Nicole Ari Parker-Kodjoe (Nicole Ari Parker) Quotes
Raising children uses every bit of your being - your heart, your time, your patience, your foresight, your intuition to protect them, and you have to use all of this while trying to figure out how to discipline them.
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TV presenting isn't the hardest job in the world, and I've done all right financially out of it.
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My house looks like it was decorated by a 14-year old with a platinum American Express card.
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I'm going to do the old 'plaster removal' technique and just get the pain over with in one go: 'Life's Too Short' isn't funny to me.
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I want to know what it's like to play in a Super Bowl and win one. My career will be great without it. But, personally, selfishly, I want to know what it feels like.
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I'm just going to go with it for as long as it lasts.
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You don't have to worry about being a number one, number two, or number three. Numbers don't have anything to do with placement. Numbers only have something to do with repetition.
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It's better to be skinny than to be fat.
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I love girl power.
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I'm sharpest early, and though I can rewrite any time, day or night, I'm useless after noon when it comes to writing first draft.
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Let a hundred flowers bloom, let a hundred schools of thought contend.
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When I run - you can see my record - I run to win.
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Men exist for the sake of one another. Teach them then or bear with them. (Long translation)
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I learned one thing - never hate a positive option.
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I don't have time to have friends come and stay, except on weekends in Maine. I invite a lot of people to come to Maine.
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I reflect back 35 years ago, and look how far we have come in America with our environmental policy to improve the conditions of our air and water, and we have had some real successes.
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Being a Labour home secretary in the 21st century means fighting a constant battle against both extreme Right and Left.
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I go into every film not just wanting to play the hot girl in the movie. It kills me.
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No real-world human being brings to the U.S. presidency the range of attributes necessary for full success in the job.
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In Europe the parents are included as with children. All three generations are together. I'm thinking of Italy. You go out on a Sunday afternoon and the whole family is there.
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'In My City' was my first single. It has a very special place in my heart, and I am beyond excited to bring the amazing energy of the track to the NFL's passionate fans.
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My heart can't possibly break when it wasn't even whole to start with.
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What I respect about my dad is he comes forth, and he tells the truth, and he's a very honorable person. I respect him a lot. He, I know deep down, has a good heart.
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I first became interested in Ho Chi Minh in 1964-1965 while I was stationed at the U.S. Embassy in South Vietnam as a foreign service officer with the Department of State. The government in Saigon was at the point of collapse and the [Lyndon] Johnson administration was preparing to send U.S. combat troops to prevent a communist victory there. I became convinced that the U.S. effort would not succeed because of the lack of conviction in the Saigon government compared to the discipline and sense of self-sacrifice among the Viet Cong.
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Raising children uses every bit of your being - your heart, your time, your patience, your foresight, your intuition to protect them, and you have to use all of this while trying to figure out how to discipline them.
