Christiana Figueres Quotes
This is probably the most difficult task we have ever given ourselves, which is to intentionally transform the economic development model, for the first time in human history.
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I like 'MacNeil/Lehrer.'
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Sydney's beautiful, the weather's great, and the air's fresh and clean, but it doesn't have the scene and the amount of likeminded people. At home, things are very comfortable, but I feel like putting myself out there a bit.
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Pushing the boundaries of polite society does not just fall under the purview of crime fiction authors.
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I have American in-laws, and I care about the environment. We don't use disposable diapers, which, of course, creates an environmental problem of our own.
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Slang is a language that rolls up its sleeves, spits on its hands and goes to work.
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The Afro-American is thus the backbone of the South.
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I am not suggesting that just by taking the Metro, I will save billions. But I hope others will follow.
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I was raised to be an independent woman, not the victim of anything.
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Just to be remembered is good enough for me. Lots of people are forgotten.
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When I was nine, I was singing western swing: Roy Rogers and Patsy Cline. It got me noticed because no one my age was doing it, but it made me feel inferior because none of my friends could relate to it.
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I've said my piece. My time now is entirely focused on family.
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I believe that whenever I want to learn something I can learn it much better and faster by myself if I'm motivated to learn it as opposed to kind of doing it in more a standard, institutionalized way.
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I do a lot of American plays. I've done a lot of Arthur Miller, Tennessee Williams and Neil Simon. I was in 'Sisters Rosensweig,' 'Six Degrees of Separation,' all of that stuff. So we're very familiar with America. I did 400 performances of 'Born Yesterday.' I did 700 performances of 'They're Playing Our Song.'
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It is simply that America is very rich and very powerful and generally speaking everybody hates the rich and the powerful.
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Your whole perspective changes on what's possible. You can make dreams happen.
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People's judgments of their capabilities to organize and execute courses of action required to attain designated types of performances.
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Beauty is to enthuse us for work, and work is to raise us up
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With engaging prose, Engelman takes readers on a delightful journey?that both entertains and educates ? of modern civilization and women's central role to ensuring the economic and social well-being of their families, communities, nations and the global community.
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I get more tired by travelling than anything.
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Christmas is the season I use to clock failure in life. It stops time, as it were, on the year - where you are in it, where you are in your travail unto the grave.
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I try to ignore it, but it's sinking in that I'm, I'm all alone with me.
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This is probably the most difficult task we have ever given ourselves, which is to intentionally transform the economic development model, for the first time in human history.
