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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National armies fight nations, royal armies fight their like, the first obey a mob, always demented and the second a king, generally sane.
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All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.
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Y'all have no idea how many times I say, 'Yes, ma'am.'
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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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The most merciful thing in the world... is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents.
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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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Silence, you know, is the best place to get close to spirit for me.
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I had Tommy John my first year in pro ball. Going through that rehab process, I think that's what really helped me become a better pitcher, because I was kind of new to it, and I think it helped me learn how to repeat my delivery. It was a crazy journey.
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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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I love South By because people are more relaxed here, and people are a little more off guard. They say things and react more freely than Sundance or Cannes. I love the feel of this festival.
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I'm always happy when people choose to get another dog because it's a healthy and healing thing to do, and there are millions of them needing homes. But there is no single time frame to do it in because grieving is an intensely personal experience.
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The move to creating stories was a natural progression for me, but the most pivotal time was probably in 6th grade: That year, a friend introduced me to the stories of Ray Bradbury, and a student teacher introduced me to creative writing.
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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.
