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Gijs de Vries Quotes

Terrorists have failed in what is arguably al Qaida's most important objective - to trigger revolutions.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: politician
Nationality: dutch
Birth: February 22, 1956

Topics

Important Trigger Most Failed Al

Some of the songs I do once in a while that I kinda... my set list is basically like my hits, there is a good reason why they are there; people really like them.

Good People Why Reason Like Songs

One argument goes that recessions are good for female artists because when money flies out the window, women are allowed in the house. The other claims that when money ebbs, so do prospects for women.

Good Women Money Window House Out

It's easy to imagine ways the future can be ugly and depressing. It's harder, but more worthwhile, to imagine plausible ways we can make it better.

Stanley Schmidt

Future Ugly Better Easy More Harder

I've had jobs that allow me the flexibility to achieve work-life balance, to be there when one of the kids sinks a jump shot or for the parent-teacher meetings. I can move tasks around. If I don't get something done at the office at 4:30 in the afternoon, I can go back to it at 10:00 in the evening.

Balance Me Evening Meetings Back Go

'Buncha Losers' comedy is one of those homegrown American art forms, up there with infomercials and Elvis-shaped soap carvings. No other civilization could have invented it. The French took a stab with Sartre's 'No Exit,' but then they had to ruin it with a lesson at the end.

Art End American Comedy Lesson Exit

After thirty years of being 'the camel lady,' believe me: One becomes inured to the spotlight.

Me Believe Lady Thirty Spotlight

At Cornell University, my professor of European literature, Vladimir Nabokov, changed the way I read and the way I write. Words could paint pictures, I learned from him. Choosing the right word, and the right word order, he illustrated, could make an enormous difference in conveying an image or an idea.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Words Literature Pictures Way Image

Obama might think of himself as one, but he is not a dictator. We are not a banana republic yet. This is not an authoritarian form of government. This is a constitutional republic, and the president doesn't allow or disallow. The president can't buy or purchase.

Government Think Authoritarian Banana

I try not to be cruel to people. I know there's a karma, and I'm constantly thinking of my blessings. I live and die by being a Baptist. If I can't go to church on a Sunday, I'll get a tape by the Clark Sisters and slide it in for the day.

Live Day People Thinking Church Die

I'm constantly exchanging ideas with new artists. Honestly, with Jay-Z, our only interaction was a brief hello after I signed.

Ideas New Hello Interaction Artists

I won the most important league in Europe, I think - not just Europe but the world - the Premier League.

Claudio Ranieri

World Think Important Europe Just

I'm going to let people know that it's cool to have a child and be young and still be a good mom. It's really tough, but I'm doing it.

Good Child People Cool Mom Tough

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