Ara Parseghian Quotes
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Whenever I say that America has become an empire, someone is sure to say I'm being ridiculous.
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You cannot get PTSD from reading a book or from hearing a story, even repeated stories over and over.
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I love this country very much, and I'm proud to live here, but I think our current administration is extreme. These are not merely conservative people, these are extreme right-wing people.
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I'm not anti-fashion, but I've always had a bit of a punk attitude. That's important, I think. I do my own thing.
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I've always really enjoyed sharing my work with others. I find it really hard if I don't think the work will exist outside of my own apartment.
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I kind of always struggled writing in Malay, because Malay is such a beautiful language. And it gets really hard, you know, if you want to make it into a song. You have to make it sound beautiful, use the right words.
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Only that in you which is me can hear what I'm saying.
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Viking women were able to rule kingdoms, divorce husbands, own land; and Vikings were very progressive in terms of the rights of women.
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Dead people don't really die. They live on within you.
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Music is not just a part of my everday life, I'm surrounded by it every minute.
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I don't like the info-dump, as it's known.
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If I'm pushed, I'd also have to admit I don't like people with allergies. They just annoy me. There seems to be something far too self-centred about it. 'No thanks, I'm allergic.' Why not just say 'No thanks'? I wasn't asking for your medical history, I was just passing around the nuts. Trying to be friendly, that's all.
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Be yourself. You're okay. And it really doesn't matter what other people think.
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I'm a big believer that we get the politicians we deserve.
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We can wash people in the water all we want, but we can never wash their parents out of their hearts.
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I have often been asked how I came to write. The best answer is that I needed the money. When I started I was 35 and had failed in every enterprise I had ever attempted.
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It's been a long road and I'm still going strong.
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Romantic films are in, which means we are out of jobs!
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People are stubborn about what they perceive to be the right thing or the wrong thing, and it takes a long time to filter this human condition. There's a waiting period until people catch up. But if you have patience - which it takes when someone thinks differently from you - everybody always catches up. That patience is a wonderful virtue.
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I love being a writer. I am very lucky my life's ambition turned out to be just as much fun as I thought it would be.
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Just because a guy rings your bell, doesn't mean you have to toot his horn.
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Young, handsome men never flirt with me. I get heat from old dudes that run the parking garages.
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There is nothing more painful than watching a child with a terminal disease.
