Christiana Figueres Quotes
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People say, 'You should let your hair out; you shouldn't be oppressed - you're not in Malaysia anymore. You should show your curves and be proud of it.' But I am proud - it's my choice to cover up my body. I'm not oppressed - I'm free.
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Maybe the one I enjoyed playing most was A Month in the Country.
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All my songs are where I am.
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Abundance is not something we acquire. It is something we tune into.
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I have a paranoia that 'Ablutions' is the best thing I'll ever do.
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I wouldn't do a film like 'The Dirty Picture.' I have a husband and kids, and I won't be able to do justice to such a role. You need a certain mentality and ease to carry such a character.
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Juilliard's mission statement is learn about the classics so you can use that as a springboard to anything that comes your way.
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Sometimes, by using the most over-the-top, ridiculous plot device you can imagine, you get some interesting little conflicts and cool things that you might not otherwise have a chance to explore.
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If I swim in the ocean, I have a shark thought. Not a bad one, but just a little one.
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My records do not require a lot of thought of 'What is this?' and 'What is that?' That would be too contrived for me.
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On a couple of occasions in the last weeks, I just said some things that weren‘t in keeping with what I knew to be the case and what I had written about in my book. And you know, I‘m embarrassed by it. I‘m very sorry I said it. I have said that, you know, it just didn‘t jive with what I had written about and knew to be the truth.
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Each acoustic guitar has its own character and personality. On a particular day, I might pick one up and start noodling around, looking for some emotional content in the chords.
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Neither guy wanted to yield. It was the third fight of their trilogy, and it was that important.
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There's a ghost in this house! An unquiet spirit!" Unquiet spirit?" Shane said under his breath. "Is that politically correct for pissed off? You know, like Undead American or something?
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If every choice you make comes from an honest place, you're solid, and nothing anybody can say about you can rock you or change your opinion
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I'm much happier and more fulfilled than I thought I would ever be, especially when I was going through a lot of grief when I was younger. I hope it lasts.
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As well might it be said that, because we are ignorant of the laws by which metals are produced and trees developed, we cannot know anything of the origin of steamships and railways.
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I took a public speaking class in college and managed to make the class laugh a little bit.
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A million years went by quick.
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Great parts produce great vices as well as virtues.
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I don't think [Dylan and the Beatles] influenced me a lot. I think it was inevitable; they were so powerful that you couldn't really escape the influence.
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I am involved in the land of a leonine and brave people, where every foot of the ground is like a well of steel, confronting my soldier. You have brought only one son into the world, but everyone in this land can be called an Alexander.
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We are just about to cross the 400 parts per million threshold.
