Tawakkol Karman Quotes
I do not represent the Al-Islah party, and I am not tied to its positions. My position is determined by my beliefs, and I do not ask anyone's permission.'
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I simply can't do one-word message replies: Yes. Ok. No. Sure. Cool. None of these are options for me. I must write something extra. Something personal. I put kisses and emoticons. Emoticons, by the way, are my very best friends. They have removed all the pressure of thinking up something personal to say.
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When 'our people' get to the point where they can do us some good, they stop being 'our people.'
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I'm not being secretive about anything. I just actually don't have opinions about society.
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We tend in this country to talk about Democrats and Republicans, and think there's little group over there called Independents that's maybe 2%. That is not the case, and it has not been the case for most of modern American history.
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I hear odd tracks from my albums every now and again on the radio, or maybe a friend plays me something.
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You must respect people, and you must respect money. My father said to me: 'When you respect money, money will respect you.'
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All things considered, defending our borders by building a fence to keep out people is a necessity. There is no more humane alternative when it comes to protecting ourselves. We must act humanely, within the law, while honoring transparency, but with firm resolve.
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One thing you can't intend is how you will be read. I hear it said a lot that my books are about the 'search for identity', and this is said admiringly, as if I meant to encourage such a search.
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Falling in love, romance, matters of the heart - when you fall in love, on some biochemical level you know there is a chance it won't work out. It's ingrained in us that if you take such an enormous risk on someone with your heart that it might not pay off. I gamble all my chips and I might actually lose everything.
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When I was little, people like Talking Heads were on the radio. There was something geeky yet groundbreaking about them.
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The real story is that I had unprotected sex. That's that. That's easy.
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Susan, an only child who never had any roots, and I, a lone wolf who got married 20 years to late, were adopted by the kids as much as they were by us.
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I could just go to the horse races and take lovely holidays, but I have some strong views, and I want to make a difference.
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Even a fool knows you can't touch the stars, but it won't keep the wise from trying.
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Frankly, I got into the movies because I like the movies a lot.
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I passed a typing test and became a member of the staff of Rear Adm. Newton.
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Hold on with a bulldog grip, and chew and choke as much as possible.
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I think men look best when they're dressed in something that makes them feel comfortable.
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I recently read that it's the left brain that does all that calculating, and the right brain that does the poetry. Somehow I've veered way towards the left. I've been doing it for years. Maybe I do art to balance it out.
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The Tea Party has imparted political energy to common-sense American constitutionalism.
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The A.N.C. was established in 1912 and the S.A. Communist Party in 1921, and so there has been an overlapping of membership all along the line.
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I remember someone saying to my mom that it must be so glamorous to have a child acting in movies. They had no idea how hard it was for her.
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I think filmmakers want their movies to be seen.
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I do not represent the Al-Islah party, and I am not tied to its positions. My position is determined by my beliefs, and I do not ask anyone's permission.'
