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In two years, there were 22 military coups d'etat, essentially in Africa and the third world. The coup d'etat of Algiers, in 1965, is what opened the path.

~Ahmed Ben Bella

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'You're Ugly Too' isn't a comedy, but it has a lightness of touch with a hard edge. But it's essentially a warm story tinged with a bit of melancholy in the great Irish tradition. I'm very proud of that film.

~Aidan Gillen

Topics: Bit Comedy Edge Essentially Film Great Hard Irish Lightness Melancholy Proud Story Too Touch Tradition Ugly Very Warm You

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And I was the only black kid in my school for almost all of my childhood, until I was a teenager. So imagine, if you will, being 6 feet tall by third grade, so essentially being a living maypole.

~Aisha Tyler

Topics: Almost Almost All Being Black Childhood Essentially Feet Grade Imagine Kid Living Only School Tall Teenager Third Until Will You

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Acting is a learning process. And what you are doing in your early films is essentially picking up the nuances, the tricks of your trade. And somewhere along the line, you become analytical and learn to enjoy what you are doing.

~Ajith Kumar

Topics: Acting Along Analytical Become Doing Early Enjoy Essentially Films Learn Learning Learning Process Line Nuances Picking Process Somewhere Trade Tricks Up You Your

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My parents didn't make a lot of money. My dad was not a high school graduate - he didn't have a career as such; he was a printing salesman essentially for most of his working life.

~Al Franken

Topics: Career Dad Essentially Graduate He High High School His Life Lot Make Money Most Parents Printing Salesman School Working Working Life

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Status anxiety definitely exists at a political level. Many Iraqis were annoyed with the US essentially for reasons of status: for not showing them respect, for humiliating them.

~Alain De Botton

Topics: Annoyed Anxiety Definitely Essentially Exists Humiliating Iraqis Level Many Political Reasons Respect Showing Status Them Us Were

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Crony capitalism is essentially a condition in which... public officials are giving favours to people in the private sector in payment of political favours.

~Alan Greenspan

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My main point about films is that I don't like the adaptation process, and I particularly don't like the modern way of comic book-film adaptations, where, essentially, the central characters are just franchises that can be worked endlessly to no apparent point.

~Alan Moore

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The reason I want to be able to teleport is that I don't like waiting around. It's one of my pet peeves. I also don't like traveling, because I don't like sitting on a plane for six hours, doing nothing, essentially wasting time. You know what would be awesome? Bam, I'm in New York.

~Alan Schaaf

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Why would you need to expand beyond the solar system if you already have access to all the information you need, and you've essentially insulated yourself against a planetary apocalypse? Maybe that's enough.

~Alastair Reynolds

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