Petra Nemcova Quotes
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I sang a lot in college - I was in a choral group in college. But, then, when I moved to New York, I really just concentrated on acting.
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You live in a deranged age, more deranged that usual, because in spite of great scientific and technological advances, man has not the faintest idea of who he is or what he is doing.
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But every time our ability to access information and to communicate it to others is improved, in some sense we have achieved an increase over natural intelligence.
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Home is most important in the long run.
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I was not emotionally mature enough to accept any kind of success when I was young. I needed to go that long route.
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Have I seen The Commitments? I was obsessed with that movie. I just watched it again about two weeks ago.
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Women were going back to work, they were assuming their own power. They didn't have time to sit under the dryer.
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I kind of liked the idea of filming musicians. I could like a musician and know, at the same time, maybe nobody else maybe liked them much or appreciated them.
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Remember Tupperware? That was the toughest stuff ever. Why can't they make a phone out of Tupperware?
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You earn the respect of your peers that you play against, and they don't trash talk you.
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I think an artist has always to be out of step with his time.
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The X Games have done night and day for snowboarding and action sports.
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I like being by myself.
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I still do find it very difficult in the West to connect to this politeness of smiling, not saying how you're thinking or not saying how you really feel.
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I always think I love work, and I knew early on that I wanted to be an actress. Then I meet people who have truly dedicated their lives to acting, and I realise that I'm so completely in the back seat.
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There are a lot of people who helped make Queen Latifah who she is today. I don't forget, but a lot of people do and get big heads.
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You reach a certain age, and you realize, 'Wow: there are younger people doing this better than I can, and don't leave me out - I don't want to be left behind. I want to do it, too. Where are you going? I want to be part of it.'
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I'm the only person that has ever run a principle-based legislative body.
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Los Angeles traffic is just the worst thing in the world. It throws off timing so much. However, it's always warm and sunny. New Jersey has absolutely terrible weather, but the environment is really homey and chill.
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I learn a lot; what I learn cannot be expressed in words.
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I grew up in a strongly socialist family. While I was at school, I worked in party politics and with organizations like the Anti-Nazi League. Everywhere I saw it, I fought prejudice.
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I love Europe even though I'm based in the U.S.
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... if it's not your style to stretch and go the extra mile to make sure our customer experience is great, you're going to have an allergic reaction to this company. You probably won't stay. If you do try and stay, but can't adapt to the culture then it will reject you like a virus from a healthy immune system.
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It's usually when the cameras leave that the support leaves as well.
