Tahar Ben Jelloun Quotes
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As for T.B. Joshua, I am a descendant of my family in Arigidi-Akoko in Ondo State, Nigeria - but as for the divine nature, the power of God affects my life to give peace to people, deliverance to people, and healing to people.
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The fallacy of the neoclassicals is their tenet that total employment, though hit by shocks, can be said always to be heading back to some normal level.
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The fact is, beneath the hype, Iraqis will soon appreciate American help and idealism far more than French perfidy. It is never wrong to be on the side of freedom - never.
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I would love to have been around in the Keystone Studios days.
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Is literature more important than hurting people? You can't argue that. You can't say it. It's impossible.
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Our international success started out first because we became the No. 1 casual wear brand in our home market of Japan. Then, we set up stores in the world's major fashion centers of New York, Paris and London.
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Poetry is a phantom script telling how rainbows are made and why they go away.
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Viola Davis is a perfect example of somebody who's so much better than the parts she has the opportunity to play.
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Mind is everything. Muscle - pieces of rubber. All that I am, I am because of my mind.
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I live a very normal regimented life that focuses on my training and my private life so I squeeze the insane stuff in around that.
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Our Nation must provide sufficient access to healthcare, adequate benefits, and the supplemental resources our veterans were promised and so dearly need. We owe our heroes no less.
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Even as our economy starts to pick up, and new jobs are created, there is a risk that young people in Britain won't get the chances they deserve because businesses will continue to look elsewhere.
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One of the first pieces of advice I was ever given, on my first job was, 'You should always buy something to treat yourself to say, 'Well done for getting the job!'
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I think any actor in their right mind is afraid of getting pigeonholed.
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Whether it was Little League or playing with your brothers or sisters, that was always a problem. If I would lose - because I very rarely lost - then everything would go crazy.
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I think we respond well when we do something well.
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I really like the collaboration of doing movies and television. But I like the sort of solitary work of doing music.
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A key reason that elections are run so badly is that in most states, political partisans are in charge.
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The church must be reminded that it is not the master, or the servant of the state, but rather the conscience of the state.
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To achieve the possible, we must attempt the impossible again and again.
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Anger and hate against one we love steels our hearts, but contempt or pity leaves us silent and ashamed.
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As a comedian, I don't know if they're laughing because it's funny or if they're laughing at me because I'm not funny. And I'm thinking, 'Who cares? They're laughing.' If you go on stage, and they're laughing at you full-on for 60 minutes? You know, whatever puts them in the seats.
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Everyone should just be exactly who they are.
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Beauty is first and foremost an emotion.
