Laila Ali Quotes
If you're passionate about something, you believe in it, then you have to be consistent. And you have to put in the hard work that it takes to be successful.

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Widely distributed reports have noted in January 1968, Obama was registered as a Muslim at Jakarta's Roman Catholic Franciscus Assisi Primary School under the name Barry Soetoro.
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Of strong importance to me is the defense of minority rights, not just racial minorities, but ideological and religious minorities.
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I fell in love with New York at some indeterminate point in my early years.
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Unlike fashion, art isn't applied. It doesn't have to serve anybody. It doesn't have to be there for any other reason than to give an impression of what the world is about.
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There are so many different camps about what being gay means. The danger comes when each one is so rigid that it sees itself as the true picture.
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Dating is a numbers game. What we try to promise is good first dates. Once that first date happens, it's really up to you.
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England was the first true colonial power to use its dominion over a large part of Africa, the Middle East, Asia, Australia, North America, and many Caribbean islands, in the first half of the 20th century.
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I don't like to take a lot of stuff since I'm really sensitive to medications.
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Brooklyn's good. Brooklyn's funky. Brooklyn's happening.
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Those who play with the devil's toys will be brought by degrees to wield his sword.
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I don't talk about political matters. That's not my department.
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I went through a lot of phases and studied many religions. I am not into religion, I am spiritual.
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It is a sad but undeniable reality that people have died in the line of duty since the earliest days of the United Nations. The first was Ole Bakke, a Norwegian member of the United Nations guard detachment, shot and killed in Palestine in 1948. The toll since then has included colleagues at all levels.
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Often, as a young actress, you find yourself being the only girl in a room full of men... and one of the reasons why I like 'Grey's Anatomy' is because they have such strong female characters and the women really drive this show.
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I love sportswear in my own weird way. Fashion is such a personal journey for me. I'm much more of a girl that's a T-shirt, legging, layering kind of thing, and outerwear.
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I remember going into a bookshop, and the only book I saw with a black child on the cover was 'A Thief in the Village' by James Berry, and I thought, 'Is this still the state of publishing?' Then I thought, 'Either I can whine about it or try to do something about it.'
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During the Cold War, the U.S. instituted a policy of sending money to governments in poor countries to buy their political loyalty. While studies show that sending aid to foreign governments creates allegiance, it does not lead to economic progress.
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Any beast can cry over the misfortunes of its own child. It takes a mensch to weep for others' children.
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In my house, I'm not allowed to shout at anybody. It's very strict. It's a very Christian home.
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I'd really like to work with Johnny Depp: he seems like a really cool guy; he can do a lot of different things.
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The future is about wings and wheels and new forms of space transportation, along with our deep-space ambition to set foot on another world in our solar system: Mars. I firmly believe we will establish permanence on that planet. And in reaching for that goal, we can cultivate commercial development of the moon, the asteroid belt, the Red Planet itself and beyond.
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Night fell clean and cold in Dublin, and wind moaned beyond my room as if a million pipes played the air.
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It's hard to make music when you're not excited about it. So trying new things and going for new things is something that I can enjoy doing.
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If you're passionate about something, you believe in it, then you have to be consistent. And you have to put in the hard work that it takes to be successful.