Alexander Dubcek Quotes
In the first moments, the members of the Presidium who were with me at the Secretariat were taken to the Party Central Committee under the control of Soviet forces.
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I think the country is very settled in a lot of ways, and we saw that after the Democratic Convention. I think a lot of the bump that we enjoyed came when John Kerry selected John Edwards as his running mate.
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I was quite nervous about meeting William's father, but he was very, very welcoming, very friendly, it couldn't have gone easier really for me.
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Your dresses should be tight enough to show you're a woman and loose enough to show you're a lady.
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When 'our people' get to the point where they can do us some good, they stop being 'our people.'
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I am not saying we are categorizing Ellen White in the biblical context of a false prophet.
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I have said many times that most people work all their life to retire to play golf, while I played golf all my life to retire to work. I enjoy working. It has kept me young and on the move, and I have had a good time with it.
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You might think the thinner version of yourself is going to be the most positive or confident, but that's not how it is for me. When I'm over 200 pounds, that's when I'm the most confident version of myself.
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Suning Appliance has no problem of financial risk. Do you think I'm risky? I'm definitely not risky.
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Kids are learning to play. That's why we're seeing an emergence. That's why we're seeing the Under-17s and Under-20s doing better in international football.
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I can't laugh, be happy, present myself at any prize and also win on the centre court.
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'The Old Social Classes and the Revolutionary Movement in Iraq,' by Hanna Batatu. Few may wish to take on this massive, obscure work, but it changed my life, and I love it.
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Doo-wop is the true music to me, man. Doo-wop was what nurtured me and grew me into who I am, and I guess even when I was in school, the teacher probably thought I had ADD or something every day, because I'd be beating on the desks, singing like the Flamingos or the Spaniels or Clyde McPhatter or somebody.
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I do like the research part of writing, I must admit.
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Sure, I've been a victim, but in retrospect, most of it has been of my own making. I allowed it to happen.
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I spend a lot of time balancing between faith and disbelief.
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When I was little, people like Talking Heads were on the radio. There was something geeky yet groundbreaking about them.
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In a competitive industry, only paranoid incumbents - those constantly striving for betterment - have any hope of surviving.
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In some weird, warped way, I'm actually convinced that if I got mugged, I could probably take out the guy.
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The darkest moments for me weren't necessarily winding up in the hospital or anything like that. It was those quiet moments alone when I just hated the person I had become.
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Decades ago, women suffered through horrifying back-alley abortions. Or, they used dangerous methods when they had no other recourse. So when the Republican Party launched an all-out assault on women's health, pushing bills to limit access to vital services, we had to ask: Why is the GOP trying to send women back... to the back alley?
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I need to worry about the things that I am in control of.
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White privilege allows a certain kind of leisure that can be deployed by white people of advantage toward our restoration. That's all true and good. But it also suggests that there is an individual approach to the issues that many of these white people have taken up as a recognition of their tie to and responsibility for some of the inequities that exist. And I don't think it has to be an either-or. I think it has to be a bifocal approach.
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As a host, I did 'Khatron Ke Khiladi,' and it was a learning experience.
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In the first moments, the members of the Presidium who were with me at the Secretariat were taken to the Party Central Committee under the control of Soviet forces.
