Catherine the Great Quotes
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Patience was not something that came naturally to me, but in cooking it is the quintessential skill.
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Re-examining our reasoning is not something that has come naturally to American statesmen.
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Capitalist production, therefore, develops technology, and the combining together of various processes into a social whole, only by sapping the original sources of all wealth - the soil and the labourer.
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My idols are Janis Joplin and Annie Lennox, who are neither of them from the typical pop culture.
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I posed nude to show my parents they couldn't dictate to me any more - that I control my life.
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Most of us, if we're not careful, tend to dehumanize the enemy.
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I get a lot of influence from pro wrestling. People are like, 'Oh, it's fake.' But it's not about whether the guy wins or loses, it's about how he entertains you the whole time you're watching.
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I'm not really that girl who dreams about her wedding day.
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I'm a big baseball fan, and I feel proprietary about the Dodgers. I'm not the owner. I'm not the manager. But I feel passionate about the decisions that they make, and I take it personally when they make decisions I don't like.
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In tactics and training, we do more with Conte. We work a lot of tactical positions, and we know exactly what we have to do on the pitch, where I have to go, and where the defenders have to go. We know exactly what to do.
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I'm less crazy and unhappy when I'm writing.
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Dogs got personality. Personality goes a long way.
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Whenever you do a new interpretation of a great, previous text of any kind, you always look for some kind of immediate significance right now.
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A dead end street is a good place to turn around.
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I weighed 25 stone, and I didn't stand nine feet tall, so the weight didn't sit well on me. As big as a house? No. I was as big as an estate.
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Analyzing what you haven't got as well as what you have is a necessary ingredient of a career.
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I'm the most Colombian of the Colombians, even though I've lived 47 years outside of Colombia. I've lived 13 years in New York, and I never did a painting about New York. I've lived in France more than 30 years, and I've never painted Paris.
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I rolled up my sleeves and said, 'I want to make a mark on this world.'
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I have this threadbare caftan from the '60s that I got at a vintage store years ago - it's basically a muumuu. My friends are astonished that I wear it, but I love it. It's this light fabric that just moves with me.
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What I'll take credit for is finding visionary people in the company, or bringing them in, and then empowering them to help me.
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My baby is amazing; even his head smells amazing. His breath, the whole thing, you could eat him! He's a big, beautiful boy. He's great.
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I'm a huge James Bond fan and watched the movies growing up.
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Initially, I thought problems on how the brain works to be the most interesting. But it was necessary to be practical and concentrate on less obscure matters when I entered Washington State College. Besides, there were no courses given in neurobiology.
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One does not always do the best there is. One does the best one can.
