Andrea Hirata Quotes
Indonesian writers are so far behind in terms of global exposure compared with the Philippines and Japanese writers.

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Duncan Aldrich has been my partner in most recording projects, and touring projects, for the past decade.
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I have a Lamborghini Diablo. I have Mercedes 600, a 500, a 300, a 190. I have a Ferrari Testarossa, a Porsche speedster.
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I had no desire to be a chef, but I had a desire to be someone who was heard.
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As it relates to society in general, I think we are inviting God's judgment on our nation when we shake our fist at him and say, 'We know better than you as to what constitutes a marriage.'
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I knew it would break his heart if I didn't go into the business.
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I always enjoy working with an international crew and director. But on the set of a Hollywood action film – now that's a whole other world. The sheer grand scale of the way things are done over there makes me envious; it's just so different from the way things are done in Japan.
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I believe when I leave this earth, because I love the Lord, I am going straight to Heaven.
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I'm a soccer mom. I'm T-ball, soccer, karate, homework, keeping them on their schedules. I love being the snack mom, when I get to bring the cut oranges. I have one of those coolers with wheels. I'm at every game, every practice, sitting on my blanket. I love it.
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While 'Precious' isn't a real person, it's someone's story, and it's too many peoples' story.
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For a startup, you need to stay small so the others don't attack, or you aim to be one of the big guys. If you don't do it right, you might lose everything.
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I was naturalized right before Pearl Harbor. Nine days later, I would have been classified as an enemy alien. I might have been sent to a camp.
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I kept hiding my smile in pictures throughout middle school and most of high school until picture day came my senior year.
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You can't show up at the bedside and then turn on your skills. You have to keep your game sharp all the time.
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You love for a quarterback to sometimes make the decision as the rush is coming and make the decision as the play, as opposed to where that computer is hitting it fast and he's knowing where to go with the ball at the right time.
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I don't know if this classifies as a video game, but I have a terrible obsession with Angry Birds.
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I'm very accepting with my age. It's like notches on your belt: experience, wisdom, and a different kind of beauty. There comes a day when you've become comfortable in your skin.
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I'm at the point age-wise where I've decided it's time to pass the baton to people who have several terms in front of them and have the energy and the excitement and the engagement that is necessary to carry it on.
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The government of Sudan, employing a back channel direct from its president to the Central Intelligence Agency, offered in the early spring of 1996 to arrest Osama bin Laden and place him in Saudi custody, according to officials and former officials in all three countries.
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I'm involved with a baroque opera company here in Italy. I write some of their booklet material, comments on operas. I also write for some baroque opera festivals because this music is my real passion.
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And out of all the movies, I don't know what it is, I'll always sit down and watch our 'Footloose'. I cry, I get excited, I cheer, my heart pounds. I really enjoy it.
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As far as I am concerned, poetry is a statement concerning the human condition, composed in verse.
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It's upsetting to be a man in our society.
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Japanese is a very strange foreign language for European people.
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Indonesian writers are so far behind in terms of global exposure compared with the Philippines and Japanese writers.