Imran Amed Quotes
The way the media tends to cover fashion is as this superfluous, vacuous industry. They focus on models and shows, but behind all that is a massive global industry.
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While it may be true that the UAE has been an ally since the September 11, 2001, attacks, the American people know it has also harbored and aided some of the al Qaeda agents who were involved in that attack.
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I am remarkably pleased with Obama. I had grave misgivings about him.
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I luckily had a very charming, lovable mom who I think everybody could see bits and pieces of their mom in.
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I write better in Cape Breton... too many people around in Ontario. Down there I meet all sorts of non-human people, but they don't bother me, and I don't feel I have to apologize on behalf of my species quite so often.
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I like to play poker. I have a nice poker group that's been going on for years.
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I came across 'The Song of Achilles' by Madeline Miller in one of the most romantic ways one can find a story. I was digging through a pile of used books at my local library when my hand gravitated toward its brilliant teal and glistening gold cover.
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The Obama economy has led to the lowest labor force participation since 1978.
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I had been keeping an off eye on the advertising field, thinking I might become an idea man and a copywriter.
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Renouncement: the heroism of mediocrity.
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I never figured I'd go into the Hall of Fame. A kid from the Hill.
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Comic book readers tend to be pretty secular and anti-authoritarian; nothing is above satire in their eyes.
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Although children are only 24 percent of the population, they're 100 percent of our future and we cannot afford to provide any child with a substandard education.
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I try not to look back on my life and be regretful.
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Poetry is the art of substantiating shadows, and of lending existence to nothing.
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I come from a Christian faith. I am not going to give you insight into my particular beliefs.
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The world is indeed a mixture of truth and make-believe. Discard the make-believe and take the truth.
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We're writing a book together. She just finished one. Did you read it? Among the Porcupines?
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I love to see a woman in a sexy, strappy sandal no matter what. It just looks beautiful.
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Nothing fires me up like losing. It certainly makes you want to go that extra bit.
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I never thought anyone would pity me because of my time in the Marine Corps.
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Everything has a purpose or premise. Every second of our life has its own premise, whether or not we are conscious of it at the time. That premise may be as simple as breathing or as complex as a vital emotional decision, but it is always there.
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I believe that if it were possible to scrap the whole of existing literature, all writers would find themselves inevitably producing something very close to SF ... No other form of fiction has the vocabulary of ideas and images to deal with the present, let alone the future.
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Principle says it's not who put forth an idea. It's not the position of the person who put forth an idea; it's not the longevity of the person or the party of the person. That's not what it is at all. In a power system, that's the way it works. But in a principle system, it's what it says.
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The way the media tends to cover fashion is as this superfluous, vacuous industry. They focus on models and shows, but behind all that is a massive global industry.
