Lynsey Addario Quotes
I've worked for over 11 years in the Muslim world, and the one thing that I feel like I've learned - who's to say if it's true or not true, it's just my experience - is that men don't like to see really strong, aggressive women in that area of the world.

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I really don't believe in magic.
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We need not worry so much about what man descends from - it's what he descends to that shames the human race.
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My work in the House of Representatives, at this time in my life, is completed. It is time to return home.
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Work means independence. It allowed me to shape my life on so many levels.
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No flying machine will ever fly from New York to Paris.
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I love comedy because I'm naturally a very silly person.
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I have no problem being mainstream. I grew up in the '90s when the mainstream was amazing.
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I want to do good for Israel. My philosophy is let's do good stuff, and let's see what happens. And que sera, sera.
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From the beginning of my time as Secretary-General, I have sought to advance a practical, action-oriented vision of the U.N. as the voice of the voiceless and the defender of the defenceless.
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I think the reason kids get into drugs and smoking is they don't have anything to do.
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As adults, when we attend to something in the world we are vividly conscious of that particular thing, and we shut out the surrounding world. The classic metaphor is that attention is like a spotlight, illuminating one part of the world and leaving the rest in darkness.
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Coldplay fans are the best in the world. If you like Coldplay then you're obviously very intelligent and good looking and all-around brilliant.
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We are creatures of the moment; we live from one little space to another, and only one interest at a time fills these.
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I've worked for over 11 years in the Muslim world, and the one thing that I feel like I've learned - who's to say if it's true or not true, it's just my experience - is that men don't like to see really strong, aggressive women in that area of the world.