Chaka Fattah Quotes
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I was not so committed to financial success that I was willing to abandon my principles and priorities. One of the most visible examples of this is our decision to close on Sunday.
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The problem of the minimum dwelling is that of establishing the elementary minimum of space, air, light, and heat required by man in order that he be able to fully develop his life functions without experiencing limitations due to his dwelling, i.e. a minimum modus vivendi in place of a modus non moriendi.
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I want the BBC to be a mass market public service broadcaster still funded by the licence fee... and the licence fee is more durable than many people in the commercial sector believe.
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If you believe in God, He will open the windows of heaven and pour blessings upon you.
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I don't care what people think of me as a person, but I do care what people think of my work, and whether I'm investing enough into it.
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The brunette phase just came about because I was fed up with this 'Blonde Angel Image'. The rebel in me demanded a new color.
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I am a businessman.
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Date syrup is a natural sweetener that has wonderful richness and treacly depth; I drizzle it over semolina porridge.
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I've always wanted to do a boxing movie.
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I'm the same kid who used to hop the trains with headphones and just go to downtown Manhattan, walk around and listen to music or walk through the city. The fame restricts that. It's a small complaint in comparison to the benefits I get from it, but the restrictive part is what I don't like - and the fact that it's not reversible.
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Dogma not only blinds its protagonist, but it muzzles all other opposition.
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Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly.
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Let's just do what is right for the American people. And those of us who are involved in politics and government know that our responsibility is to the American people, that we have a responsibility to find our common ground, to seek it and to find it.
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Fame freaks me out. Do you just wake up different? I don't know how to scale it back if it gets too crazy.
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I do not concern myself with gods and spirits either good or evil nor do I serve any.
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When you're from another country, you want to spend time with your family. All your family can't come here. All your friends can't come here. You spend so much time here, you want to go there, too.
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Originally, 'The Windup Girl' started as a short story - a very gnarly, complicated short story set in Bangkok that didn't work very well.
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Sentimus experimurque, nos aeternos esse.
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I used to always want a boy, and when I had a girl, I thought I wasn't going to like it, but I love having a girl.
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I'm calm and focused and I can't wait for the biggest sport event in the World to begin.
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In Cuba, I would start the first two months hitting around .260 with three or four home runs. After the first half of the season, I would get hot, and that's when I would have my best results.
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Treating war as farce is one way soldiers deal with it.
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When Bill Clinton was in town, he sent over a balanced budget.
Chaka Fattah
