Wangari Maathai Quotes
In a few decades, the relationship between the environment, resources and conflict may seem almost as obvious as the connection we see today between human rights, democracy and peace.
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If we don't have God in our life, we're considered dead.
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In Iraq we must succeed. Failure is not an option.
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It's funny how a chubby kid can just be having fun, and people call it entertainment!
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I was a very focused kid. I always had this crazy lifestyle... billions of jobs, two hours of gymnastics every day, handball, anything with a ball, really. I must have had ADHD or something. I was very energetic, and very small. I didn't start growing until the last year of high school.
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I did every job under the sun from bartending to ushering to temping.
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Before my son was born, I use to tell people that I was looking forward to no longer being the star of my own movie; then Harry came along, and it was like, 'Whoa, I'm really not!'
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But there is no withdrawal, but with tobacco there is terrible withdrawal, it is almost impossible for a lot of people. I did, I went cold turkey, they never had any patches in those days but grass was not difficult, alcohol not difficult, but tobacco - oh my god.
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I want my fans to love themselves. It's almost like I want to hypnotize them so when they hear my music they love themselves instantly.
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The child is pronounced pretty. I think it quite otherwise.
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I try to basically keep my opinions to myself when it comes to people who are charged with crimes that I don't know anything about.
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Newark might be one of few the places where the politics is tougher than even Brooklyn.
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Kitchens are so important. They're the heart of everything.
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Love is like the measles. The older you get it, the worse the attack.
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In the landscape of extinction, precision is next to godliness.
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I've never been much of a computer guy at least in terms of playing with computers. Actually until I was about 11 I didn't use a computer for preparing for games at all. I was playing a bit online, was using the chess club mainly. Now, obviously, the computer is an important tool for me preparing for my games.
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Something about 'Battlestar' that I didn't realize when I took the job was this whole bubble aspect of closing people in and seeing what they do.
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More money has been lost trying to imitate 'Rocky' than 'Rocky' has made.
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Listen, I'm a sweet guy. I'm just intense at work. I have nothing but the end result in mind. My entire career has been like that.
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Communism... is the genuine resolution of the antagonism between man and nature and between man and man; it is the true resolution of the conflict between existence and essence, objectification and self-affirmation, freedom and necessity, individual and species. It is the riddle of history solved and knows itself as the solution.
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My god is narrative filmmaking.
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I get a lot of backlash for wearing designers that I feel are creators and artists. I get it all the time.
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Complacent ignorance is the most lethal sickness of the soul.
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I've been supporting Help for Heroes for many years - I actually rode in their first-ever official fundraiser back in 2008. I have witnessed the great work that Help for Heroes do to support those who have suffered life-changing injuries and illnesses, and I want to do all I can to help raise as much as possible.
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In a few decades, the relationship between the environment, resources and conflict may seem almost as obvious as the connection we see today between human rights, democracy and peace.
