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“You are called to stand up for life! To respect and defend the mystery of life always and everywhere, including the lives of unborn babies, giving real help and encouragement to mothers in difficult situations. You are called to work and pray against abortion.”
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“I feel there is a curse on rock stars.”
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“It's human nature to gripe, but I'm going ahead and doing the best I can.”
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“I came to this country when I was 12 years old because my parents wanted to give me new opportunities to succeed. President Obama wants everyone to have the chances I had.”
Source : "'Hispanic Oprah' Endorses President Obama" by Amy Bingham, abcnews.go.com. June 18, 2012.
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“Everybody's got to believe in something. I believe I'll have another beer.”
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“You can go a month without food, you can live three days without water, but you can't go more then sixty seconds without HOPE.”
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“(When asked what a director does) I help.”
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“When I was touring with my Vladimir Putin biography, which was published all over the world, people would ask me, How come you're still there, why haven't you left? I would say, I'm staying, it's my home. He can leave! It felt very good to say that. But now - he wins. It's not natural for people in the opposition to leave. It's always a personal catastrophe. And yet he's gotten people out of the country. That's the most terrifying thing about the current situation, and for the future of the country.”
Source : "Masha Gessen: Propaganda On Russia's Own Shrinking Public Acceptance Space To Talk Of Reality". Interview with Meara Sharma, www.guernicamag.com. February 3, 2014.