Alda Merini Quotes
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I am passionate about what design can do - how far it can support the new ideas and the new ways of living of this 21st Century. Good design accelerates this exciting future where manufacturing is local, materials and processes are cradle to cradle, business models are both socially and financially driven.
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I think that the legitimacy of the court would be undermined in any case if the court made a decision based on its perception of public opinion.
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Oh the innocent girl in her maiden teens knows perfectly well what everything means.
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My thinking is lot more different with many actresses in the industry. I don't understand why people in showbiz put their profession of acting in the back seat after marriage.
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Publicity's a cancer. It eats out a man - till there's nothing but a shell left.
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America is rather like life. You can usually find in it what you look for. It will probably be interesting, and it is sure to be large.
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Respect the burden.
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Plums are a good substitute for gooseberries.
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Remember, you can always find East by staring directly at the sun.
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Over the years, Western governments have been criticized for working with foreign police who have proved abusive or corrupt.
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I'm one of those tall, lanky, awkward kids.
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One may no more live in the world without picking up the moral prejudices of the world than one will be able to go to hell without perspiring.
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I don't really watch all that much television, I have to say, because I'm so intimidated by how many channels there are. I really cannot find my way back to anything. But I'm compulsively addicted to '24.' I love that show.
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Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.
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In many cases, water stress is more about politics, economics, behaviour and governance than absolute water scarcity. Better planning is needed, to allocate water where societal need is greatest, and to allow trade-offs between alternative uses.
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People lament that there's no roles being written for South Asian or Muslim characters. But their parents don't want their children to go into the entertainment field. You don't get it both ways.
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It's continuously humbling to work hard, you know? As long as you've got a good work ethic and a sense of humor, I don't think anybody can become too much of an egoist under those circumstances.
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Today I know that physical training should have as much place in the curriculum as mental training.
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I am crazy for good branding and really admire companies that get it right.
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Many in the South once believed that slavery was a moral and political evil. That folly and delusion are gone. We see it now in its true light, and regard it as the most safe and stable basis for free institutions in the world.
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As a director, you have to go in with a really, really, really clear picture of what you want.
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Long hair is considered bohemian, which may be why I grew it, but I keep it long because I love the way it feels, part cloak, part fan, part mane, part security blanket.
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There is much good luck in the world, but it is luck. We are none of us safe. We are children, playing or quarrelling on the line.
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“No one brushes my hair as well as the wind.”
