Alvaro Uribe Quotes
When you review the Central American wars or other Latin American wars, you find that there were dictators and there were insurgents.
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I did not direct my life. I didn't design it. I never made decisions. Things always came up and made them for me. That's what life is.
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We think of writing a book as a process, but the very word - process - suggests that there is one: a template to follow, a map to guide us. If that were true, someone would have surely figured out some marketable method we could all buy.
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Elvis was a big influence to my music, but Loretta Lynn was, as well.
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Calling Rand Paul 'the most interesting man in politics' is an invitation to an argument - but one we suspect he'd love to have.
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My mum was a child minder, but now she fosters. My dad was in the police force, and now he's a private detective.
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Working manually is not considered bad in the U.S.
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Water for People is a non-profit international organization that brings together communities, entrepreneurs, governments - people - to create solutions that empower people to maintain their own reliable water systems and sanitation.
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I am definitely a perfectionist, and I do like things a certain way. But as I have got older, I would say that I am a little bit less of a control freak.
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A liberal to me is one who - and it suits some of the dictionary definitions - is unbeholden to any specific belief or party or group or person, but makes up his or her mind on the basis of the facts and the presentation of those facts at the time. That defines what I am.
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I can knit quite well. I make really long scarves.
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Boxing is one of the few sports that is one on one.
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We're born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Only through our love and friendship can we create the illusion for the moment that we're not alone.
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My parents' long and happy marriage was a great ideal to live up to, but a tough one.
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I hate to repeat lines, to say the same damned thing. I try to rewrite cliches and make what I say sound fresh.
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The most frequently asked question I hear first-time entrepreneurs ask is, 'How do I know when to launch my product?' The answer, more often than not, should be: 'Now!'
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The Marine Corps is supposed to be the toughest and most rigorous of its class.
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I think there's a fear of difference in American cinema.
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It is no surprise that companies do not often respond to moral pressure alone. We need to hit them hard in their pocketbook and on their balance sheet. We need to show them that their stock prices will be affected if their actions encourage Iran's nuclear weapons ambitions.
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To be truly empathetic, we have to acknowledge that we're all human, we're all flawed, and that life can be difficult.
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I'll write for a while and then I'll find an appropriate song and in a weird way the music will keep me in the mood. I find music to define the mood of the movie, the rhythm the movie is going to play in.
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You're better off missing a bus or an airplane once in a while than you are getting there too early all the time.
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American decision-makers must understand how damaging a foreign policy that privileges order and profit over justice really is in the long term.
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With 'The Karate Kid' especially, there's been so many references and visual images from that film, you know? Who knew that 'Wax on, wax off' would become part of the American lexicon?
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When you review the Central American wars or other Latin American wars, you find that there were dictators and there were insurgents.
