Octavia E. Butler Quotes
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While it may be true that the UAE has been an ally since the September 11, 2001, attacks, the American people know it has also harbored and aided some of the al Qaeda agents who were involved in that attack.
Bart Gordon -
In real life, I'm gorgeous, beautiful.
Rachel Dratch -
These 'Sports Illustrated' people, they know how to hold a secret.
Bar Refaeli -
I will be conquered; I will not capitulate.
Samuel Johnson -
I have worked hard and learnt that I have to make a decision - whether I am going to conform and protect myself or not. I chose not to.
M. Night Shyamalan -
In the face of postwar austerity, hundreds of brides-to-be across the country sent Princess Elizabeth their clothing coupons so that she could have the dress of their dreams.
Hamish Bowles
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The usual fortune of complaint is to excite contempt more than pity.
Samuel Johnson -
I almost laughed about the Machiavellian plans of the presidents of the United States.
Fidel Castro -
I'm not religious, I'm not romantic and I live purely by logic. I make every decision by logic and sometimes that leads me to the right and sometimes to the wrong decision.
Laura Marling -
There's no regrets for me.
Adam Lambert -
Israel has a security concern involving geography. But geography does not have the same value it did in 1967.
Rahm Emanuel -
I think the success of democracy is not really police security; it's the presence of a broad middle class. The stronger the middle class of a people is, the less you have to worry about one group coming in and exploiting the democratic process for its own ends.
Abdullah II of Jordan
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When Scorsese or Coppola cast celebrities in their work, it goes without question.
Sam Taylor-Johnson -
America is rather like life. You can usually find in it what you look for. It will probably be interesting, and it is sure to be large.
E. M. Forster -
Some friends are better shots than are casual enemies.
Eddie Rickenbacker -
This country-right-or-wrong business is getting a little out-of-date.. History is moving pretty quickly these days and the heroes and villains keep on changing parts.
Ian Fleming -
If you learn from defeat, you haven't really lost.
Zig Ziglar -
Keratin can be very colorful, as we see in birds. We'd expect dinosaurs to be very colorful because they basically invented the characteristics we see in birds.
Jack Horner
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I'm in a 'I can do whatever' phase. I'm taking this '106 & Park' opportunity into full force. I'm really focused on doing my best with it. This is my 'Fresh Prince' moment. I want to be the black Ryan Seacrest of film, TV, and more.
Shad Gregory Moss -
In the old times, women did not get their lives written, though I don't doubt many of them were much better worth writing than the men's.
Harriet Beecher Stowe -
When my dad passed, there's a lot of sadness right below the surface, and I think there will be until the day I die. So, writing sad songs helps it. And when I sing them, it's pure therapy for me.
Ashley Monroe -
As a former board member for Teach For America, I understand that every child has the ability to learn and that, no matter their circumstances at home, we have a duty and a responsibility to educate them and to do it well.
Doug Ducey -
The fittest, not the richest, make the most enviable mark. Pampered sons of plutocrats may shine for a time in society, but not in the world of affairs and of service unless they rip off their coats and get to work early and stay late. To be born with a golden spoon in the mouth is more of a handicap than a help in attaining worthwhile success in this age.
B. C. Forbes -
...I can write my own stories and I can write myself in.
Octavia E. Butler