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I was adopting an Ethiopian child, that's not true. My house was haunted, that wasn't true. God, there's been so many rumours.

~Adele

Topics: Adopting Been Child God Haunted House Many Rumours True

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We need to be very careful in making judgment on opening borders and adopting immigration policies, as these are areas where political and emotional elements feature prominently.

~Alain Dehaze

Topics: Adopting Area Borders Careful Elements Emotional Feature Immigration Judgment Making Need Opening Policies Political Very Where

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In 1994, Estonia became the first European country to adopt a flat tax, and its 26 percent flat tax dramatically energized what had been a faltering economy. Before adopting the flat tax, the Estonian economy was literally shrinking. In the eight years after 1994, Estonia experienced real economic growth - averaging 5.2 percent per year.

~Arthur Laffer

Topics: Adopt Adopting After Became Been Before Country Dramatically Economic Economic Growth Economy Eight Estonia European Experienced First Flat Flat Tax Growth Had Literally Per Percent Real Shrinking Tax Year Years

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General Zia-ul-Haq, a dictator and unscrupulous political actor, used Islam as a pretext for waging war in Afghanistan and adopting an aggressive stance towards India. By advancing a more orthodox version of Islam, he was able to hold on to a repressive regime and quell any opposition.

~Asma Jahangir

Topics: Able Actor Adopting Advancing Afghanistan Aggressive Any Dictator General He Hold India Islam More Opposition Orthodox Political Pretext Regime Repressive Stance Towards Used Version Waging War

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By adopting the control strategy, the nation's environmental program has created a built-in antagonism between environmental quality and economic growth.

~Barry Commoner

Topics: Adopting Antagonism Between Control Created Economic Economic Growth Environmental Growth Nation Program Quality Strategy

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I agree, the world would be a better place if doctors were less enthusiastic about adopting very new drugs.

~Ben Goldacre

Topics: About Adopting Agree Better Better Place Doctors Enthusiastic Less New Place Very Were World Would

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When I started out, everyone seemed to be adopting these names... Johnny Rotten, Sid Vicious. I wasn't really Rotten or Vicious or Nasty, so I wanted something a bit more funny - yet something that seemed real rock 'n' roll... something that acknowledged my ambition.

~Billy Idol

Topics: Acknowledged Adopting Ambition Bit Everyone Funny Johnny More Names Nasty Out Real Really Rock Rock N Roll Roll Rotten Seemed Something Started Vicious Wanted

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We are a mixed up people. We have mixed up ways of naming, too... When my father's brothers and sisters first went to colonial schools, they had to produce a surname. They also had to show they were good Christians by adopting a western name. They adopted my grandfather's name as surname. Wainaina.

~Binyavanga Wainaina

Topics: Adopted Adopting Also Brothers Brothers And Sisters Christians Colonial Father First Good Grandfather Had Mixed Name Naming People Produce Schools Show Sisters Too Up Ways Were Western

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The Barefoot College is supposed to be a sparking off process. People are adopting it and owning it, which is really the story behind the college.

~Bunker Roy

Topics: Adopting Barefoot Behind College Off Owning People Process Really Story Supposed Which

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How can we later criticise other countries outside the European Union for adopting such measures to repress opponents when we are tolerating this inside the European Union with European citizens? Like me - I'm a European citizen.

~Carles Puigdemont

Topics: Adopting Citizen Citizens Countries Criticise European European Union How Inside Later Like Me Measures Opponents Other Other Countries Outside Union

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