Alexandra Maria Lara Quotes
I don't remember [when I first visited the Berlin Zoological Garden]. To me, it was important that [in Germany] I could drink Coca Cola. In Romania, my father had bought me a bottle every now and then. To me, that was something really special. And mom and dad always told me, 'We are going somewhere you can drink as much Coke as you want'. To this day, Coke means so much more to me.
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My inspiration for writing is all the wonderful books that I read as a child and that I still read. I think that for those of us who write, when we find a wonderful book written by someone else, we don't really get jealous, we get inspired, and that's kind of the mark of what a good writer is.
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Sooner or later the space program will need to save us by detecting and deflecting an incoming asteroid.
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I love being the mayor. I want to be the mayor forever.
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If I look back I feel frightened, not happy, because my life is a bit of a mystery to me.
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What Washington needs is adult supervision.
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I condemn everyone and anyone who commits acts of terrorism. And Hamas has committed acts of terrorism.
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Medicine, anything academic, is a very Persian Iranian route to take in life, in one's career.
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All I ever wanted to be was president of the American League.
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My children are magical creatures and I love them to death.
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Like the old Italian saying goes, 'It ain't rocket surgery.'
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If I have a Sunday free, I'll go up the coast and spend some time on the beach. I scuba dive and swim and sail. A lot of the things I like are around the water.
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I see that it is impossible to remember a long poem without practice and repetition; so is forgetfulness of the words of instruction engendered in the heart that has ceased to value them.
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I have a company called Earl Campbell Foods. I got into the meat business in 1991.
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The influence of blogging is overall a very positive force in the media.
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When you've heard one bagpipe tune, you've heard them both.
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No one is above the law, not even the president. I believe perjury does meet at least the definition of high misdemeanor.
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I spend a lot of time balancing between faith and disbelief.
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I want to develop Katihar as an ideal district. That is my dream for my constituency.
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This stuff on enemy combatants, the Bush Administration has fought like a tiger to avoid having to produce any evidence to a judge to show why somebody is locked up in perpetuity. Another example of that is the torture scandal.
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During my time as CIA Director and Secretary of Defense, Hillary was a strong supporter of our efforts to protect our homeland, decimate al-Qaeda, and bring Osama bin Laden to justice.
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There are only so many hours you can sit on the bus and watch TV or play basketball or whatever we do to pass the time before we go out onstage.
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You cannot control the primitive urges and hormones that drive your eating behavior.
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Some people see Baltimore as a hopeless place. Some have even made a lot of money on it.
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I don't remember [when I first visited the Berlin Zoological Garden]. To me, it was important that [in Germany] I could drink Coca Cola. In Romania, my father had bought me a bottle every now and then. To me, that was something really special. And mom and dad always told me, 'We are going somewhere you can drink as much Coke as you want'. To this day, Coke means so much more to me.
