Halima Aden Quotes
I never grew up seeing women that looked like me in magazines or on TV and didn't feel like I had a place in the world of fashion. I am honoured to be part of that change.
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The Supreme Court is not elected, and it is therefore not a proper arbiter of social policy.
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I believe in the power of intention to change the landscape of our society - and it is my intention to live an authentic life of compassion and integrity and action. Jamey Rodemeyer's life changed mine.
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Real friendship, like real poetry, is extremely rare - and precious as a pearl.
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I think I'm a guy who loves to play defense. I have a great time in the outfield. I think it's fun robbing guys on hits - there are plenty of times you're gonna be robbed as a hitter.
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I like to look at 'A Place in the Sun' every now and get inspired by it.
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At first my publisher had reservations about publishing it in the form you are familiar with.
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Constant togetherness is fine - but only for Siamese twins.
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We don't think much about climate change and rising sea levels here in the U.S. Beyond a few gardeners, birders and hikers who notice the changes in our own ecosystem, we live on, blissfully unaware of our changing Earth. Our storms - Katrina, Sandy - are dismissed as once-in-a-century events.
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The shoe that fits one person pinches another; there is no recipe for living that suits all cases.
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People still kill in the name of religion. We haven't evolved to the point where we're one tribe called humans.
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My beauty secret is... nothing! I don't drink too much water. I don't eat very well. Sometimes I cheat and grab some chocolate. The best thing is to eat what you want, but not very much.
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When you argue with your inferiors, you convince them of only one thing: they are as clever as you.
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I like being unconventional.
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Virtual reality is a tough sell for a software developer. They have to convince investors that not only are they going to build a good game, which is what they normally have to do, they have to convince them that it's going to be a good game and that virtual reality will be successful.
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I don't even like to talk Lions too much just because the way our relationship ended.
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As a child, I was always making sound; it was a compulsion. I loved to scream and yell and sing; it freed me from all the thoughts in my head. I begged for opera lessons because opera singing is the most formidable, most emotional way to use your voice.
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You don't have to have a great voice to sing, just a distinctive one. But make sure you say the words clearly and tell a story.
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I remember having my father stand over me when I had driven over my own foot; one leg was out of the car and one leg was in the car. He looked at me and told me that I was a drunk and that he was ashamed to call me his son. That night, I stopped drinking and I never drank again; I was twenty four.
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There is a wealth of information built into us ... tucked away in the genetic material in every one of our cells ... without some means of access, there is no way even to begin to guess at the extent and quality of what is there. The psychedelic drugs allow exploration of this interior world, and insights into its nature.”
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Love is a positive effect. Love can never have a negative effect, only a positive effect.
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For single women, admitting that you want kids when you're still unattached can feel like exposing a vulnerability. It did to me.
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A person who thinks all the time has nothing to think about except thoughts. So he loses touch with reality, and lives in a world of illusion.
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No statistical proofs exist that prayer reduces illness and mortality, except perhaps through a psychogenic enhancement of the immune system; if it were otherwise the whole world would pray continuously.
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I never grew up seeing women that looked like me in magazines or on TV and didn't feel like I had a place in the world of fashion. I am honoured to be part of that change.
