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 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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The republic I fell in love with, the republic I risked my life to defend, the values I hold dear, the integrity that we all share - these do not know prejudice and they do not accept partiality.
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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 had no aspirations to be part of American cinema... I was really a Europe-based person, and those were the films I was inspired by.
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The very first tournament I watched is the U.S. Open when I was 13. And that was the year Juli Inkster won.
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People aren't familiar with wheelchair sports. The only film crew in Athens for the Paralympics was the documentary crew.
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If nothing else is left, one must scream. Silence is the real crime against humanity.
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That in a civil war there is continuous fighting, based on grievences that are forever changing.
