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“To become a world-class university takes a lot of time. There are simply no shortcuts. People tend to assume, and I have encountered this sort of thinking all over the world, that if they just sink enough money into a university, it will emerge in a few years as a first-class institution. But such rapid growth never happens. It takes time; it takes generations.”
Source : Source: www.huffingtonpost.com
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“At the end of the day, my life isnt about other peoples work. Ive got to stop giving stuff away. Ive got my own stories to tell, and a great need to tell them. Ive got these images, these thoughts in my head, and I need to find a way to cope with them.”
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“Somehow destiny comes into play. These children end up with you and you end up with them. It's something quite magical.”
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“I find I have to be the sad clown: laughing on the outside, crying on the inside.”
Source : "The Sopranos: Pilot". TV Series, www.imdb.com. 1999.
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“Just remember: If one bird carried every grain of sand, grain by grain, across the ocean, by the time he got them all on the other side, that would only be the beginning of eternity.”
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“Patriotism is a superstition, one far more injurious, brutal and inhumane than religion.”
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“Using the right of veto would be shooting the Americans in the back.”
Source : "Chirac 'believes veto would not stop US'" by Jon Henley, www.theguardian.com. March 5, 2003.
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“I didn't know anything about it, I swear. Nor did Dave Bassett. We were sitting there saying 'What's happening here?'. It is frightening. A nightmare.”