Khaled Hosseini Quotes
But that's what I'm saying to you... That there are bad people in this world, and sometimes bad people stay bad. Sometimes you have to stand up to them.
Quotes to Explore
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Any people attempting to govern themselves by laws of their own making, and by officers of their own appointment, are in direct rebellion against the kingdom of God.
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I have lived by one crucial principle since I was 24 years old. I don't blame or complain about things like the economy, the government, taxes, employees, gas prices, or any of the external things that I don't have control over. The only thing I have control over is my response to these things.
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I'm easily entertained.
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Any guy that's not working with the same amount of intensity and passion that I do, I don't want to know.
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One of the great political and economic challenges of our time is figuring out the balance between wealth that benefits society and wealth that distorts.
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I've spent a long time avoiding painting and dealing with it from a distance. But as I get older, I'm more comfortable with it.
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I care about Bahrain.
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I love Brazilians. Brazilians ought to be made compulsory at 15.
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I find end-of-the-world stuff enthralling - to imagine how life will be in the future on Earth and in space!
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I'm very spiritual. I meditate every day. I don't know if that's surprising or not, but I've been doing that since I was 16 every day, so that's like kind of my thing. I'm really a hippie-chick at heart.
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The war against terrorism is a war against those who engage in torture.
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I am proud of my kids and happy to brag about their achievements. Their success has been an immense source of happiness for me.
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I grew up in a mostly Buddhist environment.
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Friendship is a disinterested commerce between equals; love, an abject intercourse between tyrants and slaves.
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Cerrone is a great opponent. The guy won eight fights straight.
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In order to be a diplomat, one must speak a number of languages, including doubletalk.
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American actresses have more problems than I do; I'm lucky to be able to play what I want for a smaller audience, because I have my own country to do that in.
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You don't improvise with a Cameron Crowe script.
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I think it's good to have pressure on yourself. The worst crime is to get kind of really complacent.
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I reverted easily to my wild state, that is experimentation.
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Unfortunately, we can never truly know if we're making the right decision. What we do know is that wherever we are, that's where the Light wants us to be. It's the best place for us to be now. And as long as we don't try to control the situation, then we won't end up in the place we shouldn't be.
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Women are real. Our reality covers the whole human megillah, from feeble to fierce, from bad to good, from endangered to dangerous. We don't just deserve power, we have it. And power in this and every other society is not just the capacity to benefit those around us.
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I believe that everything has a shelf life.
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But that's what I'm saying to you... That there are bad people in this world, and sometimes bad people stay bad. Sometimes you have to stand up to them.
