Ingrid Betancourt Quotes
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If you go to a tree with an ax and take five whacks at the tree every day, it doesn't matter if it's an oak or a redwood; eventually the tree has to fall down.
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I believe, certainly in the NHL, a player who can help a team win because he can contribute on the ice is going to be coveted whatever his beliefs may be or whoever he may be. That goes to national origin, religious beliefs, or sexuality.
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I grew up such a horror fan, it's kinda cool being named 'Scream Queen.' I like that.
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I always said when I was younger, I wanted to write film music, and I think that's what my ultimate dream is.
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Sesame oil is probably my favorite condiment, period.
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In many ways, our campaign this year will be the same as last time: We're still going to focus on fixing up basics and cleaning up ethics at City Hall.
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You begin to realize that the genius of our country is the constant push to be more inclusive and find new ways of engaging everyone.
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If I can save 25 billion dollars in terms of reduction of import, I will be adding one percent to the GDP. By conserving the oil energy by the people, the GDP will become 5.5 percent, and this will change the economy of the country.
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It wasn't always easy getting up at 5 o'clock in the morning to go to the rink. Sometimes I wanted to just go back to sleep.
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I don't think you get to be pope without making some enemies, like you do when you're president.
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I can paint in jail.
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One of the issues I kept saying to my students is you have to learn to interrupt. When you raise your hand at a meeting, by the time they get to you, the point is not germane. So the bottom line is active listening. If you are going to interrupt, you look for opportunities. You have to know what you're talking about.
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In U.S. sports, you tend to be pretty strictly limited by the size of your team's market. When we heard that Villa was a club here that might be available, I had a strong feeling that a team in the West Midlands could be the chance to create something very special.
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I've always been excited by rotoscoping, the technique used in films like 'Waking Life,' which fuses animation with real-life emotion. It seemed like it was a process ripe for innovation.
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I don't believe in writer's block.
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The Taliban is the Muslim version of the Salem witch trials.
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The kitchen is tough. It's one of the last bastions in civilized culture that sets out to crush the spirit.
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It's often the death of the show when you break the tension and the two lead characters get together.
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In TV, you don't know everything. The writers only give you scripts before you shoot the episodes. They keep you on your nerve.
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My finding of myself as an artist, which I think in itself helped me to find just who I am and how I want to express myself, is entirely - in conjunction, of course, with my family, particularly my mom - founded on teachers.
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At times one feels that what is being said in the West is that the fact that you are a Muslim predisposes you to this blind, stupid terrorism.
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We think that there really is racial bias in determining who people want to date.
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If you want something done right, just forget it.
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I don't want to be submerged by depression.
