Claire Messud Quotes
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The next phase of the journey is to move from speculation to actual use cases - people getting into Bitcoin because they want to use it.
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I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness because it shows me the stars.
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I have to be on such a strict diet constantly.
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The Koran was revealed at a time of great change in the Arab world, the seventh-century shift from a matriarchal nomadic culture to an urban patriarchal system.
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Sometimes I play cricket, and I play badminton.
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Be there for your kids. Later, when you need them, they'll be there for you.
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There is a strong sentiment within the Tea Party that favors a stronger America on the global stage, and with that comes a strong alliance with the State of Israel.
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Dreams are today's answers to tomorrow's questions.
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At the end of the day, you can't have a vision; you have to have a hope. This is where the miracle comes in.
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Owing to the fact that leaders in the women's groups made a point of serving on the jury here whenever they were called, we have always had an unusually high type of women represented on the jury.
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Why not a space flower? Why do we always expect metal ships?
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I'll never get out of politics. I have friends in public office. I have things that I want to do. You can't go back in life. I won't go back to the existence I had before of running a political consulting firm and signing up clients and advising campaigns in exactly that way.
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Let the path be open to talent.
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After 'A Suitable Boy,' I didn't write anything, not even a short story. I thought to myself: 'I ought to start writing.' But I can never force myself to write.
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Women just love to shop.
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I grew up in a Ukrainian Catholic-turned-Christian household, and that is my family's faith.
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For me, a child means an old-age insurance policy. I have a nurturing quality in me.
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My room is like an antique shop, full of junk, and weird stuff. There's a big sword in there. And a taxidermy bird, and a couple of birdcages. And a lot of newspaper cuttings. I used to have a weird thing about cutting out morbid headlines from newspapers, and collecting them. I was fascinated with drowning, which is kind of strange.
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I would like to spend my next two years showing how the aim of making technology available to every young person can be built into the effort to make our nation more secure. That is my latest concern and what I will be pushing over the next two years.
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Nothing can resist the will of man when he knows what is true and wills what is good.
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Afghanistan has moved forward and Afghanistan will defend itself. And the progress that we have achieved, the Afghan people will not allow it to be put back or reversed.
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The reasoning for our civil-military plan is that lasting success will be when the Afghan government, security forces and people can resist the insurgents and terrorists themselves.
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I'm a big believer in the complex realities of young people's lives.
