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What if democracy does not serve liberty? This question is seldom asked in the West, where democracy is often seen as synonymous with liberalism. — Mustafa Akyol
Serial tasking is hard because switching tasks is hard, even when the tasks are easy and similar. In some experiments, bilingual speakers are asked to… — Sendhil Mullainathan
Over the years, many people on a spiritual journey have asked me why I keep going on about politics, and many people involved in politics… — Marianne Williamson
My best has to be for Barcelona against Villarreal in 2006 - that is the one I am asked most about, and it is the… — Ronaldinho
Sometimes, and I hate to say it, you do feel things are asked for in the most ludicrously unrealistic fashion. The time you are expected… — Darren Boyd
After the assassination of my wife, our nation was perilously close to civil strife. If I, as the co-chairman of the Party, had asked my… — Asif Ali Zardari
Study a foreign language if you have opportunity to do so. You may never be called to a land where that language is spoken, but… — Gordon B. Hinckley
The most effective executive branch officials try to help legislators develop explanations for the votes they are being asked to take. — Robert Zoellick
When President Obama asked Congress to raise the debt ceiling $2 trillion and offered sequestration as an offset, I opposed it. I did not believe… — Mike Turner
When I finally went to Ireland, I had to go. It was 1993. My father was finally too old to travel alone, and he asked… — John Patrick Shanley
Every time I have visited the U.S., I have been asked to let loose my hair and remove the hair pins. Each time, I have… — Preneet Kaur
Research In Motion, the owner of BlackBerry, has been asked by a range of governments to comply with surveillance requirements. — Rebecca MacKinnon
Once I accidentally left my passport in Nice, France, when I was on my way to Prague. Upon arriving in Vienna, after taking an overnight,… — Megalyn Echikunwoke
In 1906, I developed pleurisy and was unable to get into condition. So I asked for my release and obtained it. So ended my Major… — Kid Nichols
I believe that all students, when asked to be accountable for their actions and to be socially aware citizens, will become agents for change! — Erin Gruwell
Every year since 1990, the Gallup poll has asked Americans to assess all the presidents since John F. Kennedy. And every year, Kennedy comes out… — Robert Dallek
In 1998, Vanity Fair asked me to write a big piece for them on the 50th anniversary of the New York City Ballet. My life,… — Robert Gottlieb
When I was 8, my dad asked me if I wanted to audition, just for fun. I did just a little short film, and I… — Kodi Smit-McPhee
I fall asleep everywhere! Someone recently asked if they could publish a book of pictures of me sleeping because there are so many. — Cara Delevingne
Christians are as subject to complacency as anybody else, and we can certainly settle into repetition and forget that something radical and extraordinary is being… — Francis Spufford
I came to 20th Century Fox to do movies, and then they started a network, and they asked me to do a show as part… — James L. Brooks
One day I was asked to pick up $50,000 worth of gold chains for Mr. T. For real! — Stacey Snider
Once I had asked God for one or two extra inches in height, but instead, he made me as tall as the sky, so high… — Malala Yousafzai
I really prayed and asked God for my first film. — Anthony Hemingway
Obama promised a return to competence and confidence and asked the nation to believe again that the government could do big things well. In the… — Nancy Gibbs

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