Vandana Shiva Quotes
The environmental movement can only survive if it becomes a justice movement. As a pure environmental movement, it will either die, or it will survive as a corporate 'greenwash'. Anyone who's a sincere environmentalist can't stand that role.
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Providence was well aware what lay ahead for me, and my Capuchin training was to prepare me for it.
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I have cravings all the time, even when I'm not pregnant.
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I never really learned photography.
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About three months before a contest, I drink a lot of water. I start to drink a lot of water.
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All of the songs my grandparents and parents listened to are called boleros - they're all love songs. They're about giving your heart to a person. It's a culture that is so romantic and passionate, and that's something that I'm very proud of. We grew up with nothing, so we just want to live a life full of love.
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Whatever we do from government, we need to do what's best for America. If we do that, that's bringing power back to the people.
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I was a huge fan of comedy in high school.
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As far as my journal, I want to share tour life with my fans.
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You've got to understand, people are motivated by fun. And they should be.
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When I was a child, I grew up speaking French, I mean, in a French public school. So my first contact with literature was in French, and that's the reason why I write in French.
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I never look at how many songs I have or how many girls are there in a movie. If I like my character, I play it.
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The tech genie is out of the bottle; you can't put it back in.
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Only buy clothes that you plan to keep forever. It's important to see trends for what they are: a game.
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I loved what I did. I could've been secretary of state for ever.
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The 'ideal' body is everywhere you look, and we are made to feel like failures by advertisers and corporations who shame us into buying their products.
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I always felt like Tahliah's a very grown-up name to have. It's a pretty name when you're young, and then I think when I became a young lady, it felt kind of like a lot to grow into for some reason. I don't know. It sounds kind of regal. I never really liked it. I always felt like I couldn't live up to it.
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My hope is that shows like 'Fresh Off the Boat' open the door for even more of those kinds of characters for Asian actors and actresses.
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Happiness quantification sounds a bit wishy-washy, sure, and through a series of carefully administered surveys across the globe, economists and psychologists have certainly confronted a fair number of sticky issues around how to measure, and even define, happiness.
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It's funny, because in drama school, my greatest strength was my range. So my early career was like that: I played all kinds of different characters.
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I wrote that song for my wife, and it's what some guy who's sitting under a tree would be singing to the woman of his life, telling her how wonderful she is. To me, that's more lasting than something that sounds like it belongs on a movie soundtrack.
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I'm the greatest fighter in the entire world, how can I be afraid? I love people and people love me.
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When I hear a man preach, I like to see him act as if he were fighting bees.
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Many people in the world believe that in the 21st century, the Asia-Pacific - Asia in particular - will play a more important role in global economy and politics and that Asia will become an important engine for the world economy.
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The environmental movement can only survive if it becomes a justice movement. As a pure environmental movement, it will either die, or it will survive as a corporate 'greenwash'. Anyone who's a sincere environmentalist can't stand that role.
