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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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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The same liberty that protects me also protects members of the Mafia.
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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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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
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I've tried coconut water straight up before, and to me, it's a little funky.
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There are some faults so nearly allied to excellence that we can scarce weed out the vice without eradicating the virtue.
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I went to high school in New York City. So, I grew up in New Jersey my whole life, and I was watching all the people and all the kids that I met there become so jaded.
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If men are wont to play with swearing anywhere, can we expect they should be serious and strict therein at the bar or in the church.
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As my other obligations are beginning to take an inordinate amount of time, I have asked to step down as WMG's board chairman, effective January 31, 2012. However, I will remain a director of the company and in that way, continue my association with Warner Music and its extraordinary people.
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Bob Dylan impresses me about as much as... well, I was gonna say a slug but I like slugs.
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One of the great things about the 'Arrow' crew is that no one is settling for what they did yesterday. They're always thinking about what they can do tomorrow.
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Shut up, be happy. Obey all orders without question. The happiness you have demanded is now mandatory.
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I grew up loving music, like, loving it. I was involved in church choir, leading worship and all the choirs in my school - even glee club.
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Being-alone is a deficient mode of being-with; its possibility is a proof for the latter.
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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.
