Jimmy Carter Quotes
I think all of us could insist on preserving the truth and preserving the peace. We could insist that political candidates tell the truth about controversial issues. And secondly, we should be sure to encourage our political leaders, after they're elected, to preserve the peace.
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A lot of people go in and have to create their own characters, and they do fine with it.
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People always ask me, 'Is there a rivalry between the Nickelodeon and Disney stars? Do you guys hate each other?' Like everyone has to be on one team. If you're a Selena Gomez fan, you can't be a Victoria Justice fan. We're both half-Latin, and people put us in the same category.
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People say you should go out at the top but I was enjoying my football so much. Robbie Fowler's exactly the same: he's not playing for money any more, he's playing for enjoyment. Why go out at the top if it's going to make you miserable? I just wanted to play as long as I could.
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The United Nations Children's Fund reports that more than 18 million children worldwide have lost both parents to the ravages of AIDS, starvation, war or natural disasters.
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After the fall of dictator Nicolae Ceausescu, Romanians were crazed with happiness. People who never met each other before hugged each other in the streets - convinced that tomorrow things would look different. Then came the many disappointments.
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In a multi-racial society, trust, understanding and tolerance are the cornerstones of peace and order.
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Today, India is a nuclear weapons state.
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Men! The only animal in the world to fear.
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Baseball is ninety percent mental and the other half is physical.
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Food is not a means toward resolution. It can't cure heartbreak or solve untenable dilemmas.
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Social media buzz can lead to huge successes when people spread the word about something they love and want to share. But authors creating their own buzz? Making their own noise? It's hard to make a lot of noise on our own about our own work. Except, sadly, negative noise.
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Back home, almost everything I did, I did in Hebrew. I went to drama school in Hebrew, my whole career was in Hebrew, and to switch languages was something that was fascinating and more complicated than I expected it to be, even though I've been speaking English since I could speak.
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I'm very passionate.
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The true facts are not always obvious. They often have to be looked for.
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I have always been interested in the idea of self-reinvention.
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Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality.
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Everywhere I go I'm asked if I think the university stifles writers. My opinion is that they don't stifle enough of them.
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Philosophy, n. A route of many roads leading from nowhere to nothing.
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I remember-the interruption of the hon. Gentleman reminds me of the words of a great writer, who said that 'Grace was beauty in action.' 'Sir, I say that justice is truth in action. Truth should animate an opposition, and I hope it does animate this opposition.;
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We loved cars until the '70s or so. Then they became appliances. They turned into motorized cup holders. Most of it has to do with urban sprawl. What began as pleasure ends up in necessity, as so many things do.
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Compared to the challenges or raising an autistic child, weightlifting is a relief.
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My opinion is just be very careful when you're young and making the money.
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I think all of us could insist on preserving the truth and preserving the peace. We could insist that political candidates tell the truth about controversial issues. And secondly, we should be sure to encourage our political leaders, after they're elected, to preserve the peace.
