Christiana Figueres Quotes
I still do not understand why we don't have people on the streets every single day raising their voices for climate.
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Nothing is over and done with. Nothing. Not even your malice.
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I grew up watching Super J-Cup tournaments and things like that, and those were pretty cool.
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All I suggest is to make K-12 like higher education. Higher education in the United States is the best in the world because these institutions compete with each other for your tuition dollar. Let's just bring competition to public education.
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When you're surrounded by all these people, it can be even lonelier than when you're by yourself. You can be in a huge crowd, but if you don't feel like you can trust anybody or talk to anybody, you feel like you're really alone.
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I think, for the majority of my twenties, I was always so concerned with what I didn't have, or what I still wanted.
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Write for yourself. That's it. And write every day.
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All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.
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My low center of gravity allows me to defend takedowns a lot better than most people. It's very hard to get to my legs. It's going to be really hard to take me down. There are a lot of positives to being my size.
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Whether it goes to series or stands by itself, I'm proud of what we did with it, not only from the standpoint of what it could have been, but for itself.
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Public and employer opinion often defeat society's best interests with a prejudice against middle-aged women.
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For me to own land in Detroit, it was a badge of honor, and it was support for the city.
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When debts are not paid because they cannot be paid, the best thing to do is not talk about them, and shuffle the cards again.
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I never took any elocution lessons, no diction lessons. I might have been a pretty decent broadcaster if I had, but what you see, I'm afraid, is what you get.
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I don't think I do look like an A-Lister. I'm more interested in being comfortable in my own skin than trying to be somebody I'm not. Gimme jeans, an old T-shirt, cowboy boots and a baseball cap any day.
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Tolerance is just a makeshift, suitable for an overcrowded and overheated planet. It carries on when love gives out, and love generally gives out as soon as we move away from our home and our friends.
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‘Are you sure?’ I said that sure was just what I wasn’t anything but.
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I usually hang out on the set. I get to know everybody. I have a nice time with the other actors.
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From my hair to my toes to my nails. Everything's fake. Everything! Even my heart is fake.
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The sovereign state has in our times become a lethal danger to human civilization because technical developments enable it to employ an infinite number and variety of means of destruction.
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People have to see play as more important than what it currently is. We don't want to get boxed into thinking play only happens on a playground. The best type of play is all kinds of play.
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Early Nineties - that was what it was all about: how people dressed on the terraces.
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The piercing nail has become a key to unlock the door, that I may see the good will of the Lord. And what can I see as I look through the hole? Both the nail and the wound cry out that God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself... Through these sacred wounds we can see the secret of his heart, the great mystery of love.
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It's strange to play outdoors, especially in the daytime. But we're figuring it out. The rules are different for festival shows - how you talk to the crowd, how you can try to get them involved. Things are just a little different, and I think we've learned to adapt our show.
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I still do not understand why we don't have people on the streets every single day raising their voices for climate.
