Christiana Figueres Quotes
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I was having a lot of people ask me to update 'The Shock Doctrine' and add a chapter about Trump.
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The camera cannot lie, but it can be an accessory to untruth.
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I cannot live with someone who can't live without me.
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The truth cannot be deceptive, and one who sees it cannot be deceived.
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An appeal is when you ask one court to show its contempt for another court.
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It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves.
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I ask for a lot of advice from different fathers - all kinds of dads.
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Bolivar cannot carry double.
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We should always be aspiring to know more, and to better ourselves, and to improve ourselves. To improve ourselves, because that's how we improve the world around us, by working within us.
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The only thing I cannot resist is temptation.
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The answers are all out there, we just need to ask the right questions.
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If you can't forgive, don't ask to be forgiven.
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The force that keeps the planets revolving around the sun would be glad to handle the circumstances of your life, if only you would ask him to.
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Withholding love is a form of self-sabotage, as what we withhold from others we are withholding from ourselves.
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If we never take a risk, we'll never know the parts of ourselves that would have emerged if we had.
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Something we were withholding made us weak, until we found it was ourselves.
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We must not promise what we ought not, lest we be called on to perform what we cannot.
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Were to ask whether the writers recommend visiting Mexico City, the response would be both firm and passionate: “Yes, of course.” Because this is the best city on the planet, in spite of itself.
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Most of my family doesn't speak English. It's so important for the baby. He's going to know all his American roots, but he also needs to know about his Brazilian side.
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We are born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Everything in-between is a gift.
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You never think of your freedom until it's taken away from you, and once it's taken... So, it means everything to me. You couldn't put a price tag on it.
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The night before, I'd gone overboard with my Lila poems, and maybe it's true that I was hoping that in them he'd see the genius of me, the beauty of my words in his hands.
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I think it's kinda cool. I think the word would be, um, tasteless!
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We cannot ask others to do what we have not done ourselves.
