Greg Lake Quotes
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When foreign assistance has a clear mission, buy-in from the aid-recipient country, and explicit metrics for implementation, the United States will be able to transition aid-recipient nations into strong trading partners. One of the greatest examples of this successful transition is South Korea.
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Knitting not only relaxes me, it also brings a feeling of being at home.
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Just as water is a key ingredient to growth on the farm, capital is required for businesses to thrive.
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Cartooning was a good fit for me. And yet now, years later, I almost never think about it.
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It is now proved beyond doubt that smoking is one of the leading causes of statistics.
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Whenever I come across an Arabic word mired in English text, I am momentarily shocked out of the narrative.
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Recreational shopping is the shortest distance between two points: you and broke.
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Chana dal are skinless dried split chickpeas used in Indian cooking. They have a great texture and delicate flavour.
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I can laugh and cry at the drop of a freakin' hat - all at the same time.
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Remember, the man who is poor is not the man that has no money, but one without a dream. They are suffering that have no dream. They are poor that have no dream.
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As a writer, I've always felt it's my job to be extremely careful when writing about victims, especially women.
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I took the first James Kelman novel, 'The Bus Conductor Hines', home to my dad. I thought, 'My dad will like this; it's written in Scots.' But my dad said: 'I can't read that.' He was reading James Bond and John le Carre. That was part of what attracted me to crime - the idea of getting a wide audience.
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Let me be absolutely clear. Israel is a strong friend of Israel's. It will be a strong friend of Israel's under a McCain administration. It will be a strong friend of Israel's under an Obama administration. So that policy is not going to change.
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If we had, we would have realised sooner that Indigenous organisations are sometimes not the appropriate channel for programmes to help the stolen generations, because many of them play little part in Indigenous associations.
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I believe it's important that we use names of endearment that reflect a special feeling for the individual involved.
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Everyone wants to learn the same thing from painful situations: how to avoid repeating them.
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Women who start out as ugly ducklings don't become beautiful swans. What they mainly become is confident ducks. They take charge of their lives.
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'SpongeBob SquarePants' is a great show, and it centers on a character that is courageously nice. Why is SpongeBob interesting? It's because he has passion. He has a passion for chasing jellyfish.
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Too many people have already lost their lives to HIV and AIDS, and the more celebrities who can bring attention to the issue, the better.
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There is this tremendous body of knowledge in the world of academia where extraordinary numbers of incredibly thoughtful people have taken the time to examine on a really profound level the way we live our lives and who we are and where we've been. That brilliant learning sometimes gets trapped in academia and never sees the light of day.
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When George Bush used the Willie Horton ad, he knew what he was doing.
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My boys told me they'd rather play than practice.
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Big companies are like marching bands. Even if half the band is playing random notes, it still sounds kind of like music. The concealment of failure is built into them.
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The greatest music is made for love, not for money.
