries they think blockchain can disrupt. We picked six of them to focus on.
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I try to basically keep my opinions to myself when it comes to people who are charged with crimes that I don't know anything about.
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A person isn't who they are during the last conversation you had with them - they're who they've been throughout your whole relationship.
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I never intended for the Monster Ball to be a religious experience, it just became one.
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I think the players like to play with sunny days and warm weather.
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My philosophy is to not be scared of anyone. If I play well, great; if I don't, I learn from the match and move on.
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I swear to God, that movie comes up more in my life than any other movie. Someone says 'Bowfinger' once every month or two to me. And how many years ago did that come out?
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The thing that ultimately pushed me more towards 'Aquaman' is I love the possibility of creating a whole new world. I've always wanted to do a world creation story and visually create this amazing, incredible, magical kingdom.
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Scientists say because of global warming they expect the world's oceans to rise four and a half feet. The scientists say this can mean only one thing: Gary Coleman is going to drown.
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In brief, Western democracy, as other political models, is not exportable to all regions of the world.
