Zalmay Khalilzad Quotes
Besides, many Islamic movements will change as soon as they gain political responsibility. I'm not at all pessimistic in this regard. Just think of Turkey, where the Islamists are now behaving like a sort of Christian Democratic party in Europe.
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I'm not an A student; I'm not even a B student, but I've gotten a lot better with the reading because of texts. And I can voice-text and say whatever I want to people.
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I'm not shy or reclusive. I just spend my time with people rather than journalists.
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I could not write about 'ordinary people' because I am not in the least interested in them.
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The attitude and identity that we want to play with doesn't change.
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I'm not a runner, and I always dreamed about just throwing on my sneakers and really knocking everyone's socks off with my joy of traversing the world by foot.
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Nuclear power is not a miracle key for the future.
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It's almost like he's started to sound even more exotic the more people started doing him. I don't know why, but there's just something about Al Gore that makes me laugh.
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I just tend to do things to myself that I don't realize I'm doing. Sometimes I bite my lip so that it splits and hurts, and yet I can't stop. And sometimes I'd play shows on the last run, I'd scratch my neck while I was singing, and I'd horrified to see these red streaks of blood after.
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I had been writing songs for other people for a while, and I made a demo and I put it on my Myspace, which Perez Hilton found and blogged about on his site.
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If you respect a language and culture, it shows in your work.
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My biggest fear has always been being 40 and hating my job. I love challenges. I'm not afraid to try anything.
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I was a huge fan of comedy in high school.
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I'd probably put myself in the top 1% in knowledge of blight in the city of Detroit.
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With the mega – fame came the mega – downfall – you know, with the press and everything – and at a young age, it was very stressful to me.
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I picture my books as movies when I get stuck, and when I'm working on a new idea, the first thing I do is hit theaters to work out pacing and mood.
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I'm a bit of a perfectionist. I'll watch myself back on 'Xtra Factor' and want to do it again because of a few hiccups.
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I am often amazed at how much more capability and enthusiasm for science there is among elementary school youngsters than among college students.
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'Transformers' was important and defining for me because it taught me about what kinds of movies I want to make and the kind of actor I want to be, and I have a long way to go before I become that actor.
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I'm a big believer that we get the politicians we deserve.
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The message of 'Star Trek,' if there is one, seems to be that we should try to live up to the very best that we're capable of.
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We are conscious that religions cannot solve the economic, political and social problems of this earth.
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One of the most pervasive political visions of our time is the vision of liberals as compassionate and conservatives as less caring.
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Schizophrenic language has in this sense an interesting resemblance to poetry.
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Besides, many Islamic movements will change as soon as they gain political responsibility. I'm not at all pessimistic in this regard. Just think of Turkey, where the Islamists are now behaving like a sort of Christian Democratic party in Europe.
