Nikki Haley (Nimrata "Nikki" Haley) Quotes
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The world is always in movement.
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There is no such thing as a perfect player; it doesn't exist.
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It's always an honor to represent your country.
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What I'm interested in is the fascinating image of young leaders... you know, young people leading in different fields. You see athletes and people in gymnastics, where the requirement is that you are supple and very, very young... 11... and by the time you're 14, you're already over the hill.
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Persistence is to the character of man as carbon is to steel.
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I used to be so scared about, 'Oh, I don't want to show my body.' Now that I've shown it, it doesn't bug me about my moles, or 'This isn't big enough' and 'That's not smooth enough.'
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I just like doing comedies, and think that my timing and love for the genre set me apart from other young women who look like me.
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Originally, when I wrote the song 'The Sensual World' I had used text from the end of 'Ulysses.' When I asked for permission to use the text, I was refused, which was disappointing.
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I love Feist. I love Francoise Hardy. She was a French singer-songwriter in the '60s who was pretty huge. I think I'm drawn to her sincerity. I love Fiona Apple, too - she's quirky and really honest in her lyrics.
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Fear may come true that which one is afraid of.
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Teaching is in my blood.
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For decades, I have supported adoption, and have helped tens of thousands of children worldwide.
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Any team can have a bad century.
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Almost all of our relationships begin and most of them continue as forms of mutual exploitation, a mental or physical barter, to be terminated when one or both parties run out of goods.
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You’ve got to get the fundamentals down because otherwise the fancy stuff isn’t going to work.
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All this fame and money, which have so thrilled me when they came to others, leave me cold when they come to me. I am not an ascetic, but I don't know what to do with them, and my daily life has never been so trying, and there is no one to fill it emotionally.
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Mere abuse is no criticism.
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In the Dead Sea Scrolls, there are many Aramaic texts from the time of Jesus, so one can get a pretty good idea of what the language of Jesus looked liked.
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Nothing we use or hear or touch can be expressed in words that equal what is given by the senses.
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I hate the idea of labels and saying you are member of one party or another and signing up to all sorts of policies that you don't have a view on or don't believe in. Because I'm not a politician, I don't have to be consistent in what I say and how I behave.
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What we acquire with joy, we possess with indifference.
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I suppose I am interested in women plus anonymity plus disappearance.
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I believe that I can do more for women by being the best at what I do in the role that I have than going out and just talking about how women are awesome and you shouldn't mess with them.
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I think the media's a little frightened of women.
