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 do love history. I loved learning about wars and things in school.
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We see neither justice nor injustice which does not change its nature with change in climate. Three degrees of latitude reverse all jurisprudence; a meridian decides the truth.
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It's all part of my journey - I've done a lot of stupid things, but you learn by your mistakes.
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People everywhere in the world are hungry for economic opportunity. And it's about a lot more than being able to make money.
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What is important to me is that the world understand that the problems of the Dead Sea concern not only residents of the region but humanity.
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In brief, Western democracy, as other political models, is not exportable to all regions of the world.
