Elia Suleiman Quotes
I don't particularly have a good memory. I think history is many times just the text written by the victors. I wanted to counter that aspect.
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There are a lot of mindless moments in my tunes.
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'Material' is meant to be a fun, lighthearted song about the tiny bit of materialism that's in all of us. The message is meant to translate the notion that you don't need luxury items to feel special; you already are special.
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Filipinos are not worse than any other colonized people except that our colonization was a little longer, and the independence movement was always dictated in political terms, never in social ones. We borrowed terms, but we didn't understand them.
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But one of the things I learned is that when you fight for something you believe in and you tell the truth and you do your best, you can always hold your head up high and no one can take that away from you.
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I am a movie fan across the board, though, so if a movie is well done then I love it and it does not really matter what the genre is.
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Really, the '70s and '80s were a blur.
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We must speed up the time table for fathers, brothers and sons to provide their mothers, daughters and sisters with the same opportunities that they give themselves.
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I'm not at the hoarder stage, but there are two or three storage units here and there. I have things that a lot of people put a lot of heart and soul into, a lot of mental energy. I'm good at keeping those things. When it comes to pop culture, as you move through this fast lane, you wonder where it all goes and how you can hold onto it.
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Our laws guarantee all students the right to a K-12 education, regardless of their immigration status.
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People call me a hermit. But I'm happy.
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My mom and dad - they were always there. They were always on the set. They focused on our family life. The entertainment business wasn't the end-all. They weren't out to get the next big paycheck or the next big movie. It was about 'What can we do as a family.'
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It is past time that consumers recognize the emerging power of 'Made In America' products and services. The nation's shopping list needs this header: Check out what is made here before you 'go' overseas.
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Writers in Britain aren't really celebrities. You become kind of a darling of a small set.
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I can't play guitar if I blow my arm out.
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If people believe in your material, they will do whatever it takes to get it done. Even if they don't, but you make it as awesome an experience as possible, they will help you reach your goals.
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The threat is desertification. My response is a sandstone wall made from solidified sand.
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I believe in my writing.
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God is not just, God is not kind, God is not merciful, and understanding that is essential to true devotion.
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I thought I wanted to be a journalist or a novelist.
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The Secret Intelligence Service I knew occupied dusky suites of little rooms opposite St James's Park Tube station in London.
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I've been fascinated by Machiavelli since I was very young. I've always felt that he had a bad rap from history, and that he was actually a person quite unlike what we now think of as Machiavellian. He was a republican. He disliked totalitarian government.
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I should add that it is open to debate whether what we call the writing of history these days is truly scientific.
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It is a remarkable fact in the political history of man that there is scarcely an instance of a free constitutional government which has been the work exclusively of foresight and wisdom. They have all been the result of a fortunate combination of circumstances.
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I don't particularly have a good memory. I think history is many times just the text written by the victors. I wanted to counter that aspect.
