Charles de Gaulle Quotes
How can anyone govern a nation that has two hundred and forty-six different kinds of cheese?
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Sometimes you have to go up really high to understand how small you really are.
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During workouts, I listen to Pandora, and I like the '90s pop stations. 'The Backstreet Boys' is fun!
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People know things and have a remarkable capacity to act in their individual immediate interests all the time.
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Bigotry toward any faith community cannot have any place in civilized society anywhere in the world.
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I'm still overwhelmed and, at the same time, kind of star struck that I am part of this New England Patriots organization.
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There is no more respected or influential forum in the field of journalism than the New York Times. I look forward, with great anticipation, to contributing to its op-ed page.
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We shot 'Telusa Telusa' song in Bolivia. It took us 50 hours to get to the location. We shot in high altitudes, and oxygen cylinders were kept handy.
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I'm shy, but sometimes my voice is so clear and strong. Your tongue moves, and the Arabic language is so beautiful.
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As someone who has had cancer, I learned that you don't have to die. Look at me. Because of early detection, I'm fine. I'm cured. I'm well.
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I'm such a perfectionist.
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Most quarrels are inevitable at the time; incredible afterwards.
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There's no such thing as old age, there is only sorrow.
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I wake up early in the morning and walk for an hour. If I have something to write, I prefer to write in the morning until midday, and in the afternoon, I eat.
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Your life story would not make a good book. Don't even try.
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When we talk about music, we talk about our reaction to it. One person might say that music is so poetic, while another says it's all mathematics. Yet another might say it's about sensuality, and so on. That's all true. But music is not just one of these things. It's everything all at once.
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The Clinton, Bush, and Obama administrations all fell victim to chronically relying on Beijing's empty promises with the distant hope that China would finally use its influence to reign in Pyongyang's provocative behavior, to no avail.
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The next time you see an outside day with a down close lower than the previous day, don't get scared, get ready to buy!
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I've become the hunted. I'm enjoying that. It's better to be the hunted than the hunter.
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And I found out about the wonderful world of sign language. I suddenly realized: If we as a society recognize Jewish culture, gay culture and Latino culture, we must recognize that this is a coherent culture, too. I think deafness is a disability for social constructionist reasons.
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One day, I found my dad's dressing-gown in an old suitcase, and it transported me back to when I was five and thought he was a god or a superhero who could do anything. After that, I wrote my first positive book about fathers, about my dad.
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The true - the true economy has got to come back into balance with the very biosphere that sustains us. And I think a lot of people just see the green economy as a different way of allowing the corporate agenda to continue to flourish.
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Once winter sets in I must have the sun and warmth. I need to be in the sun - I'm a true island baby.
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How can anyone govern a nation that has two hundred and forty-six different kinds of cheese?
