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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However, leaving everything to the market is not necessarily good for society.
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They act as if they supposed that to be very sanguine about the general improvement of mankind is a virtue that relieves them from taking trouble about any improvement in particular.
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I tend to not discriminate when it comes to people I can learn from. Basically, if someone has built a meaningful business in software, technology or media, faced disruption and adversity, and overcame underdog status, I want to know how they did it.
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The second fundamental feature of culture is that all culture has an element of striving.
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Make your choice and make it quick, either build a real heart, or get out of my way QUICK.
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The greatest music is made for love, not for money.
