Christy Turlington Quotes
Even though Haitian women are considered the 'poto mitan' - the 'central pillars' of the family and their communities - they are often the most underserved members of already poor communities.
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I started writing half a paragraph of a mystery novel, half a paragraph there, and they were terrible.
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The lesson of 'CSI' is: No matter what horrible things happen, nice policemen will turn up and fix everything and return it to the status quo.
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As long as I am nothing but a ghost of the civil dead, I can do nothing.
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I make mistakes on a very grand scale.
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A system that was originally designed to support the poorest in society is now trapping them in the very condition it was supposed to alleviate.
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And my mouth is not a sewer, although some people may think it is.
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The reality is that it's harder to recruit pediatric subspecialists if you're not recruiting them for a children's hospital.
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When I find the right information, the Web is a blessing; when I don't, it's a distraction.
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A good catchword can obscure analysis for fifty years.
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It would be a foolish high representative who worked that way.
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Polenta is to northern Italy what bread is to Tuscany, what pasta is to Emilia-Romagna and what rice is to the Veneto: easy to make, hungry to absorb other flavours, and hugely versatile.
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The real difference between the United States and other nations lies not in the words of the preamble to the Constitution, but in the fact that the substantive clauses of that Constitution are enforced by individuals independent of and not beholden to the elected branches.
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Time puts things in proper perspective.
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Being attractive, it's not something I do consciously. It's incredibly flattering that people think I appeal to women. But that was a gift from my parents.
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It's better to waste money than time. You can always get more money.
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I don't think badly of or oppose having plastic surgery. I once seriously thought of it, but I decided to take my appearance as it is.
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Today, India is a nuclear weapons state.
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My grandparents used to bring me books every time they saw me.
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The more affluent areas, by and large, are afforded these big, beautiful, spectacular buildings, and then the poorer neighborhoods are just disintegrating. And there’s this imbalance, obviously, of power and resources.
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If your heart is in love, you can do anything.
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I had a lot of conversations with my family, my close friends, with my pastor, with God, and kind of came to a revelation that maybe I should be honest with myself about who I am and let that person - this woman who has lived inside me for my entire life - finally have an opportunity to live.
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I grew up in a film-loving family. We watched the Oscars every year. My favorite thing in the whole world was film. The Oscars obviously was the holy grail.
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Always the danger for me in life and in art is not to be brave. I am not a naturally brave person. I have to will myself not to hole up in my house and read my life away.
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Even though Haitian women are considered the 'poto mitan' - the 'central pillars' of the family and their communities - they are often the most underserved members of already poor communities.
