Christy Turlington Quotes
When I was 18, and my looks were what I was - and all that I was - it did feel very limiting.
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There was this moment, particularly after I had my first child, where I felt like, 'I don't know if I'll ever make a record, or if this is always going to be something just floating around in my head.'
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I write songs, and I sing them. I never formulated a plan; I can't tell anyone else how to do this. But it feels right, so I just kind of enjoy it and get on with it.
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Hope is not the conviction that something will turn out well but the certainty that something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out.
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We are building technology to keep up with what's happening in the world. It's transforming the way people are working. We're bringing the enterprise to the world.
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I do not want to be a long-term CEO.
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I have a degree in European history, which didn't necessarily have any direct impact on my career, but I'm grateful I studied something other than acting in college.
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We have not invaded anyone. We have not conquered anyone. We have not grabbed their land, their culture, their history and tried to enforce our way of life on them.
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I speak Farsi, German, Dari, and I understand Turkish, but I haven't used it since 1985, so I'm a bit rusty.
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Everyone in Tool is interested in how we present our music. We write a group of songs that have a vibe, energy and feeling, and then we try to pick an image to capture that and communicate a feeling. We want something that adds to the connection with the audience.
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Dear sisters and brothers, we realize the importance of light when we see darkness.
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I have a biology degree, okay?
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Offer them what they secretly want and they of course immediately become panic-stricken.
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The easier it looks on screen, the more hard work goes into making it so.
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I flew to New York to do a commercial back in the day when people could meet you at the gate, and the little agent when I came off the plane said, 'Oh, Miss Carr, we are so happy to have you here.' I went, 'Oh, for goodness sakes.'
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Your pupillary muscles relax when your body gives up.
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When I was a kid, I used to love it when one of my friends would jump out from behind a door and try to scare me. I always did the same thing in response.
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Vegetarians should have that moral basis-that a man was not born a carnivorous animal, but born to live on the fruits and herbs that the earth grows.
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My idea of the modern Stoic sage is someone who transforms fear into prudence, pain into information, mistakes into initiation, and desire into undertaking.
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I sometimes wonder if the tragedies my family has suffered are a kind of karmic price for all the fame and fortune the Bee Gees have had.
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There were periods of my life when a lot of people didn't believe in me. I still had faith in myself. I really had to ask myself life questions. Where do I see myself in five years? Create a ladder for yourself, and walk up the steps. Climb that ladder.
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I'm not much of an improv guy. That's a talent I don't have.
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Long-term economic growth depends mainly on nonmonetary factors such as population growth and workforce participation, the skills and aptitudes of our workforce, the tools at their disposal, and the pace of technological advance. Fiscal and regulatory policies can have important effects on these factors.
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When I was 18, and my looks were what I was - and all that I was - it did feel very limiting.
