Nuruddin Farah Quotes
That in a civil war there is continuous fighting, based on grievences that are forever changing.
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Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it.
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A Nicklaus Design golf course is done by the guys in my company that I work with, that have been trained in my vision, and they do what they think I might do. They might come in the office and ask me questions and I'd certainly answer their questions, but I'm not involved in the site visits or anything else.
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I'm so bad at baseball, I can't even hit now.
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We advance on our journey only when we face our goal, when we are confident and believe we are going to win out.
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I think the thing I'd like to do is just educate the people to some of the travesties they can end.
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Being gay myself, I'm naturally drawn to the interactions between men rather than men and women.
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The fact is that surveys which media people openly admit to show that fewer than twelve percent of their customers believe they're doing a good job, while the average profit margin in television is in the neighborhood of eighty percent.
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I was young and felt like it was opportunity 'cause they were moving units back then on the underground scene.
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I can certainly put myself in Israel's shoes. They are humans just like we are. They want peace and security inside their borders.
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All of my businesses are profitable.
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The film industry has been extremely welcoming to me. It's an industry which is biased to what they think is talent. If they think you can bring value to cinema, they'll support you.
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It was one thing to contain the Soviet Union in Europe because Britain, France, and Germany were all willing to join in. But will Japan and other Asian countries be willing to join in the containment of China?
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Everyone watches everyone pitch. If they're doing good, you're trying to take something out of them. I've taken something from probably every average to above-average pitcher I've ever played with - what they do. You see what they do and how you can put that into your game.
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I really liked Deadheads and the whole Dead concert scene: the tailgating, the tie-dye uniforms, the camaraderie - it was like NASCAR for potheads.
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I just want to be with great teachers. If that means I'm in a horror film with good teachers, I'll do another horror film. But I would love to branch out and do more comedy or just more straight dramas.
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In order to shake a hypothesis, it is sometimes not necessary to do anything more than push it as far as it will go.
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In a creative business, if you're happy, it will come out in your work. I don't see how you can be happy if you don't like the people you're working with and if they aren't a joy to have fun with.
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You meet a lot of people in New York who are different than you and have different stories, so I see everyone as super individual. I feel like I can be infinitely inspired because New York is huge.
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I believe in term limits. I believe the country would be hugely better off if we had more turnover in Congress.
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I like being able to go grocery shopping and not feel that Im fighting a thousand people.
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Roll up your sleeves, set your mind to making history, and wage such a fight for liberty that the whole world will respect our sex.
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Police in China can do whatever they want; after 81 days in arbitrary detention you clearly realise that they don’t have to obey their own laws.
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I'm someone very comfortable airing out the stories of my own life. Some people call it narcissism, but for me, the intention is that it will positively affect other people.
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That in a civil war there is continuous fighting, based on grievences that are forever changing.
