Krista Tippett Quotes
If we can't face our losses, we can't be present either fully to everything that is. When people have cut off or not made peace with some part of themselves, they miss out on other aspects of life.
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So, you know, parenting is a very intimate and amazing experience and one of the best experiences of my life.
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I'm not into things that feel like a sequel. There's just something magical about when something happens for the first time.
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Karaoke is something that's near and dear and very close to my heart. I was a karaoke host when I was working my way through university. I was a full-time student and karaoke was my night job.
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It's no secret that I'm my dad's biggest fan.
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Now, everybody knows my music. So that's really cool. A lot of kids know it. Now, when I go to a sports game, everybody knows my name.
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In the final analysis this congressional race is always going to be a close race, whether there's a presidential race or governor's race or not. But is this a better year? Yes, this would probably be a better year.
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I am young, and I think all young guys would love to play a superhero - any superhero - it doesn't matter. I could be a superhero that would just turn into a big blob or something like that, but I could tell all the ladies, 'Hey, I am superhero!'
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I truly believe that you have to bring more content to the table to survive in radio than saying, 'There was AC/DC, and here's Journey,' because computers can do that.
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The success of Torn was a bit too much for me. I took a year off and was still scared to start the second album.
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Like any small business owner, I experienced the pressures of building a company from the ground up - developing a business plan, balancing the books, meeting payroll and building a customer base.
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For my life, I need to make my own choices.
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I grew up in war and saw the United Nations help my country to recover and rebuild. That experience was a big part of what led me to pursue a career in public service. As Secretary-General, I am determined to see this organization deliver tangible, meaningful results that advance peace, development and human rights.
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I could probably name thousands of albums that I want.
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I always try not to overload my music with orchestration and to use only those instruments that are absolutely necessary.
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Virtue has its own reward, but no sale at the box office.
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It is tact that is golden, not silence.
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Even the best parents have to spend so much time making ends meet that they cannot help their kids with homework or afford the extra tutoring that wealthier students enjoy. To address these unjust disparities, we need an early education revolution.
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Our foreign policy has made a wreck of this planet. I'm always in Africa... And when I go to these places I see American policy written on the walls of oppression everywhere.
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I lived around the corner from Saul Bellow.
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I want tension in my business. Tension creates change. Change is necessary to evolve and prosper. I am never satisfied.
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It is only the modern that ever becomes old-fashioned.
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Let me know when you begin the new tea, and the new white wine. My present elegancies have not yet made me indifferent to such matters. I am still a cat if I see a mouse.
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Every young girl wants to be a princess. Then, when you find a real-life one, it's very easy to imagine yourself in that role.
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If we can't face our losses, we can't be present either fully to everything that is. When people have cut off or not made peace with some part of themselves, they miss out on other aspects of life.
