Jacqueline de Ribes Quotes
I was very sensitive. I liked everything that touched fantasy and beauty. I dreamed of being a ballerina, but Mother said I was too big, too long.
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The world is always in movement.
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My view is pensioners don't have the one option that people of working age have. They can't really increase their income, because they are no longer able to work.
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I don't have a disregard for my reader in humor pieces.
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I've been called Mr. Patient Money because I have the patience to work through challenging circumstances.
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The composition of the primary is so different than when I was first elected governor in 1978.
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It's still going on. I guess it will be until Redmond quits, dies or is jailed.
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My first audition was for a commercial for the lottery. I didn't get it, so I hate the lottery.
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If you know you are giving your best effort, you'll never have any reason for regrets.
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My husband and I were married in May 2007 on a sprawling rent-a-ranch in the Texas Hill Country. On the drive from Houston, we'd stopped off for our marriage license in the former produce aisle of a Winn Dixie-turned-courthouse in San Marcos and from there drove off the grid.
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Working with Bill Cosby was incredible. I was lucky to be a part of that.
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Though there is such a rich tradition of culture and arts, I have never been invited to perform at a concert in South India.
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My refrigerator is full of kale and greens. I can't imagine something greasy, or eating meat.
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Thus, races arose from an original coding which God pulled out as needed for adaptation to the environment.
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I think we have to secure our borders and make sure that people coming in are coming here not to do us harm.
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It's my father's legacy. My father's view was that the public is the employer of these government employees and has the right to know what they're up to.
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Every year we celebrate the holy season of Advent, O God. Every year we pray those beautiful prayers of longing and waiting, and sing those lovely songs of hope and promise.
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The family code in Egypt is one of the worst family codes in the Arab world. Polygamy. The husband is having absolute power over the family.
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If there is something I would like to do as President of the General Assembly, it is to place more emphasis on the issue of education, which enables a better life for women.
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I'd rather have too many weird fans than no fans at all.
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We leave TVs on in our house. I listen to my record player constantly to just hear music. I'm really intrigued by this idea of solitude.
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I'm not obsessed by how I look or with being reed thin, but I do think that as a woman in my 50s, I have 40 years ahead. Looking after yourself goes hand in hand with looking good.
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You don't have to become Mother Teresa to make an impact in the world. But nothing can be achieved if, at the very least, we are not talking about it.
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It took me a long time to be able to write for the 'New Yorker,' and for me, that has been the best job. I live a very conventional life, but reporting for the magazine has allowed me to do things I would never otherwise do, such as investigating a criminal conspiracy in Guatemala or trekking through the Amazon looking for a lost city.
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I was very sensitive. I liked everything that touched fantasy and beauty. I dreamed of being a ballerina, but Mother said I was too big, too long.
