Natalia Makarova Quotes
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Those who are easily shocked should be shocked more often.
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Life is not easy for anyone. You have to have ups and downs. You can make mistakes. You learn and try not to make them again. That's pretty much my principle.
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Kids are always going to be around people who break world records and that. It's how you deal with that. I never let it get in the way of my race, but I am always more than happy after the race to sign autographs and have photos.
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It's like I understand images and some people understand poetry.
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I'm not Cinderella.
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Most of the offers I get from Hollywood are for teen comedies. My manager thinks I'm crazy for turning down all that money, but I'm very picky.
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I am getting to that age where I am too old to play the boy next door and too young to play Uncle Fester.
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Portland, Oregon won't build a mile of road without a mile of bike path. You can commute there, even with that weather, all the time.
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It's so much easier to pray for a bore than to go and see one.
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The beauty of kids is they don't care who you are, which is why people like the Obamas like them so much - they treat them like normal people.
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Even a minor event in the life of a child is an event of that child's world and thus a world event.
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Money brings a lot of responsibility as to what you're going to do with it, and I've given quite a bit of thought to that.
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I've always considered myself to be fiercely patriotic. I love Britain - its history and the down-to-earth attitude people have.
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My mother and my grandmother are pioneers of Mexican cuisine in this country, so I grew up in the kitchen. My mom, Zarela Martinez, was by far my biggest influence and inspiration - and toughest critic.
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I know I said I wanted to live forever and I would never be bored, but the reality is, it's probably kind of sad to live forever if you're the only one sticking around.
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I try to work on a film that my audiences would appreciate and enjoy their time in a theatre.
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Coney Island was the centre of the world for me. I loved the rides, the hot dogs - I've never gotten over it.
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The mind gets distracted in all sorts of ways. The heart is its own exclusive concern and diversion.
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It did not occur to us that the Marxists' solution was fraudulent or that their vision was distorted, that whatever the wrongs in our society it was not the ideology of theirs that will cure them.
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I'm pretty good at sticking to what I know. You don't see me social commentating on health-care or presidential debates. I talk about what I know because I'm petrified of being wrong.
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I'm a huge advocate of prayer. I've been praying since I was fifteen years old and the doctor told me I was going to be a mother and I was like "what?" I started praying that day that God would help me do what I needed to do to be a good mother and to raise this baby boy that I was going to be blessed with. I haven't stopped praying in years.
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In today's society we sometimes forget to balance our hearts and our heads; this is the reason we stop laughing.
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True conservation provides for wise use by the general public. The American people do not want our resources preserved for the exclusive use of the wealthy. These land and water resources belong to the people, and people of all income levels should have easy access to them.
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I travel like a gypsy, and I didn't know how I could perform and be a mother.
