Petra Nemcova Quotes
So, we have choice, and sometimes it seems very hard, but the best way to heal physically or emotionally is to keep positive.
Quotes to Explore
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What novels do that biographies don't is get at truths by penetrating the facts, by going deeper to what's underneath fact, through invention.
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One of my earliest memories is of my father carrying me in one arm with a picket sign in the other.
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The best way to remember your wife's birthday is to forget it once.
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Nobody asked how you looked, just what you shot.
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If there is a God, atheism must seem to Him as less of an insult than religion.
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As a filmmaker whose first film was made with the DIY tools of digital cinema, I love how the democratization of the filmmaking process and platforms like YouTube enables people to tell stories that in previous generations simply could not be told.
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Every parent wants to see their kids excel.
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I'm a writer more than I am a talker.
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Writing is hard work and bad for the health.
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I know we will look back on this and think how odd it was we were championing the rights of lone mothers to bring up their children on benefit.
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I'd say I'm quite powerful so I'm not afraid of jumps or acrobatic elements. The hardest part is... get on the beam and stay there on top of it!
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It's important for whoever is governor to be somebody with a breadth of experience in life, in business, and in service.
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In the name of the rule of law, democracy and human rights, we cannot accept that the rights of individuals (Arab or Muslim) be trampled upon, or that populations are targeted and discriminated against in the name of the war against terrorism.
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My material is as new as anything on the dinner table. What difference does it make if I'm 70 or if I'm 20? The audience knows they aren't getting any old stories from me.
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I have good spacial awareness, and I'm pretty comfortable with a sword.
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Now there is one outstandingly important fact regarding Spaceship Earth, and that is that no instruction book came with it.
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Connecting dots is not that rewarding of an experience.
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I don't respond to authority figures who abuse their authority.
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Happiness does not come from a job. It comes from knowing what you truly value, and behaving in a way that’s consistent with those beliefs. Many people today resent the suggestion that they’re in charge of the way they feel.Those people are mistaken. That was a big lesson and I learned it several hundred times before it stuck. What you do, who you’re with, and how you feel about the world around you, is completely up to you.
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Halston was one of the hardest-working designers I have come across. The way he cut, moulded, manipulated and draped fabric was inspiring. I was submerged into the Halston subculture alongside Andy Warhol, Liza Minnelli, Elizabeth Taylor and Truman Capote. They shaped who I have become as a designer.
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...convince all nuclear powers, including those which have been more reluctant up to now, of the necessity to respect the "vital interests" of all peoples and to become fully aware of the profound truth of the following conclusion which the United Nations approved by unanimity four years ago: "Mankind is confronted with a choice: we must halt the arms race and proceed to disarmament or face annihilation".
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Sadly, for those who are busy sawing off their feet to escape the trap of cliches, every story is chock full of them and sometimes depends on an especially hoary one.
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So, we have choice, and sometimes it seems very hard, but the best way to heal physically or emotionally is to keep positive.
