Karyn Kusama Quotes
What kind of world is it if we allow people who are violent and do terrible things off the hook? What does that say about the world we're living in - it's like a world upside down, right?
Quotes to Explore
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An alliance of civilisations can be our most powerful weapon in the fight against terror.
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I debated free trade in college. I came out as a free trader. I'm a free markets guy. I'm an Adam Smith guy.
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The expression a woman wears on her face is far more important than the clothes she wears on her back.
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In the future, I want to have super-fights.
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My mother and my grandmother are pioneers of Mexican cuisine in this country, so I grew up in the kitchen. My mom, Zarela Martinez, was by far my biggest influence and inspiration - and toughest critic.
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I don't want to be competing in a sport where I feel that I'm here not on my talent and my hard work but because of a piece of equipment.
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America slept because most Americans preferred it that way.
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It was in the Papal States that I studied the Roman Question. I traveled over every part of the country; I conversed with men of all opinions, examined things very closely, and collected my information on the spot.
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In 2010, I sold my car, a Toyota Majester, for just a lakh-and-a-half to be able to feed my horses. It continues to be like a hole, where I put all my money.
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The biggest part of my job now is to quickly develop successors, and around the world I am working to develop new business leaders in the company.
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I'm vain enough to think that I've made a successful life. I've had everything I've ever wanted. You can't beat that.
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When boasting ends, there dignity begins.
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I know: I am a freakish geek. Or is that a geekish freak?
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I think I owe it to myself to put my best effort forward and prove how good I can be.
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I appreciate the constant evolution in refining food, but not in making food gimmicky.
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If you hear me out, I believe you'll discover that what motivates me more than any other issue is the defense of everyone's rights.
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As a culture, working-class white Americans like myself had no heroes. We loved the military but had no George S. Patton figure in the modern army. I doubt my neighbours could even name a high-ranking military officer.
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Music is God's gift to man, the only art of Heaven given to earth, the only art of earth we take to Heaven.
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Perseverance must have some practical end, or it does not avail the man possessing it. A person without a practical end in view becomes a crank or an idiot. Such persons fill our asylums.
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If your life had lyrics, would they be any good?
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I hadn't realized quite how extraordinary Charles Lindbergh's achievement was in flying the Atlantic alone. He had never flown over open water before, but he flew straight to Dingle Bay in Ireland and then on to Paris, exactly as planned.
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Graham Norton makes me laugh. I love him. I'm not kidding. I watch him on BBC America every week. He's so fast.
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My ability to concentrate and work toward that goal has been my greatest asset.
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What kind of world is it if we allow people who are violent and do terrible things off the hook? What does that say about the world we're living in - it's like a world upside down, right?
