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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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 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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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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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'd had episodes before, but I swept them under the carpet. This time, I couldn't do that because everyone knew. I got on with the hard work of getting better and haven't had a blip in almost 10 years.
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As a traditionally risk-averse nation, India has rarely been at the forefront of innovation. Indian companies have mostly imitated others and became very good at it.
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I'm a really particular person. I want it my way.
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Murrow covered something because it needed coverage. He wasn't trying to get an audience just for the sake of it.
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With the acquisition of 50% of Todito, TV Azteca is getting on a very fast train. Todito will allow TV Azteca to create value for its shareholders and promote its television content on the Internet.
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He began to realize that you cannot even fight happily with creatures that stand upon a different mental basis to yourself.
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The fight against terrorism is something very real and practical for us. This is a fight to preserve our territorial integrity, and in this sense we need to have the instruments and create an environment in Russia that would make it impossible for the international terrorist organisations to achieve the aims they have set for themselves here.
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If danger arises in the present moment, there may be an emotion. There may even be pain. But that's a challenge, not a problem. For a problem to exist, you need time and repetitive mind activity.
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That in a civil war there is continuous fighting, based on grievences that are forever changing.
