Marta Vieira da Silva (Marta) Quotes
But the reason that women's football is still unknown is because it's not on television and not widely publicised for a wide majority of the leagues in the world.
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I had set a goal of being a producer by 25.
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I want to be an animated character. I'm also doing more writing and directing.
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Most people work for the private sector, which cannot exist without profit.
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My writing could be the most beautiful or important piece of prose, but it means nothing if it's boring, if people aren't listening or reading. I think transporting someone, putting them in a story for a few hours, taking them out of their worlds, is what I always strive to do.
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Family entertainment is really very necessary in our culture. Look how profitable they are. It's almost not discretionary. You need to take your family to the movies.
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The lives of African-Americans in this country are characterized by violence for most of our history. Much of that violence, at least to some extent, you know, done by the very state that's supposed to protect them.
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I would ask my mother to show me how to walk - and she did show me. That's why I think it's funny when people say, 'Did so-and-so teach you how to walk?' And I always say, 'You must be talking about my mother, because it was my mother who taught me how to walk.'
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This is my ultimate fantasy: watching QVC with a credit card while making love and eating at the same time.
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I never intended for the Monster Ball to be a religious experience, it just became one.
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The dove act? I'm still working on it. I don't think it's perfect yet. I got my first pair of doves when I was 14 years old. That was the beginning of the formation of that act. So it's been 24 years now that I've been working on it.
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One must always draw, draw with the eyes, when one cannot draw with a pencil.
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It's just not my nature to go around idolizing people.
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We owe it to American taxpayers to make sure that contracts intended for small businesses go to small businesses.
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The film business creates a large amount of waste, and I'm not immune to waste in the business.
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The children break all my jewelry, so everything I wear is cheap - from Topshop or Dorothy Perkins.
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I faced quite a few challenging times, and in front of those, I was more positive than some people not facing those conditions. I'm actually of the belief now that it is that struggle that offers you that open-hearted hope.
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I'm not a huge fan of my work.
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It's very difficult for my body to recover after workouts now that I'm older, so we have to keep them short, which means they're extremely difficult and intense. It sucks.
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I thank God because he has given me work somewhere or the other.
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Everybody is ambitious. The question is whether he is ambitious to be or ambitious to do.
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Cheerfulness is among the most laudable virtues. It gains you the good will and friendship of others. It blesses those who practice it and those upon whom it is bestowed.
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You're not hurt, Watson? For God's sake, say that you are not hurt!" It was worth a wound -- it was worth many wounds -- to know the depth of loyalty and love which lay behind that cold mask. The clear, hard eyes were dimmed for a moment, and the firm lips were shaking. For the one and only time I caught a glimpse of a great heart as well as of a great brain. All my years of humble but single-minded service culminated in that moment of revelation.
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Congo, my country, has the largest forest in Africa, maybe the second-largest in the world. I was born in a forest area, and when I was growing up, I assisted my uncle, who was a poacher. That was good, because it grew my passion for protecting the forest and plants.
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But the reason that women's football is still unknown is because it's not on television and not widely publicised for a wide majority of the leagues in the world.
