My topics are timely. When an event is happening is when I want to be there... I think it is our duty to challenge the status quo.
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GARY F EVANS... To have hope in an age where hope is very scarce and hurt, jealousy and pain are more prominent is a...
GARY F EVANS... Truth metastasized into lurid fantasy.
F. MULDER I am Happy and satisfied with what I am.
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NEHA KOTHARI If our mind was an ocean then every now and then we would have the perfect storm happening in it.Gar...
GARY F EVANS... The love you get, is equal to the love you give.
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I regret that I wasn't more successful with my marriages, but it is what it is.
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I'm not interested in preserving the status quo; I want to overthrow it.
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I'm not interested in preserving the status quo; I want to overthrow it.
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To love is to act.
VICTOR HUGO War is no solution to peace.
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BIJOU HUNTER I can say that there is a status quo about his condition.
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I'm not interested in preserving the status quo; I want to overthrow it.
NICCOLO MACHIAVELLI The status quo in storage has existed for a long, long time, ... but I think the applecart is about ...
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I would say any behavior that is not the status quo is interpreted as insanity, when, in fact, it mi...
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Bureaucracy defends the status quo long past the time when the quo has lost its status.
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Bureaucracy defends the status quo long past the time when the quo has lost its status.
DR. LAURENCE J. PETER I think Portia's election definitely changes the status quo because it's never been done before, and...
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Honesty is a complex and tricky thing, and we don't want to be honest all the time.
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Is there a status quo in the house?
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Integrity is not everything, but it is the only thing that matters.
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are currently satisfied with the status quo, [I am] not satisfied with the status quo.
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Your heart just breaks, that's all. But you can't judge or point fingers. You just have to be lucky ...
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To be honest, there are no problems between me and Messi. People have their own opinions about who t...
CRISTIANO RONALDO That was my fear, which is why when I was took over a book, I was always trying to tweak it a little...
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It is a lie.
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Nothing is ever as good or as bad as it appears to be.
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The status quo is stable, but it won't be stable forever,
RICHARD HOLBROOKE The status quo is never news, only challenges to it.
MALORIE BLACKMAN I'm not named after the character,' she said. 'I'm named after the entire opera.
JULIE ORRINGER If you have a question, ask. How do you ask? Say it or write it
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Fighting the Taliban and the various radical organizations on the front lines is like adding a Band-...
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The young boys I speak with say to me: Why would I want to live in this world - where they rely on c...
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An Academy Award nomination is stuff dreams are made of.
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I'm generally quite an angry person, and I like to channel my anger toward something creative.
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The news that comes out of Pakistan is always geared toward terrorism and fundamentalism. But when y...
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Education liberates a woman.
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I feel that for the first time in a long time, educated Pakistanis are returning to their country to...
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You know, I don't think my music is important, I don't think it's changing the world, I ...
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How can you tell when the devil is lying? His lips are moving.
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Unpredictability means what it means. I don't know how you define it. It is what it is.
MICHAEL KEATON We’re not going to accept the status quo. We have to increase
degree attainment and doing so in a ...
MICHAEL HARRIS It's our duty to get them the things they need when they need it. And it's not happening.
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Growing up in New York with artist parents - a very liberal environment, where we were always encour...
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Knowing when and how to rest is knowing when and how to acknowledge your limitations and your depend...
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I believe that there is a Matrix and... to be more accurate I am in the Pornography Matrix.
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For years, I felt miserable about being an outsider, but then I suddenly embraced it, ... I saw the ...
ALEX KAPRANOS As an Asian-American actor, I believe it is important to never settle for the status quo. I feel a r...
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ALETHEIA LUNA All it does is recognize the status quo,
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If you want to thrive in today's economy, you must challenge the status quo and get the financia...
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The fact that I am Latino is not a secret. There's not much I can do about that. It is what it i...
PETE GALLEGO PEACE IS THE OBJECTIVE TO WAR, BUT THE BLOOD RUNNETH STILL
NATALIE URQUIETA Take me to the height where success would seek my help to succeed!
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When you give, you will be blessed. When you give, it will be given back to you.
CRAIG GROESCHEL Change is difficult, since it challenges the status quo.
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The status quo is simply unacceptable.
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The status quo is the only solution that cannot be vetoed.
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I think that the truth is a really stern taskmistress.
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I think timing is everything.
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See the world for what it is.
BEAUTIFUL!
ANTHONY T. HINCKS Seeing, touching is believing!
THOMAS FLAJNIK - ANTICHIMERAPODAL SEO is DEAD in the eyes of the people who know LESS about it.
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To err is human, but it feels divine.
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I know now: what is is all that matters. Not the thing you know is meant to be, not what could be, n... 
An artist is someone who uses bravery, insight, creativity, and boldness to challenge the status quo... 
Most people are driven by an external pressure to achieve their goals and when the pressure is gone,... 
With '10,000,' our aim was to make a film that was entertaining and a roller-coaster ride; i... 
I regret that I wasn't more successful with my marriages, but it is what it is. 
I'm not interested in preserving the status quo; I want to overthrow it. 
I'm not interested in preserving the status quo; I want to overthrow it. 
To love is to act. 
I would say any behavior that is not the status quo is interpreted as insanity, when, in fact, it mi... 
Bureaucracy defends the status quo long past the time when the quo has lost its status. 
Bureaucracy defends the status quo long past the time when the quo has lost its status. 
Honesty is a complex and tricky thing, and we don't want to be honest all the time. 
Is there a status quo in the house? 
Integrity is not everything, but it is the only thing that matters. 
are currently satisfied with the status quo, [I am] not satisfied with the status quo. 
Your heart just breaks, that's all. But you can't judge or point fingers. You just have to be lucky ... 
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I think timing is everything. 
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