Burhan Sonmez Quotes
We are not in prison so we are free and happy? No. We're in a different kind of prison in this life. We have to confront it, and we have to liberate Istanbul and ourselves, as well.
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There is no planning. On the night it is really great, it's euphoria and if it is not so great there is always tomorrow night. That was his attitude.
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I'm a choreographer and I love watching 'The Bachelorette.'
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I have a vast curiosity about our universe, our origins, and its probable future.
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It is possible that blondes also prefer gentlemen.
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The entrepreneurial bug had already bitten my son Ankur by the time he got to college. As a lifelong entrepreneur, I certainly didn't want to dampen his enthusiasm by telling him he couldn't do it, but I also wanted to make sure it was balanced with the proper attention to his studies.
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One thing I noticed working in the Bronx is that leaders come in the craziest places. They don't always show up at community board meetings. Sometimes it's just the guys on the corner that the boys on the block respect.
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That's really my goal now. I'm trying to be a positive role model to my kids and to just enjoy this ride, because it's hard. It's hard to enjoy it when you're in it.
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If there is one thing that makes me unique, it's that I riff a lot.
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As to which is cuter, a puppy or a baby, I'm going to say that probably depends less on the particular puppy and more on the baby. I've seen pictures of me as an infant and consider myself lucky that nobody ever offered my parents the opportunity to trade me for a beagle.
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I am a big music nerd.
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Now it would be as absurd to deny the existence of God, because we cannot see him, as it would be to deny the existence of the air or wind, because we cannot see it.
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I remember as a kid not ever wanting to have friends around to my house because it was, for want of a better description, disheveled.
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Some books leave us free and some books make us free.
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The season of failure is the best time for sowing the seeds of success.
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I read our emails every day and I know there are people out there who think I'm awful.
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I think Russian people are learning that democracy is not an alien thing; it's not a western invention.
Garry Kasparov -
I like to record records in Los Angeles. It's less distracting than New York, where I was based.
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If you want to live a long life, focus on making contributions.
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Every time I look at you I get a fierce desire to be lonesome.
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I don't understand why people don't use improvisation, especially in comedy films, but also, for me, you get more naturalism, and that's why I like the naturalistic performances and strange rhythms and the way that people genuinely interact captured rather than sort of very mannered performances.
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I am a firm believer that any legitimate government has to be based on rule of law and a recognition that all people are equal under the law.
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Walking is the natural recreation for a man who desires not absolutely to suppress his intellect but to turn it out to play for a season.
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In my life I've learned that true happiness comes from giving. Helping others along the way makes you evaluate who you are. I think that love is what we're all searching for. I haven't come across anyone who didn't become a better person through love.
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We are not in prison so we are free and happy? No. We're in a different kind of prison in this life. We have to confront it, and we have to liberate Istanbul and ourselves, as well.
