Abdoulaye Wade Quotes
I support the state, but not the state-run economy. The state should intervene only to create the conditions necessary for the private sector to thrive.
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A man's primary fantasy is access to a variety of attractive women without the fear of rejection.
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I started riding the whole 'fluffy' train, and it's a cute word and socially a lot more acceptable than someone saying is fat or obese. If you call a girl 'fat,' yo, she'll raise hell, but if you say, 'Aw girl, look at you, you're fluffy,' there's almost a sexy appeal to it.
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The story of technology seems to go up and then retract into simplicity again.
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Our relationship with Mexico in this regard is unique for us, and in many respects unique in the world.
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The military is a place of discipline, technical proficiency, and personal sacrifice for the greater good.
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I like structure, cool, hip songs, and fun, hooky music.
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Oftentimes, people stay where they are in life simply because of fear. But do you know that fear isn't reality? It's only a thought in your mind.
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I woke up on the plane this morning and was turning on my phone and I had to put my pin number in. That's when I realized that since the age of 10 I've been using 2012 as my pin number. But now that I've won gold in the 2012 Olympics, I've achieved that goal and, for the first time in 14 years, I'll have to change my pin.
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I am very interested in what has been called bad taste. I believe the fear of displaying a soi-disant bad taste stops us from venturing into special cultural zones.
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I get why people want to come see me play guitar, but I still don't understand why people want to interview me.
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I have very eclectic tastes.
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My favorite subject was either English or History. I had a really awesome high school education.
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When I announced the development of Perl 6, I said it was going to be a community design. I designed Perl, myself. It's limited by my own brain power. So I wanted Perl 6 to be a community design.
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For me, the labor movement and public education are linked as the essential building blocks to a strong middle class and a path to the American dream. It's why I went to Cornell's School of Industrial and Labor Relations as an undergrad and then to law school.
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The reaction that I got from 'Diamonds' I would have expected to get from 'House of the Rising Sun' or one of the other songs.
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The sun is always shining. We have oxygen, trees, birds. There's so much good things on Earth, still. We haven't destroyed everything.
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I don't really believe in evil at all.
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I was in my mid-teens when someone gave me a copy of 'Pears Encyclopaedia of Myth and Legends' as a birthday present. It sat on my shelves for many months before I looked at it. When I did, I couldn't stop reading it.
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I still put my pants on the same way. I still walk on my pool twice a day.
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From a social perspective, I am looking for friends, not acolytes.
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I have climbed Everest from the Nepal route and the China route. The other routes are too hard for me. So I don't think I can climb Everest again.
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I don't think that Dreamworks would have signed me expecting to really mess around with whatever it is I do.
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Some of our businesses use more energy than others, but our strategy everywhere is the same... first, reduce our use of energy as much as possible. Then, switch to renewable sources of power where it makes economic sense... And, over time, as a last resort, offset the emissions we can't avoid.
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I support the state, but not the state-run economy. The state should intervene only to create the conditions necessary for the private sector to thrive.
