Mary H.K. Choi Quotes
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I'm not that good a player, and I'll be the first to admit that. I might be a three or four grand-slam winner; I might be a two grand-slam winner, I don't know.
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It took a long while for me to even put out a record because there were so many options of how to do a song, and in some respects, I'm never totally happy with the outcome.
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For me a day without training is like a day without eating.
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Songs like Reach and S Club Party are pop classics. I'm really proud that I had a part in them.
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My deceased patients have taught me over the years to believe in the glass half full, to make good use of the time we have, to be generous - that was their lesson for the Uber-mind, and it was free. 'Do that,' they said, 'and then perhaps death shall have no dominion.'
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I just like to explore all sorts of different forms - no, 'explore' is not even the word - enjoy. You don't want to limit yourself to a particular form.
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Their eagerness for the big-band music and their ability to grasp the essence of it made me realize that today's generation has not been properly exposed to the big-band sound.
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In any society, there will be the whole spectrum of views. You will get the extremists on the far right and also the far left.
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We're taking on Social Security as a property rights issue. We figure that every single American has an absolute property right interest in the fruits of his or her own labor. What I work for should be my property.
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I think everyone should live in New York City if they ever get the chance at least once in their life. It's such a great place to live; there's a different energy about living in the city.
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Very unusual in an insurgency to have absolutely no political agenda other than to return to power. Most insurgents have a political side to them.
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We need no messiah and no sterile conception of a god menacing us with hell and purgatory.
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No mistake is more common and more fatuous than appealing to logic in cases which are beyond her jurisdiction.
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I have decorated soldiers for heroism before, and it was always such an honor to do it.
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While being called beautiful is extremely flattering, I would much rather be noticed for my work as an actress.
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I don't buy things now, I buy plane tickets. The only thing I want is to make enough money to be able to travel with my children.
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You know, I feel sorry for the young artists.
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How much longer are we going to think it necessary to be 'American' before (or in contradistinction to) being cultivated, being enlightened, being humane, & having the same intellectual discipline as other civilized countries?
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My prior stint at 'Newsweek' was a very different world. So it's what it's like to be in one of these kooky software startups as a grown up. It's not entirely pleasant! It's like, 'Oh, I don't fit.'
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In our studies we keep seeing how difficult it is for traumatized people to feel completely relaxed and physically safe in their bodies. We measure our subjects’ HRV by placing tiny monitors on their arms during shavasana, the pose at the end of most classes during which practitioners lie face up, palms up, arms and legs relaxed. Instead of relaxation we picked up too much muscle activity to get a clear signal. Rather than going into a state of quiet repose, our students’ muscles often continue to prepare them to fight unseen enemies. A major challenge in recovering from trauma remains being able to achieve a state of total relaxation and safe surrender.
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I'd send Christina Aguilera to Mars cos she'd scare all the aliens!
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Encouragement helps you to go one step more, become better.
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There's a really generous readership with YA.
