Naomi Shihab Nye Quotes
It was terrible when a single conversation with someone determined your whole future relationship.
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When you encounter difficulties and contradictions, do not try to break them, but bend them with gentleness and time.
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Certainly there are things in life that money can't buy, but it's very funny - Did you ever try buying them without money?
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I work in the most non-Communist job. I work for 'Martha Stewart Living.'
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So must the writer, whose productions should Take with the vulgar, be of vulgar mould.
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In my household, a Trapper-Keeper was too expensive - we had plain old three-ring notebooks - and I always wanted a Trapper-Keeper.
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I have one desire: That is to have a principle-based, member-driven Congress. Period. That's what I want.
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I'm an artist at heart.
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Anybody who plays the stock market not as an insider is like a man buying cows in the moonlight.
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There were centuries when civilization had no theater.
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My son has taken liking for sports and is most of the time playing cricket and football. It is so much fun being with them, as I'm enjoying every phase of motherhood.
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I think that 'Lost' is a bit of a dinosaur in terms of the type of show it is. The economics just don't support making a show this big and complicated profitable enough for a network.
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A long-lasting and sustained recovery will never be achieved through massive government spending programs.
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I don't watch any horror films. I get scared very easily.
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I take care of myself and take antioxidating supplements suggested by my best friend and first fan - he takes care of my Internet presence - Doctor Mario Rosario Porzio. I eat well - in fact, very well.
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I have never seen a bad television program, because I refuse to. God gave me a mind, and a wrist that turns things off.
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If people think I look good, it's the make-up.
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Everything that enlarges the sphere of human powers, that shows man he can do what he thought he could not do, is valuable.
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My first film, 'Like Minds,' was with Toni Colette, who was extraordinary. I mean it was basically a mini-masterclass for acting on film at a time when all you could probably see were my eyebrows bouncing up and down on screen.
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The Go Red for Women campaign raises awareness of the risk of heart disease. I think a lot of people don't realize that heart disease is the number one killer of women. So what we're doing is encouraging women to tell five other women to learn more about heart disease and how they can prevent it.
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You can do anything if you set your mind to it. Look out for kids, help them dream and be inspired. We teach calculus in schools, but I believe the most important formula is courage plus dreams equals success.
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Of course I am political. You 'ave to be don't you? Every day it is about your future, your right to that future. 'Ow can people ignore this? We 'ave to leave a good world for our children, n'est-ce pas?
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To-day is the parent of to-morrow. The present casts its shadow far into the future. That is the law of life, individual and social. Revolution that divests itself of ethical values thereby lays the foundation of injustice, deceit, and oppression for the future society. The means used to prepare the future become its cornerstone.
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A new agreement will make it much easier for us to realize the full potential of our partnership and will be a strong signal of our mutual commitment to deepening our relationship.
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It was terrible when a single conversation with someone determined your whole future relationship.
