Christiana Figueres Quotes
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Anyone familiar with my work knows that I am extremely critical of all religious faiths.
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It delights me that I don't fit the stereotype of an actress.
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If I allow journalists to describe a collection and they make mistakes, I'm upset, because the retractions are never noticed.
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In a gentle way, you can shake the world.
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Parents are telling other parents that you can save a lot of money renting. Forever they've been looking for a solution to higher textbook prices.
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The essence of science is independent thinking, hard work, and not equipment. When I got my Nobel Prize, I had spent hardly 200 rupees on my equipment.
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Peace is the virtue of civilization. War is its crime.
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Father's Day each year makes me grateful for what my father did for me. This has little to do with our relationship, and much to do with what he taught me.
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I never identified with anybody. I have always been very sensitive about my color, because everybody called me 'yellow gal.' I was caught in between both sides - nobody wanted me. I love that my audience is there, but I always feel as though I have to fend for myself.
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Jon Jones, grow up, bud. We're going to fight regardless of how you feel. And when we do, and I'm cutting the line, and you might as well pull the guard because I'm taking you down.
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It was only a few years ago that I couldn't get hired to save my life.
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The Bible calls us to love our neighbors, and to do justice and love kindness, not to indiscriminately kill one another.
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I'm probably the wealthiest Indian in America.
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I can't even say what my greatest fear is because I, I can't even imagine. Being without my family... I can't even say it because it makes me cry.
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I can make my own decisions, I can do the music I like. If I fail, it's me failing - you know.
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When I went to record my first album, which should have been a punk album, there was a synthesiser in the control room. I'd never seen one before but they let me have a go on it and I loved it to bits.
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I write about the trials and triumphs of contemporary life - and often the readers see themselves between the lines of the story.
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In England, an inventor is regarded almost as a crazy man, and in too many instances, invention ends in disappointment and poverty. In America, an inventor is honoured, help is forthcoming, and the exercise of ingenuity, the application of science to the work of man, is there the shortest road to wealth.
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Well, Dwight was born to be No. 2 and I don't think he would know what to do as a leader. But he loves following. He would have made a great fascist.
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... protection of life is NOT a legitimate use for a firearm in this country sir! Not! That is expressly ruled out!
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Rocks are more co-operative than people.
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Not really. I'm not a fan of Chinese food.
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You don't run a marathon with one step.
