Aslan Maskhadov Quotes
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I love films that show people in a way that's so real it's almost unsettling, and that's what really inspires me because I write about people. I write about people that I know, so I want to portray them and portray myself in a way that is unapologetic.
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It's a notion that career-oriented women often neglect their families. But we should cut them some flak; these women are doing everything for the sake of family so that it progresses. I believe when kids see their mothers working hard, they take up responsibilities at home and are far more well-turned out than other children.
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To ancient Chinese fancy, the Milky Way was a luminous river, - the River of Heaven, - the Silver Stream.
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Cinema is about people, and we are a very emotional people. That is why you see those ups and those downs and those colours. That is what Indian cinema is about.
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It is not enough to do your best; you must know what to do, and then do your best.
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Jews can build in New York, Moscow and Paris, but in our own land, we can't build? That's nuts.
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I still do a bit of this and a bit of that. Some brews and there's nothing wrong with a bud or two! I still do a bit of this and a bit of that. Some brews and there's nothing wrong with a bud or two!
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My mother and my father were teachers. My grandmother and my grandfather were teachers. This is something I really know about. Even when I was a kid, it was a profession my father couldn't stay in, because he couldn't make enough money.
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As a nation, we need to do everything we can to make sure those who have served have the tools they need to succeed in civilian life.
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Half an hour's meditation each day is essential, except when you are busy. Then a full hour is needed.
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There's a myth that Roosevelt gave Stalin Eastern Europe. I was with Roosevelt every day at Yalta.
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Whenever we're afraid, it's because we don't know enough. If we understood enough, we would never be afraid.
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People attack Scientology, I never forget it, always even the score. People attack auditors, or staff, or organizations, or me. I never forget until the slate is clear.
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Gratitude looks to the past and love to the present; fear, avarice, lust, and ambition look ahead.
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Don't let us make imaginary evils, when you know we have so many real ones to encounter.
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There is just no sensible, logical reason why we would not make use of stem cell research.
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You can't build Europe against anyone.
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I've got Peter Pan syndrome. It's not that I refuse to grow up - I love building businesses; I want to be a good husband, a good father. But I don't want to be boring. I don't want to be normal.
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Who would have thought that the telephone would bring back drawing?
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Comparing and contrasting is a valuable human skill - and not just during high school English exams. Our ability to rank-order things is invaluable in making choices and setting priorities.
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I would love to have the ability to see inside everyone's heart before I heard them speak or even saw their faces.
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Too much is the same as not enough.
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Self-pity is the worst poverty. When a person says, 'I am...' with pity, before he has said anything more he has diminished himself to half of what he is; and what is said further, diminishes him totally; nothing more of him is left afterwards.
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We deny and have always denied having the slightest link with al-Qaeda.
