Leila Janah Quotes
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Progress, real progress, makes me cry harder than anything. When the world itself grows.
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Certitude is not the test of certainty. We have been cocksure of many things that were not so.
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At every turn, small businesses should be encouraged to compete. When they do, we all win.
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Many artists and writers have used cannabis for creative stimulation - from the writers of the world's religious masterpieces to our most irreverent satirists.
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I've failed those I care most about and let down the people who elected me to represent them.
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Letters are like wine; if they are sound they ripen with keeping. A man should lay down letters as he does a cellar of wine.
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Like great teams in sports and business endeavors, if there's a chemistry among the participants, and they truly enjoy fellowship together, everybody wants to be there, stay involved, and just have fun together.
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Show business is fickle, and though I have been blessed with a healthy career, who knows how long that will last?
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The biggest rival I had in my career was me. I couldn't control Arnold Palmer, Gary Player, Tom Watson or Lee Trevino. The only person I could control was me.
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I wish I had had a great disappointment, a real one.
Nastassja Kinski -
When this space walk will be completed, then the arm will be fully operational and ready for the next activity that will be pretty much the testing, the first flight testing of the space station arm.
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I think Hillary Clinton is a good and effective secretary of state.
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I didn't just get to 75 years by tiptoeing. I had to work hard sometimes.
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I'm thought to be a tough writer, but I'm really a softie.
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A man has no more character than he can command in a time of crisis.
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It's not what other people believe you can do, it's what you believe.
Gail Devers -
I'm often drawn to characters that are more obviously one thing. They're passionate, and there is always an element of strength because I think every person possesses that in some way, even if they've experienced hardship in their lives.
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Death is not something any one of us want to dwell on, but we must all confront it at some point.
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I feel shy when people are fussing on me.
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A desire for knowledge is the natural feeling of mankind; and every human being, whose mind is not debauched, will be willing to give all he has to get knowledge.
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I was always the class clown.
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It doesn't work the same way everywhere. The Americans are the most gullible, because they don't like to deny co-workers' requests. People in the former Soviet bloc countries are less trusting, perhaps because of their previous experiences with their countries' secret services.
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There's only one thing money won't buy, and that is poverty.
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Handouts are not going to end global poverty, but work - real work - just might.
