Bashar al-Assad Quotes
No doubt that the U.S. is a super-power capable of conquering a relatively small country, but is it able to control it?
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We are living in difficult times. There are a lot of people out of work - am I going to stand there and whinge? No, because I am lucky to have such a wonderful job.
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There were wonderful moments when I was singing for the first time in the Olympia Theatre and I was pregnant with my son, which was very, very strange for a singer.
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Writing for children hadn't occurred to me when I was younger, but nine years of teaching in the upper elementary grades had given me a deep appreciation of the gifts and graces that are specific to individuals with 10 or 11 years of experience as human beings.
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My brothers and I love playing outside and climbing trees. We really love sports, too - I think football's probably my favorite.
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Even under Obamacare, there are people that get subsidized insurance. But that has a $6,000 deductible. What do you think they do with that $6,000 deductible? They are still a nonpayer.
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Conscience is the inner voice that warns us that someone might be looking.
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I don't know what the instinct is, to save every report card, every half-sentence scribbled note, but my mother did it pretty effectively, and I've done it to a fare-thee-well.
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It is wonderful to say that your days behind a school desk are over. It's just another phase in your life.
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To make the child in your own image is a capital crime, for your image is not worth repeating. The child knows this and you know it. Consequently you hate each other.
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The thing, when you're down two sets to love, is to stay calm, even though it's hard, because people are freaking out, people are worried for you.
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I am surrounded by great people.
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I was born in England, but then I lived in Calgary, Saudi Arabia, Cyprus, India, Vancouver, London, Toronto, and now L.A.
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I think it's a shame when the arts have to suffer because of corporate greed. People will always strive to make film, and the only important thing is that we keep trying to make ourselves heard and keep making our films, no matter what the climate is.
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I am not opposed to intelligence reform on its face, but any changes should reflect the current context.
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The power of forgiveness is huge; it is really big, and it can save this world.
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While the miser is merely a capitalist gone mad, the capitalist is a rational miser.
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The U.N.'s impartiality allows it to negotiate and operate in some of the toughest places in the world. And time and again, studies have shown that U.N. peacekeeping is far more effective and done with far less money than what any government can do on its own.
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I just want to be the best Carly Rae I can be.
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In fighting terror, you cannot let it interfere with the normal life of civilians in Israel.
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I believe if more American children read the Ten Commandments and are taught what they mean, they will predictably engage in less crime.
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He that is kind is free, though he is a slave; he that is evil is a slave, though he be a king.
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My dog has the intellectual capacity of a lime wedge, yet even he possesses an elaborate set of assumptions, based on his ability to control my behavior through a combination of slavish devotion and incessant howling.
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Bengalis love to celebrate their language, their culture, their politics, their fierce attachment to a city that has been famously dying for more than a century. They resent with equal ferocity the reflex stereotyping that labels any civic dysfunction anywhere in the world 'another Calcutta.'
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No doubt that the U.S. is a super-power capable of conquering a relatively small country, but is it able to control it?
