Aung San Suu Kyi Quotes
Among the basic freedoms to which men aspire that their lives might be full and uncramped, freedom from fear stands out as both a means and an end. A people who would build a nation in which strong, democratic institutions are firmly established as a guarantee against state-induced power must first learn to liberate their own minds from apathy and fear.
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This creed of the desert seemed inexpressible in words, and indeed in thought.
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I'm crazy about the Coen brothers, I'm crazy about Sean Penn. I love the usual suspects like Susan Sarandon, Meryl Streep and people like that.
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I love the unexplainable. It would be so boring to me if everything could be explained.
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When I hear someone, instantaneously, I'm like, 'Who's singing?' You're giving people so much of yourself, and my voice is the most natural, distinctive tool I have. It's up to me to express myself on a wider scale than just writing vocal melodies and lyrics.
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It is absolutely critical for competitiveness in the United States for us to really raise the bar in education, especially in math, in science, in technology.
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People have an idea that one is in control of a career, a lot more than you really are. You can engineer things to an extent. But you are at the mercy of what comes in across the desk.
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There is a certain amount of dissatisfaction that goes with knowing your time, talent and abilities are not being properly used.
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My work in the House of Representatives, at this time in my life, is completed. It is time to return home.
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I have the potential to be very strong and powerful, sometimes angry, sometimes passionate. I also can be shy and withhold that because I am afraid. I don't want to freak anybody out with my passion... So I struggle with that all the time.
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Ending wars is very simple if you surrender.
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As a developing musician, skiffle became a platform for me to start playing music.
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I don't know what other people are like, I haven't been able to crawl inside anybody else.
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But even if I'm left high and dry at the end of this wild journey, just taking it is a great feeling.
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Don't be afraid to take time to learn. It's good to work for other people. I worked for others for 20 years. They paid me to learn.
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Logic! Good gracious! What rubbish!
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I'm a lot more interested in people than I used to be. I used to be most interested in abstract ideas, and people were an afterthought, but that's changed a bit.
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I always watch superhero movies, and I like the action and the fighting and all the different kinds of powers.
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Governments enjoying surpluses have a very strong temptation to splash money around, and while tax cuts are always appealing, cutting taxes at the top of a boom runs the real risk of creating a structural deficit when the boom subsides.
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I was never as famous as all these kids. There was no social media. We weren't celebrity-obsessed as a culture. I feel like these kids are under a crazy microscope; they're basically brands. And they eventually implode and act out. They need a break, and they're not getting one.
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Slipknot is the darkness; Stone Sour is the light. Slipknot is chaos; Stone Sour is structure.
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Anything that helps pay the bills, I love it. Anything that makes people happy, I'm happy with that.
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I've never quite understood that feeling: that you arrive in a strange place, yet you want to have nothing but familiar experiences.
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We all go to the theater and cinema to be inspired and moved on an emotional level, sometimes to laughter, sometimes to tears. Once I discovered that acting could have such an effect, I was sold. It has been one of the most rewarding discoveries I have ever made.
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Among the basic freedoms to which men aspire that their lives might be full and uncramped, freedom from fear stands out as both a means and an end. A people who would build a nation in which strong, democratic institutions are firmly established as a guarantee against state-induced power must first learn to liberate their own minds from apathy and fear.
