Eleni Zaude Gabre-Madhin Quotes
One way to express choice is through the market. Well-functioning markets provide choices and, ultimately, the ability to express one's pursuit for happiness.
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We are not going to toy with our religion or any other. Nor are we going to barter. We are here to extend our hands to build peace and harmony.
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I want a place where I can have horses.
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I think that its easy to think of the environment as all doom and gloom and that, 'What can we do, it's too late. And the polar bears are gone, and everything is gone.' But really, just the little steps that we can make as individuals make a big difference.
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Most artists, their 60th show was in front of no one. My first show was in front of 1,200 people.
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China is a country, still, of great contrast. While hundreds of millions of people are part of the middle class and yearn for things made in America - American brands, movies, music - there are other hundreds of millions of people throughout China who are living on the equivalent of one U.S. dollar a day.
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I read Shakespeare when I was 14 because it's what we were taught.
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Some guys play with their heads. That's okay. You've got to be smart to be number one in any business. But more importantly, you've got to play with your heart, with every fiber of your body.
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Whenever I received too much praise, it just didn't feel right to me – ever.
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By doing, you become employable. It doesn't matter what the job is; by working, you learn new things, meet new people and are exposed to new ideas.
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You can cage the singer but not the song.
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I take pride in taking care of all the housework so that my wife, who works as a designer for Martha Stewart, won't need to sacrifice any of her leisure time when she gets home.
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The season of failure is the best time for sowing the seeds of success.
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My style, in terms of what I wear, is kind of representative of the music.
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I love to cook when I have the time. I don't cook French or Mexican food with exact recipes. I just go to the supermarket and buy things that look good, and I mix it all together and invent something. Ninety-five percent of the time, I'm lucky. Sometimes not so lucky, and I say, 'Let's go out to dinner.'
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Wisdom has its root in goodness, not goodness its root in wisdom.
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We don't have any power other than our intellect and our hearts.
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The story and the characters of 'Girl Online' are mine.
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It seems like when I first started, people got into comedy because they wanted to be good comedians.
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A lot of actors, you can't get them to shut up. Instead of listening and watching, they're always telling you something.
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You're out there on a high wire without a net, and that's the way actors operate. They have to be fearless about how they work and they have to create a life for the audience in 90 minutes and make them believe.
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Today is the day for the complaining to end and for statesmanship to begin. Today I am taking action to cut state spending and balance the budget this year.
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The most amazing thing you can ask for as an actor from a director is that you're being seen, that the choices made are informed.
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Nobody is perfect, but life is about choices.
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One way to express choice is through the market. Well-functioning markets provide choices and, ultimately, the ability to express one's pursuit for happiness.
