Nuno Oliveira Quotes
The hands have to be like concrete when the horse resists and like butter when he yields.
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We all have these challenges and stereotypes that exist, but you can't let that hold you down... If that's the first thing you think about as a black woman - the challenge that lies ahead - you are thinking in the wrong direction, in my opinion.
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In a lot of ways, I wasn't a normal teenager.
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In my opinion it is less shameful for a king to be overcome by force of arms than by bribery.
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The relationship with time changes when you're captive.
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Christ was only crucified once and for a few hours. Think of the hundreds of thousands whom Christ has been crucifying in a quiet way ever since.
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I don't believe in an outside agent that creates the world, then walks away. But I feel very strongly there is an intelligence at work in every flower, in every blade of grass, in every cell of my body. And it is that intelligence that, I wouldn't say created the universe. It is creating the universe. It's an ongoing process.
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Nothing says, 'I pay attention to detail!' like footwear flattery from a boy.
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In an art school it's very hard to tell who is the best.
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I'm a dilettante. My governing word is 'curiosity.'
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I like to push the limit to how much air we can put in the football, even go over what they allow you to do and see if the officials take air out of it.
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As a kid, I was obsessed with space. Well, I was obsessed with nuclear science too, to a point, but before that, I was obsessed with space, and I was really excited about, you know, being an astronaut and designing rockets, which was something that was always exciting to me.
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I have a lot of things to prove to myself. One is that I can live my life fearlessly.
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I think feeling bitter or angry is really useless.
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I had two primary cancers, which was pretty unusual. And when I got the second one, people told me such terrible bad-news stories, they instigated fears that weren't there in the first place. I do remember with such gratitude one doctor saying to me, 'Two primaries? That's nothing. I've seen a patient with six.'
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Defeat the fear of death and you welcome the death of fear.
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Irrigate crops at short intervals and apply light irrigation especially in the evening.
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You must have faith in God.
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In no case can I permit myself to be a candidate of any party or yield myself to any party schemes.
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The generals have a saying: "Rather than make the first move it is better to wait and see. Rather than advance an inch it is better to retreat a yard." This is called going forward without advancing, pushing back without using weapons. There is no greater misfortune than underestimating your enemy. Underestimating your enemy means thinking that he is evil. Thus you destroy your three treasures and become an enemy yourself. When two great forces oppose each other, the victory will go to the one that knows how to yield.
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I grew up in a really bad situation; my father left when I was young - you know, an abusive situation. So the minute I put my fingers on a guitar and closed my eyes and just played, it literally was like a drug. It took me into a totally different world, and I just pulled from emotions and experiences that I was going through.
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The hands have to be like concrete when the horse resists and like butter when he yields.
