Krista Tippett Quotes
You are not going to be perfect every day. It's about turning up the next day and doing it again.
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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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Cuba needs a dose of perestroika.
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I shouldn't say this, but I always love the sidekicks. I want to do a leading-lady role in a film - absolutely. But I find that a lot of times I get attracted to the sidekick role. They stand out a little more because they're quirkier, they're funnier, they're crazier.
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It's like driving your car. If you drive too fast on the highway, you will topple, so you better maintain your speed. Life is similar to that, and that's the way you have to control your head.
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The same liberty that protects me also protects members of the Mafia.
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I've had enough boyfriends and enough issues. I'd seen enough train wrecks.
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It's really important to me that the public have confidence in their criminal justice system. We don't operate very well if the public doesn't trust us.
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I think success is very hard work, so, you know, if you work hard and you have some success, you have to give up something.
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I want to help middle-school girls stay interested in math and be good at it, and see it as friendly and accessible and not this scary thing. Everyone else in society tells them it's not for them. It's for nerdy white guys with pocket protectors.
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I love CNN. I love the Cartoon Network. I mean, I thought these things up.
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I asked my parents for permission to study in America and they were so sure that I wouldn't get in and get a scholarship that they encouraged me to try. So I applied to Yale and got an excellent scholarship. I then worked for the Boston Consulting Group for six and half years.
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I don't care about revenues.
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I try not to see Woody Harrelson because he has become this big movie star, and it grates, so I try and stay away from him.
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In Hollywood they're getting younger, but believe me, it's not the food. It's the plastic surgery.
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When an issue is so fraught with partisanship, a special counsel provides some modicum of transparency and accountability rather the the veil of politics.
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Chess helps you to concentrate, improve your logic. It teaches you to play by the rules and take responsibility for your actions, how to problem solve in an uncertain environment.
Garry Kasparov -
I've tried coconut water straight up before, and to me, it's a little funky.
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'Firewall' seems both scary and protective at the same time. And how often does that happen within one word besides 'military' and 'government?'
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My production got better, songs, lyrics, everything; the sound, the quality, everything.
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One of the things I really like about programming languages is that it's the perfect excuse to stick your nose into any field. So if you're interested in high energy physics and the structure of the universe, being a programmer is one of the best ways to get in there. It's probably easier than becoming a theoretical physicist
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I didn't really have an interest in politics when I first entered the workforce. What I wanted to do was help people who grew up like me. When I was a kid growing up in Tucson, my father lost his job and we lost everything - including our home. We lived in an abandoned gas station for two years until we were able to get back on our feet.
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We can't stop a baby in Africa from starving to death... but we can afford enough technology and weaponry to blow the world up a million times over.
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Television gives us the gift to see ourselves as we'd like to be seen.
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You are not going to be perfect every day. It's about turning up the next day and doing it again.
