M.I.A. Quotes
My giving birth was nothing when I think about all the people in Sri Lanka that have to give birth in a concentration camp.
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It may be assumed as a fixed truth that the prosperity and riches of the farmer must depend on the prosperity and good national regulation of trade.
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Fashion and music have always played off each other and certainly do for me; I love both so much. But there are definitely those moments when you're playing the right song at the right time in the right place, and it feels like the best job in the world.
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Broadway is really my life.
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A free and truly independent press - fiercely independent when necessary - is the red beating heart of freedom and democracy.
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I like to practise. With every new piece, you make mistakes and you learn. So it's important to get on and have another go.
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The hatred Muslim extremists feel against the West feeds on certain conflicts in the world.
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I certainly keep my eye on Washington all the time because often life is stranger than fiction.
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Compared to how I have raced before and how I have competed, the success that I have had, this does look like doom compared to it.
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We got orders to strike the Marshall and Gilbert Islands. We had a task force with the Enterprise. We had two or three cruisers and probably eight or 10 destroyers.
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It is the function of the President, representing the executive principle, to execute the laws.
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I'm the guy that has written at great length about exactly how we should profoundly reform Social Security. If I were afraid of going after entitlements, I wouldn't have done that, I wouldn't have put Medicaid reform in this budget, I wouldn't have called for the reductions in spending, which people will scream about, but I think are necessary.
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I'm not the type of actor who is trying to do a whole bunch of different stuff, you know what I mean?
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Morrissey wrote a really gorgeous song for me. I'm crazy for that man. And he thinks I'm hip!
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I have been acting since I was thirteen.
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Those most moved to tears by every word of a preacher are generally weak and a rascal when the feelings evaporate.
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I've got no respect for any young man who won't join the colors.
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Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog. Few people are interested and the frog dies of it.
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You can be a singer, and you can be a guitar player, but putting them together is another animal.
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We must have the time to create strict rules so that property is not sold by Communist managers for a low price. They often get payments under the table to sell to the first bidder. This does not build public support for a market economy.
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If I do something, it's always 90% obvious and 10% unknown.
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This has been both a heartbreaking and humbling period of time for me and for my family. But what I can control is how I react to things and what I can control is how to make Virginia a better state.
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The last eight years have created a lot of deep-seated hostility. People take political decisions very personally, and today there is a constant, ongoing attack, with one side or the other being maligned.
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I always say to people that I left hip-hop in '97, meaning that I departed from listening to predominately hip-hop and just started really getting into records from the late '60s, early '70s. And once I made that change, I realized how much great music was made back in the day, and it started to become apparent how much we've lost in music.
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My giving birth was nothing when I think about all the people in Sri Lanka that have to give birth in a concentration camp.
