Oriana Fallaci Quotes
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If we don't have God in our life, we're considered dead.
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People look to time in expectation that it will eventually make them happy, but you cannot find true happiness by looking toward the future.
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It's a massive consumer frustration around the world about how long they have to wait after the U.S. to see television shows and movies. In the U.S., there's the frustration of having to wait a year to watch a movie in the format that you choose.
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I'm confident in who I am. I've come to a place in my life where I've accepted things that are me, as opposed to feeling pressure to explain myself to people around me. That's just the way I've always tried to be. It didn't change when I became a star.
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I really enjoy English and poetry and writing classes.
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I can't imagine going on when there are no more expectations.
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Sesame oil is probably my favorite condiment, period.
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I adore Eddie Kaye Thomas and Jason Biggs. Eddie was the only one who called me when they were doing 'American Reunion' and told me, 'You need to do this.'
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I was very shy and reserved, so it was a bit contradictory to get into politics.
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You begin to realize that the genius of our country is the constant push to be more inclusive and find new ways of engaging everyone.
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Christlike communications are expressions of affection and not anger, truth and not fabrication, compassion and not contention, respect and not ridicule, counsel and not criticism, correction and not condemnation. They are spoken with clarity and not with confusion. They may be tender or they may be tough, but they must always be tempered.
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Life is like a movie-since there aren't any commercial breaks, you have to get up and go to the bathroom in the middle of it.
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I am definitely a dog person. I feel like Webster and I are very much alike.
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I can paint in jail.
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One of the issues I kept saying to my students is you have to learn to interrupt. When you raise your hand at a meeting, by the time they get to you, the point is not germane. So the bottom line is active listening. If you are going to interrupt, you look for opportunities. You have to know what you're talking about.
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There is no reliable way to calculate from the number of recorded compliance issues how many Americans have had their communications improperly collected, stored or distributed by the NSA.
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Fashion breaks my heart.
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We've got to step up our conservation efforts before it's too late. We're not protecting our lands and natural resources. Take the Grand Canyon for example; I'm sure that at one time it was a beautiful piece of land, and just look at the way we've let it go.
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Coffee and smoking are the last great addictions.
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I don't feel the need to prove myself by writing the next generational novel.
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As much as we can, we want to prevent people from having to think about how to keep and share their stuff.
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The biggest difference for me was that I operated almost every frame on 'Mudbound,' and I didn't operate on 'Black Panther.'
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Let me say and not mourn: the world lives in the death of speech and sings there.
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I don't want to hear about my death.
