Vartan Gregorian Quotes
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Justice is never given; it is exacted.
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Sometimes you just wonder whether people just don't have the sensitivity or decency. I'm a member of the media myself: I host a talk show. I know sometimes when you want to ask something, you can circumvent it with words and vocabulary. You don't suddenly just go out there and ask something directly in the pretense of being absolutely candid.
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I didn't follow big box office ideas. That eventually led me to witches. It's led me to find interesting roles.
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I'm extremely determined and ambitious.
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Sport's hard: the margin between winning and losing is tiny.
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I love to play different roles. That's just the kind of actor I am.
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The problem is not getting rid of fear, but using it properly.
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I've always thought that it's good to watch the news to find out what everybody else is looking at and believing, if only because that's how consensus is constructed.
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There's a certain kind of behavior in the Arab world that, to me, resembles the way young men behave when there is no significant influence from women in their lives.
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As a college student, you're depending on your scholarship money, money your parents send you. So I guess when people start talking about big figures, it doesn't hit me.
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In the 20th century, the Muslim world created a vision of religious nationalism. Turkey, for example, had to be ethnically Turkish. Kurds, Armenians, other minorities didn't have a place in such a vision of a nation-state.
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The first requisite for the happiness of the people is the abolition of religion.
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What is without periods of rest will not endure.
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I watched so many movies when I was a kid, and I'd watch them over and over.
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We look upon the enemy of our souls as a conquered foe, so he is, but only to God, not to us.
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Illegal downloading, digital cheating, and cutting and pasting other people's stuff may be easy, but that doesn't make those activities right.
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Just because you have a learning difficulty or difference doesn't mean you aren't smart.
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The military is a place of discipline, technical proficiency, and personal sacrifice for the greater good.
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We have no Arab intellectuals of international stature because we live in a state of generalized mediocrity. We are suspended in the pit without touching the bottom.
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It's important for our nation that our military and our society be close together. That's important for democracy. And it's important for recruiting. It's important for retention. It's important for building support for our engagements overseas.
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You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.
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Waging a colonial war in the post-colonial age is self-defeating.
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The fashion industry certainly has its obscene sides. The cost of a coat can be obscene. So can the cost of a photo shoot if you're working with a really good photographer.
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Everybody is somebody, so you don't have to introduce anybody.
