Catherine Doherty (Baroness Ekaterina Fyodorovna Kolyschkine de Hueck Doherty) Quotes
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The signs of climate change are visible across the nation, from the drought-stricken fields of Central California to the flooded streets of Michigan. Extreme weather is turning people's lives upside down and costing communities millions of dollars in damaged infrastructure and added health care costs.
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It was really impossible to break through in Russia. We couldn't buy any balls. We really didn't have any courts, no rackets, nothing. And no people to practice with.
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One is that you have to take time, lots of time, to let an idea grow from within. The second is that when you sign on to something, there will be issues of trust, deep trust, the way the members of a string quartet have to trust one another.
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The journey matters as much as the goal.
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People have crossed the Himalayas in flip-flops seeking a blessing from the Dalai Lama.
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People say my music is English. I don't know what it is. Maybe it's not me writing English music, but that English music is becoming more like me.
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I was on various anti-depressants, but not for long - I didn't function very well on them. I felt sort of flattened out.
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Growth is a panacea for many ills in society; not entirely, but many.
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Football is a simple game. Twenty-two men chase a ball for 90 minutes and at the end, the Germans always win.
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I'm a little bit of a hippie at heart, so I always wear things that are comfortable and flowing.
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It is important to call on God to intervene in our life, especially when we reach the point where we ourselves have become helpless.
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Dad was synonymous with his charm and wit and grace, and it was sort of the perfect way to go for him.
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I remember going on carriage rides with Dad when we'd visit. I think quiet L.A. suited him better, but he loved to see shows here, he loved to visit his friends in the Hamptons.
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I wasn't even popular at school.
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I don't think I've ever hosted anything in my life.
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War at this time and in this place is unwelcome, unwise, and simply wrong.
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People do make mistakes and I think they should be punished. But they should be forgiven and given the opportunity for a second chance. We are human beings.
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I don't really shout that much.
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. . . 'there's allays two 'pinions; there's the 'pinion a man has of himsen, and there's the 'pinion other folks have on him. There'd be two 'pinions about a cracked bell, if the bell could hear itself.'
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I got successful awfully quick, and I wanted it... But I do think there is responsibility to move the musical theater form forward. I think you always have to be aware of the work that came before and build on that.
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It's possible that the 2012 general-election race will be the least overtly religious one since 1972, the last campaign before Roe v. Wade and the rise of Jimmy Carter brought evangelicalism into the political mainstream. That's because faith remains a complicated issue for Obama, who is still wrongly thought to be a Muslim in some quarters.
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We need to tell the American public the truth. We need to let them know they're not the only ones struggling.
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Faith is contagious when we show it to one another.
