Natalie Coughlin Quotes
I don't have any superstitions, but what I always travel with is my pillow and my coffee.
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Violin playing is a physical art with great traditions behind it.
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We put more emphasis on who can drive a car than on who can be a parent. And I think there ought to be mandatory parenting classes starting in high school, and you should have to have a license to be able to be a parent to explain that you don't give alcohol to kids.
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Speakers who talk about what life has taught them never fail to keep the attention of their listeners.
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I do have friends who make movies, but for the most part, I never really wanted to feel like I was part of an industry.
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A president can't go to every memorial service.
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When you're a teenager, everything seems like the end of the world, and I don't think that's necessarily a silly thing. You're waking up and becoming aware that the world has problems and those problems affect you, whereas when you're young they don't seem to affect you that much even if you're aware of them.
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I don't know about you, but I think blankets are the best, especially your own personal blanket.
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I always wanted to be an actress. And it wasn't ego. I felt so little about myself, considered myself such a sparrow. Not just my size. I thought I was so plain... I did plays not to show off but because if I did that - I didn't realize it at the time - I would be somebody other than this person I didn't really approve of.
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He who would not be idle, let him fall in love.
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We panic if there's two centimeters of snow in London.
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Hispanic unemployment is higher than the national average and when the federal government is killing small businesses and killing jobs it is hurting the future of the Hispanic community and we need to carry that message.
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Right now I'm so old that if I had a big gush of money, I don't know what I'd do with it. I don't travel anymore. I don't need anything, don't want anything. I'd give it to my son, I guess, and let him enjoy it.
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As a young boy growing up in rural India, most of what I knew of the world was what I could see around me. But each night, I would look at the Moon - it was impossibly far away, yet it held a special attraction because it allowed me to dream beyond my village and country, and think about the rest of the world and space.
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Don't be too proud to take lessons. I'm not.
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A long iron rod rocketed straight through the very forefront of Phineas Gage's brain. It's kind of an unusual part of the brain: you can suffer pretty severe injuries to it and often walk away from the injury. It's not a part of the brain that's necessarily vital for your biological self. But it is very important for personality.
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No phone, a movie, a glass of wine, and some salad. Perfect!
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I'm taking one thing at a time. With the children and launching my solo career it would drive me to a nervous breakdown if I tried to organise a wedding on top of that.
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My parents are so cool, so chill, super hip. They know what's up.
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After a lifetime of world travel I've been fascinated that those in the third world don't have the same perception of reality that we do.
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I wouldn't want to stay in any place for longer than 10 years, honestly. It's good to travel and see what's happening in the world.
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Kosovo is too close to Europe. It is not only close to Albania, it is close to Greece, Italy, Germany and Switzerland, where there are still many Kosovo refugees. Spontaneous reactions could multiply.
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The majority of actor kids are really competitive. But Gabby Sidibe on 'The Big C' has been a big help to me. Her career went from zero to a hundred in about one second, so she's warned me what to expect.
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Humor is such a wonderful thing, helping you realize what a fool you are but how beautiful that is at the same time.
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I don't have any superstitions, but what I always travel with is my pillow and my coffee.
