Madeleine Albright Quotes
A lot of people think international relations is like a game of chess. But it's not a game of chess, where people sit quietly, thinking out their strategy, taking their time between moves. It's more like a game of billiards, with a bunch of balls clustered together.
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I even have a Harmony Rocket and a Stratocaster with a scalloped neck back in Florida.
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When I was a kid, all I ever wanted was to be famous.
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Society in the English countryside is still strangely, quaintly divided. If black comedy and a certain type of social commentary are what you want, I think English rural communities offer quite a lot of material.
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President Obama was deeply and clearly affected by the Sandy Hook disaster.
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Whenever my body heals and the pain and all the swelling goes away is when I'll be ready.
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I think with 'Skinwalkers,' the success of it spoke for itself. Meaning a lot of people wanted to see something new on television.
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I fell in love with New York at some indeterminate point in my early years.
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I think 'Tap Dogs' has lasted so long because people have a natural interest in tap dancing. This form of dancing can't be dated, it's such an intriguing form of dance because the feet are also an an instrument.
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One of the exciting things about reporting is going to places you've never been to before.
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I'm a self-taught guitarist, but I have a classical music background.
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Better than any argument is to rise at dawn and pick dew-wet red berries in a cup.
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If you are not living this moment, you are not really living.
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I like to make my name of songs strange.
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I don't think that anyone seriously fears that the world can be blown to pieces all together. But what one can fear and rightly so are regional things, like in the Middle East, India, Pakistan, the Korean Peninsula, borders in Africa, etc.
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If I didn't love the hourglass, I wouldn't love myself.
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As a young girl I think I wanted to be a horse woman. I loved horses.
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I'm not good at accepting help.
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I'm not questioning Dick Cheney's motives. There's a chance for a conflict of interest. At one point in time, he was opposed to going into Baghdad. Then he was out of office and involved in the defense industry, and then he became for going into Baghdad.
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When I left Barcelona, staying in Spain was an important factor in my decision to join Madrid. I did not have to change country or learn a new language, adopt a different sort of lifestyle, and so on.
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My mom was onstage when she was pregnant with me.
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My father has been to me a paragon of what actualizing philanthropic potential can be.
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I don't like fashion. I don't like art. I do like smashing up expensive things.
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A lot of people think international relations is like a game of chess. But it's not a game of chess, where people sit quietly, thinking out their strategy, taking their time between moves. It's more like a game of billiards, with a bunch of balls clustered together.
