Chrystia Freeland Quotes
Income inequality is one thing, but a permanent division into the haves and have-nots is an entirely different thing - and much less acceptable.
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I never thought that I would become a staple in the Australian cultural diet. The equivalent of bread or milk, or a fine old Tasmanian Mauve Vein. I think it's because I talk about things that people dare not mention. I don't mean raunchy things or unsavoury things. I call a spade a spade - I discuss things in a realistic manner.
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I like to do the splits onstage.
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I was given the ability to create stories and characters. That's my part of the long chain of writers, publishers, agents, booksellers, librarians, and a host of others who eventually deliver literature to the world. I want to do for others what Eudora Welty did for me.
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Sometimes 'Rookie' is written about like, 'Finally! Something for alternative girls!' and I'm like, 'No!' Obviously it's not for everyone, but I used to think that there are cheerleaders, and there are art kids.
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I always saw myself as a large stockholder trying to make a difference. I wasn't raiding anybody.
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Sydney's beautiful, the weather's great, and the air's fresh and clean, but it doesn't have the scene and the amount of likeminded people. At home, things are very comfortable, but I feel like putting myself out there a bit.
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I went to this one in Ohio, and then I became a counselor there, and it was just the most fun thing. I was so depressed when I came home from camp.
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To develop drugs for people, we basically dismantle the system. In the lab, we look at things the size of a cell or two. We dismantle life into very small models.
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I am Patrick, a sinner, most uncultivated and least of all the faithful and despised in the eyes of many.
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Beauty is indeed a good gift of God; but that the good may not think it a great good, God dispenses it even to the wicked.
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All kids are selfish. I wanted to do homework and do my thing and call my agent. My mother's needs weren't in my mind at that moment.
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I am aware that in presenting myself as the advocate of the Indians and their rights, I shall stand very much alone.
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I want to reach the heights of stardom beyond my imagination.
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Gustafsson is a stud, man. He's a good fighter.
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You can never quit. Winners never quit, and quitters never win.
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The idol of today pushes the hero of yesterday out of our recollection; and will, in turn, be supplanted by his successor of tomorrow.
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Photography, painting or poetry – those are just extensions of me, how I perceive things; they are my way of communicating.
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I like Kelly Rowland, I think that she's great. It's hard to come out of the group of Destiny's Child and still kick some butt.
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'Pale Fire' by Vladimir Nabokov was bloody hard work but really thrilling.
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After I suffered a labral tear in my hip while playing soccer, I realized that many sports-related injuries can be prevented and I dedicated myself to helping young athletes learn more about injury prevention.
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The genius of vinyl is that it allows - commands! - us to put our fingerprints all over that history: to blend and chop and reconfigure it, mock and muse upon it, backspin and skip through it.
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There are items that have far superior quality when manufactured in space, but need to be returned to Earth to be purchased and used by customers.
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Tears fall in my heart like the rain on the town.
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Income inequality is one thing, but a permanent division into the haves and have-nots is an entirely different thing - and much less acceptable.
