Edwidge Danticat Quotes
People often think of Haiti as a place where you're not supposed to have any joy. I wanted to show that this is a place with joy.
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Being Premier is a 24/7 job, so it doesn't create many spaces in order to be able to build relationships.
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More is required of public officials than slogans and handshakes and press releases. More is required. We must hold ourselves strictly accountable. We must provide the people with a vision of the future.
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No one could ad lib like Peter. You would think that it was all scripted, he was so poetic, but it wasn't.
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No matter what message you are about to deliver somewhere, whether it is holding out a hand of friendship, or making clear that you disapprove of something, is the fact that the person sitting across the table is a human being, so the goal is to always establish common ground.
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I have discovered in life that there are ways of getting almost anywhere you want to go, if you really want to go.
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The South Africans decided that they would like to prove to the world they did not have any nuclear weapons and their decision was not doubted because it was the end of the Cold War, it was also the end of apartheid.
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Each person feels that he is an 'expert' in one or two fields and just the 'public' in all the others. But you know, probably, from experience that no one is really able to appreciate any display of ability in any field if he himself has not, to a certain degree, taken part in its problems and difficulties at some time.
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Truth is the property of no individual but is the treasure of all men.
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I love fire. As a child I loved setting light to things. I'd always be in the forest putting matches to pieces of wood. I've always regarded fire as my friend.
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I remember having an argument with Alan, I said the Queen's not just going to call the guy up and send him out to do it. And Alan says, well, how would a monarch give orders to her assassin.
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When I got into college, I found what ultimately became my life's work. I couldn't sleep at night, I was so excited about it. So I'm attracted to people who play at that level. They actually want to play in their professional life.
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I spent a lot of time doing things other people wanted me to do, so I'm doing what I want to do now.
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I said I wanted to strap guns on an El Camino. When I brought it up at a meeting, they said great. I realized there's no adult in the room.
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I don't talk about political matters. That's not my department.
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Sometimes, I'm very embarrassed.
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With the Lincoln assassination, the South didn't feel it could mourn along with the North. But Garfield was beloved by all the American people. He was trusted and respected by North and South, by freed slaves and former slave owners. Also by pioneers, which his parents had been, and by immigrants.
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The successful business executive can handle challenges and solve problems at a remarkable clip.
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If you're a Republican woman, you're mostly on your own when it comes to support from traditional women's groups.
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As members of Congress, we take an oath to uphold the Constitution and bear true faith and allegiance to the United States, not the Republican or Democratic party. I have been willing to stand up to my own leadership when it's in the national interest.
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That's the value of a college education... I don't know anywhere in the world where you can make an investment and make that kind of return.
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I have a lot of respect for people who are great at ad-libbing and for writers and directors who are able to create a scene in which that works. Judd Apatow is fantastic at it. But as an audience member, I like the sound of something that's been written - I like it to sound written.
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Economy: cutting down other people's wages.
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People often think of Haiti as a place where you're not supposed to have any joy. I wanted to show that this is a place with joy.
