Leila Janah Quotes
The challenges that the homeless face aren't dissimilar to those in developing countries.
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The idea of modernity is beginning to lose its vitality. It is losing it because modernity is no longer a critical attitude but an accepted, codified convention.
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You'll find boredom where there is the absence of a good idea.
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Romy and I, we're learning how to share the xx with people who aren't in the xx.
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The standards are being lowered, not just on the Internet, but in all of news and media.
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I have three lovely, lovely kids that I am in love with and that's in love with me.
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This thing that I do with caring about the message in my music, it's not separate from my work as a commercial artist; they're totally one and the same. I'm always going to be thinking about what my voice means.
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As a sportsman, my aim was to help sportspersons grow. The idea is to see what is good for sport rather than what's good for individuals.
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The enemy of liberal capitalism today is not so much socialism as nihilism.
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His boxing style is one that I would like to test myself against. I've always been a fan of his, and I've always wanted to test myself against Roy Jones.
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One of the reasons I like a suit is because I've never been that keen on my body. The shape a suit presents is always going to be better than anything I can do.
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If I were like a lot of other people, then it wouldn't be fun; but since I'm like me, it's okay.
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It's possible to become so comfortable with one's style and structure that one ceases to grow.
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If I loved a guy as much as I love my dog, the guy would be in serious trouble. Because I'm all over that dog, all the time.
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Our smartphones can offer innovative opportunities for improving how we react to our environment, and I believe it is increasingly becoming an asset - not a hindrance - to maintaining a healthier relationship with our work, our friends, and the world around us.
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Serum albumin is a well-defined protein, but no laboratory has yet attempted to ascertain its full chemical structure.
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I didn't feel like I had a home until I moved to El Paso.
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A lot of people feel pressured by the outside influences, whether it's your job, whether it's school. But who says you can't take care of that stuff and still be young?
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The freedom of thought and expression is one of the most sacred rights in this country.
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The first time I read an excellent book, it is to me just as if I had gained a new friend. When I read a book over I have perused before, it resembles the meeting with an old one.
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I would say 10 percent of fans understand it, which might be more than the people who do it for a living.
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We pick up people dying full of worms from the street. We have picked up more than 40,000 of them. If I lift up such a person, clean him, love him and serve him, is it conversion? He has been there like an animal in the street but I am giving him love and he dies peacefully. That peace comes from his heart. That's between him and God.
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Learning about factory farms and their horrendous treatment of animals is what made me become vegetarian in the first place. I also support the education of the public on adopting pets from animal shelters or saving homeless animals off the street in lieu of buying them from pet shops.
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I'm still working, I've got two arms, two legs, two gorgeous kids, a lovely wife. Fifteen years ago, I was homeless. So when you think about it, I'm lucky.
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The challenges that the homeless face aren't dissimilar to those in developing countries.
