Barbara Demick Quotes
Good reporting should have the same standard as in a courtroom - beyond a reasonable doubt.
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The reason for not getting married was that I just didn't have a partner to get married to. Climbing mountains was more attractive to me than marriage, or other fun things like that.
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I never was good at learning things. I did just enough work to pass. In my opinion it would have been wrong to do more than was just sufficient, so I worked as little as possible.
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Manhood coerced into sensitivity is no manhood at all.
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I am also a drummer of sorts. I've got an electronic set sitting in my bedroom.
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The big issue with rock stars becoming actors is that sometimes it's not believable, and vice versa with actors becoming rock stars. Sometimes just doesn't fit.
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Highly functioning self-actualized people simply never imagine what it is that they don't wish to have as their reality.
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The climate has been changing since there was a climate.
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In passing, also, I would like to say that the first time Adam had a chance he laid the blame on a woman.
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You are not alone with a guy until you are a proper age. You don't go to certain levels with men until you are married or you have a certain relationship.
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Every company has two organizational structures: The formal one is written on the charts; the other is the everyday relationship of the men and women in the organization.
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The international proletariat first appeared on the scene in the early Thirties of the nineteenth century, and its first great action was the French Revolution of 1848.
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I would never go to a gym. How could I do it? So I tried to do it in my house and it doesn't work.
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Anyone who has played the game professionally, you're always taught that the ball is the most important, most precious thing, so when the ball hits the ground, it's always a mad scramble. It's amazing how many times there is a fumble, and the person who recovers it initially doesn't walk away with the ball.
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Given an opportunity, Modi has violated the freedom of press both in letter and spirit. He destroys freedom of the press whenever he gets a chance.
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The cynics are right nine times out of ten.
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I love Japan; it's very special.
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I like naturally occurring film grain, and what happens to film when it's under- and over-exposed.
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I worry that I can come off smarmy. I wonder if I was listening to myself if I'd want to kick my own ass.
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Stand-up is like a row boat: it's fun and romantic when you're choosing to do it. But if you have no other choice than to be in a row boat it's not as enjoyable; that's survival.
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I'm blessed to be able to work at something that I'm good at, and that I love. It's not something I take for granted.
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Never allow any unnecessary or vain thought to occupy your mind. This is more easily said than done. You cannot make your mind a blank all at once. So in the beginning try to prevent evil or idle thoughts by occupying your mind with the analysis of your own faults, or the contemplation of the Perfect Ones.
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There's a fine line between playing through things and sitting out. I was always on the side of, 'I'm going to play through it.' It's probably good at times, bad at times, but for an athlete to always try to be there and play through things, from a teammate's perspective, it speaks volumes. Now that I look back, mentally it makes you tougher.
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Good reporting should have the same standard as in a courtroom - beyond a reasonable doubt.
