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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No critic writing about a film could say more than the film itself, although they do their best to make us think the oppposite.
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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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Many of the vicious criminals held there have been caught on the battlefield fighting against American troops and shutting down Guantanamo Bay would just require the military to move them elsewhere.
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I dabbled a little bit in acting in high school, and then I forgot about it completely. And then at about 25 I went to a class. I don't think anybody in my family thought it was an intelligent choice. I don't think anybody thought I'd succeed, which is understandable. I think they were just happy that I was doing something.
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I love it, I love it, and who shall dareTo chide me for loving that old arm-chair?
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I would feel like my life was a success if my children grow into well-adjusted, happy, functioning members of society. Capable and happy and normal.
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If rain is God crying, I think God is drunk and his girlfriend just slept with Zeus.
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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.
