Enele Sopoaga Quotes
Sometimes I wonder if there is really goodwill in the world to worry about saving human beings, or whether we are just using that as camouflage for our own interests, the self-centered drive for more profits.
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President Reagan stood for conservative principles in a way that brought people together.
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I wish I could compete again, but my good feeling is, these competitions are better as exhibitions.
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The last thing I would do to this country is to even put my personal interests about the country's interest. I have never done that in my life, and I will never do it because I, you know, I was brought up as a very patriotic Egyptian, and this is not just going to happen.
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I'm all for being in love and whenever I like someone, I end up pretty much completely smitten.
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If it is true that we have a personal relationship with God, then that's enough for me.
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Actors are seen as celebrities, but they're just real people with families.
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We are not only talking about waves of refugees coming to Greece, to Italy, and elsewhere. Destabilizing the Balkans means Lebanonization, and that means destabilizing all of Europe.
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The cause of war is preparation for war.
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Concerning his own rages, I am convinced that they are not real, that they are sometimes experiments, but that in the main they are the habits of a pose or attitude he has seen fit to take toward his fellowman.
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A world without delight and without affection is a world destitute of value.
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For all its problems, I found South Africa a beautiful country, interesting and inspiring.
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I never want to be too mean with my songs, but with 'I Hope It Rains' it was definitely somewhere in the middle with being sassy but also a little class in there as well. It was a good blend for me and who I want to be perceived as an artist.
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I'm drawn to the unconventional because I've been drawn unconventionally. I believe that I'm supposed to topple over these false images of what's idealistically beautiful. Because, of course, these intangible qualities are very attractive to women. Sincerity. Sense of humor. Success.
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I continually marvel at people who can make films that reach five hundred million people. How do you do that? Everybody's different - I don't know how that works.
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Organic buildings are the strength and lightness of the spiders' spinning, buildings qualified by light, bred by native character to environment, married to the ground.
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I do have a strong sense of God. It's impossible to explain what I mean when I say that, of course.
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I used to spend hours just sitting in an old wreck of a car with a stickshift; I'd just sit there and shift.
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I absolutely loved basketball. All I ever wanted to do was play basketball.
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Sometimes I see myself fine, sometimes I need a witness. And I like the whole truth, but there are nights I only need forgiveness.
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The very nature of the Chinaman holds him back. If his fellow should fall, John thinks it quite proper that he stamp on the underdogs face.
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Lying - remembering beauty in truth.
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Some wonder whether some day we will arrive at a theory of everything and run out of new problems to solve - much as the effort to explore the earth ran out of new continents to explore.
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Sometimes I wonder if there is really goodwill in the world to worry about saving human beings, or whether we are just using that as camouflage for our own interests, the self-centered drive for more profits.
