Genzebe Dibaba Quotes
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I think you have to keep a childlike quality to play music or make a record.
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When I put a quarter into an arcade machine or call up an emulated game on my computer, I do it to escape the world that is a slave to the time that makes things fall apart. I have never played these games to occupy my world.
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I don't have a telephone. If I had a lot of money, I wouldn't have one.
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We have to be aware that fossil fuel energy sources have an expiry date. A timeframe of 30, 40 or 50 years can seem a long time to get rewards for economic policy, but it's only a short time for implementing a new energy policy.
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I was the hallway clown in high school.
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They defended the grains of sand in the desert to the last drop of their blood.
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The textile industry became a huge deal in 19th century America, kind of like the tech industry is today. And that immigrant tradition continues, especially in tech, America's most dominant and dynamic industry today.
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One individual can begin a movement that turns the tide of history. Martin Luther King in the civil rights movement, Mohandas Ganhi in India, Nelson Mandela in South Africa are examples of people standing up with courage and non-violence to bring about needed changes.
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The first time you marry for love, the second for money, and the third for companionship.
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The only time people get pressured into doing reunions to make more money is when the current lineup is underperforming. And by bringing back the other guy, it increases their draw.
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For most of my life, I have eaten to deal with stress.
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Survival can be summed up in three words - never give up. That's the heart of it really. Just keep trying.
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Hip-hop is such a disposable art form from a business standpoint. It never treats its artists as art; it never treats its product as art.
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Naked dudes are inherently funny.
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In the sequence where I am burned at the stake, everything was so casual and hazardous that the bottom of my dress caught fire, and the grips became hysterical as they tried to pull me off the stake.
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Architecture is particularly difficult for women; there's no reason for it to be. I don't want to blame men or society, but I think it was for a long time, the clients were men, the building industry is all male.
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I don't believe in God. I do believe in Judaism. I believe in ethics, morals.
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As far as songwriting, my inspirations came from love, life and death, and viewing other people's situations.
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Current ethos in Silicon Valley is that if you build a website that people keep coming back to and is changing the lives of millions, you can eventually make money.
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Do you not see what I go through every week?
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I admire Kings of Leon. I think their records are amazing. Just from hanging out with them, I can say they're good guys. It's cool to see that they get to do what they love. But I think they clearly have an appreciation for where they came from, and it has shaped who they are.
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Our new Soviet constitution will, in my opinion, be the most democratic constitution of all those existing in the world.
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I think the people of New York have done a pretty great job with coming together for Sandy relief.
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Usually, it is not difficult to change from indoors to outdoors.
