Francoise Gilot Quotes
To change your mind about something is always difficult. I think that people who are big enough to admit they were wrong can be counted on your fingers.
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I've always loved to dress up a bit and show off.
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I always start the day by washing my face and moisturizing.
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So, you know, parenting is a very intimate and amazing experience and one of the best experiences of my life.
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You've just got to sing, do some kind of singing every day. Early mornings and cold weather can mess with that. I drink special teas with cayenne pepper, but I think you're psyching yourself out, really.
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I probably get strangers coming up to me two or three times a week to just say something nice. I get more than my share of compliments as I walk through my daily life. I'm not having to show off or make a point about how good I am at doing something. I think I've always kind of been that way.
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Metaphysics is a dark ocean without shores or lighthouse, strewn with many a philosophic wreck.
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Commitment and credibility go hand in hand.
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Leaving all the glamour and air-kissing aside, at the end of the day, fashion is about operations and getting things done. The best way to be successful, therefore, is to learn from the people who do it best.
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I have always loathed working out.
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Leaving Egypt and the people I loved so much, and the environment I liked, was definitely worth it, because I also have great love for medicine and science.
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I think the first step is to understand that forgiveness does not exonerate the perpetrator. Forgiveness liberates the victim. It's a gift you give yourself.
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Time was God's first creation.
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Played tennis for years. But you can't improve at tennis after you're 50. You get to be in your 40s, and suddenly you're a doubles player.
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I had no work after 'Gangster' for two years, and my sister Rangoli met with an accident that destroyed her looks. My struggle with my parents combined with the industry not accepting me made me feel alienated.
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If it feels right and I'm not going against any energy in myself or the situation, there would be no limit.
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Complex tasks are often better handled in the back of our mind, and that's often true of creative tasks - when you have something complex to deal with in writing or research or responding to an email. I'll start working, put it aside, and sometimes I'll wake up the next morning with a solution, or I'll find one when I exercise.
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I wear a lot of wigs as Jacques Mesrine. He'd wear multiple wigs and take them off one at a time to rob three banks in one hour.
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It's the way the human brain works: when enough events occur in a pattern, we stop thinking and go into macro mode.
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My interest is not data, it's the world. And part of world development you can see in numbers. Others, like human rights, empowerment of women, it's very difficult to measure in numbers.
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The Internet's great promise is to make the world's information universally accessible and useful.
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But I always wanted my characters to be more than cyphers for the failings of their world. And I never had to look too hard to find a part of myself in them.
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That is the trouble with standing up to people, of course. Once you start doing it, you can hardly stop.
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To change your mind about something is always difficult. I think that people who are big enough to admit they were wrong can be counted on your fingers.
