Kristi Yamaguchi Quotes
One of my mottos not only just in skating but in life in general and I try to enforce it as well, is like no regrets and just like going for it.
Quotes to Explore
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I wanted to define the vocabulary of a wedding both visually and intellectually. The book is about more than weddings or wedding dresses. It's a metaphor for women's lives, their creativity.
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The struggle to get weapons is continuous, but the United States will aid us, if it finds Israel displaying a willingness for peace.
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I do not suppose I shall be remembered for anything. But I don't think about my work in those terms. It is just as vulgar to work for the sake of posterity as to work for the sake of money.
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I saw 'The Devil Wears Prada.' I don't think it's a reality.
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I worry about people who sell out to chase fame because when they get it, it might not be so satisfying.
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I don't work out but generally I am fit, which is why I don't work out.
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Life is a quarry, out of which we are to mold and chisel and complete a character.
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In theater, there's a lot of work to do to build the characters. It's a great experience.
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I am no longer concerned with sensation and innovation, but with the perfection of my style.
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There are moments as a teacher when I'm conscious that I'm trotting out the same exact phrase my professor used with me years ago. It's an eerie feeling, as if my old mentor is not just in the room, but in my shoes, using me as his mouthpiece.
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Unfortunately or fortunately, in order to become acquainted with the idiom of country or rock music, it is necessary to occasionally play in a bar. Bars are a rehearsal place.
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I don't see why OPEC countries should continue to cut production just to keep the price of oil high. This will not affect the industrial countries alone, it will also hit poor countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Who will look after them?
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Fear obscures reason, intensifies emotions, and makes it easier for demagogic politicians to mobilize the public on behalf of the policies they want to pursue.
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Family and friends and faith are the most important things in your life and you should be building friendships.
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Any time you got nothing to do - and lots of time to do it - come on up.
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As a child, as a cinemagoer, I think there is nothing better than being in a cinema or watching a film. I think it's just a while magical... it almost feels like you're at a big party in India, where you're singing, you're dancing, you're laughing, you're crying, you feel like you're at a wedding because our films invariably cover all emotions.
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I am not going to do a film based on a bad scenario just to make a big Hollywood film or work with Hollywood stars.
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My life is not perfect.
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I am attracted to intelligence, a witty sense of humor, an adventurous outlook on life and spiritual awareness about one's self and the world.
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A poet is a man who manages, in a lifetime of standing out in thunderstorms, to be struck by lightning five or six times.
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I turn a lot of stuff down - big, big movies, the kind I wouldn't want to go to the cinema to see.
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What I love to do requires portraying different characters, and you have to separate your life from the role.
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Traditional education is based on facts and figures and passing tests - not on a comprehension of the material and its application to your life.
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One of my mottos not only just in skating but in life in general and I try to enforce it as well, is like no regrets and just like going for it.
