Carine Roitfeld Quotes
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You're not a historian, but most historians will tell you that they make very discrete judgment as to what facts to omit in order to make their book into some shape, some length that can be managed.
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Foreign aid is not something the vast majority of Americans support, but definitely not conservatives.
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Koran says whoever believes in God in the last day shall be saved. It is a religion whose very name, Islam, comes from the word Shalom, which means peace. It's about establishing peace. We greet each other with peace be upon you, which the Jews do in greeting each other.
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For us, overseas employment addresses two major problems: unemployment and the balance of payments position.
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So yeah, I play the piano for most of the show, but I like rock and roll.
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Love rules the court, the camp, the grove, And men below, and saints above: For love is heaven, and heaven is love.
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The most costly of all follies is to believe passionately in the palpably not true. It is the chief occupation of mankind.
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Both my parents are Scottish, and although I grew up in Canada after moving over, all of my family are proud to be Scots.
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It's well proved economics that if a country which is rich and a country that is poor come together in global trade, sooner or later the standard of living of the poor country will go up towards that of the rich country.
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I'm just very wary that once you start military operations in any country, it's very difficult to predict what the outcome is.
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I was born in San Diego, and we moved to Los Angeles when I was seven. A couple of years later, I started acting!
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I am not an angry guy. It's just the roles I do that impact my personality.
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My mum made me feel if I wanted to become prime minister, I could do it.
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I'd long wanted to write about that moment when a woman steps off the career track to have her first child. For me, that was a scary time.
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People ask me to describe myself, but it's a very personal thing. You don't feel comfortable.
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I believe in the spirit of equality and the spirit of this country as one of love and compassion and kindness.
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For the year after I left government service, I worked as a consultant to the Republican National Committee because the lawyers advised that was the proper way for me to comply with ethics regulations and continue to advise the President.
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Playing the priest on 'Oz' was a fantastic experience. I was very lucky.
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There was electricity in our village only for 2-3 hours a day, so all my life, I studied under a lamp.
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In high school, my English teacher Celeste McMenamin introduced me to the great novels and Shakespeare and taught me how to write. Essays, poetry, critical analysis. Writing is a skill that was painful then but a love of mine now.
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My favourite place to eat is my grandma's kitchen. She makes a mean crab cake.
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Like funny men, skilled diners are apparently perceived to have an evolutionary advantage.
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It's funny, everything is so much easier when you do it yourself.
