Cokie Roberts Quotes
They thought we were a bunch of self-satisfying, materialistic, selfish people who would crumble. We knew that's not who we were.
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I don't know how I did it, but I worked 7 days a week.
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The true Christian is called to be a soldier and must behave as such from the day of his conversion to the day of his death. He is not meant to live a life of religious ease, indolence and security. He must never imagine for a moment that he can sleep and doze along the way to heaven, like one traveling in an easy carriage.
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The Prophet defeated the enemies of Islam even when he and his followers were small in number.
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I see Turkey's future as being in Europe, as one of many prosperous, tolerant, democratic countries.
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I used to get some flack from my agents because I wouldn't even audition for parts where the hero uses violent force to be a hero.
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I think that it's important for every single person, no matter what they do in life, to participate in the well-being of humanity and the planet. Don't let a year go by knowing you didn't make an effort to do something - no matter how small - outside your own problems and drama.
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There is a humanitarian impulse that one aspires to and there are days when one doesn't do it very well.
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I don't mind what Congress does, as long as they don't do it in the streets and frighten the horses.
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I like things simple.
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It's in literature that true life can be found. It's under the mask of fiction that you can tell the truth.
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I have a pair of Rodarte leggings. They're crazy, but I wore them for one day, and then by the end of the day they weren't tearing, but they were getting a little loose.
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I studied the lives of jazz singers who would tour Europe, and... what I learned was life was big ride for them. They'd seen the dark side of humanity... but touring the world playing jazz, it was a truly carefree way of living. A great escapism, if you like.
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There's a lot of projection that if you're in service then you shouldn't look good. I'm no different from anybody else. I like clothes, I like shoes, I like to go have nice dinners, I like to dance. Just because I've dedicated myself to serving women, why do you think I need to sacrifice myself?
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I have never taken myself that seriously as an actor.
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We're here for a little, little bit of time, and I just wanna make the most out of it.
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I am not one of these guys who works job after job after job.
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Writing is a very intimate thing, especially when you write lyrics and sing them in front of someone for the first time. It's like a really embarrassing situation. To me, singing is almost like crying, and you have to really know someone before you can start crying in front of them.
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Glamour is about feeling good in your own skin.
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Designed in the neoclassical style by Marcel Dourgnon, the dusky-rose-colored Egyptian Museum of Antiquities, at Tahrir Square, was the first purpose-built museum edifice in the world. In 1902, the thousands of artifact treasures, spanning five thousand years of Egyptian dynastic history, were transferred there from the palace of Ismail Pasha in Giza, where they had been displayed for more than a decade.
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I guess becoming an adult and learning how to survive on your own is exciting.
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I'd rather lose all my stuff than lose myself, because I've done that before, and that feels way worse.
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There are a lot of guys who play in the NBA. There aren't a lot of guys who have a chance to win a gold medal, too.
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Eventing is way too dangerous. People get killed every year doing cross-country.
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They thought we were a bunch of self-satisfying, materialistic, selfish people who would crumble. We knew that's not who we were.
