Vandana Shiva Quotes
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For someone who writes fiction, in order to activate the imagination and the unconscious, it's essential to be free.
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We're all capable of mistakes, but I do not care to enlighten you on the mistakes we may or may not have made.
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I learned that when you stand up for what you believe in, you'll get a lot of support. But there are always going to be negative things said about you.
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We love playing music but we're too weird to play music.
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I heard what was said of the universe, heard it and heard it of several thousand years; it is middling well as far as it goes - but is that all?
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I've come to learn that the determined and gifted and genuine sociopath has far more power to deceive than we realize.
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As I view the Republicans in Congress, I don't see them as a real reflection of many Republicans in our country.
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I think I have a strange relationship with time. I'm not really aware of that time passing. I don't feel that I'm wasteful with time. But I'm not aware of it passing.
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Jesus' own witness of sacrificial love and forgiveness, and his work to heal the sick and care for those in need, represent God's ways and vision for us.
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I hate when a guy brags... or he sweats.
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I have been fortunate to be able to have a career playing comedy and drama. And it's awfully hard - it's like apples and pears to compare the two.
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Quite frankly, teachers are the only profession that teach our children.
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In the end, the market will decide which is the better performer: dirty coal-fired power or clean wind and solar. Market-based competition. That doesn't sound like communism to me.
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To win a championship, you have to have a little bit of luck on your side.
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There can be a lot of mind games going on between the players. When you're about to serve, people will try to throw you off your rhythm by taking a walk. If you're tired, you can't show that at all to an opponent.
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Winning one league title at Roma, to me, is worth winning 10 at Juventus or Real Madrid.
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Showbiz can be cruel.
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My mom and I are very close.
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Though (the Tao) is uncreated itself, it creates all things. Because it has no substance, it can enter into where there is no space. Exercising by returning to itself, winning victories by remaining gentle and yielding, it is softer than anything, and therefore overcomes everything hard.
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I didn't know this about myself, but when 'Pirates of the Caribbean' came out I realised that I didn't enjoy a huge amount of recognition. I didn't react to it well, but I think life is about finding out who you are and what you like. So I started doing independent movies and art-house films instead.
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My Maman told me that only the crazy ones and the passionate ones accomplish anything in life.
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Power is not an institution, and not a structure; neither is it a certain strength we are endowed with; it is the name that one attributes to a complex strategical situation in a particular society.
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Seed is not just the source of life. It is the very foundation of our being.
