Christiana Figueres Quotes
The bottom line (is that) this is an agreement and a path that is protective of growth and development rather than threatening to growth and development.
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It takes two years on the stage for an actor or an actress to learn how to speak correctly and to manage his voice properly, and it takes about ten years to master the subtle art of being able to hold one's audience.
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We have the power to do any damn fool thing we want to do, and we seem to do it about every 10 minutes.
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The most inspiring objects are books. I have about 5,000 volumes in my home library. It's an unending source of visuals and ideas.
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I think Gadi Eizenkot is a very good commander.
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For the bureaucrat, the world is a mere object to be manipulated by him.
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For a spinner growing up in England, it is challenging to become an off-spinner. The line and length needs to be altered on each of the four days of county cricket or five days of Test matches. The pitches in England don't have a set pattern. It changes with each day, and accordingly, the length varies.
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In fiction, you know, there are no borders. You can go anywhere.
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The story of the human race is the story of men and women selling themselves short.
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Any terrorism is an attack on libertarian values.
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The South is brutalized to a degree not realized by its own inhabitants, and the very foundation of government, law and order, are imperilled.
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I was on morning TV for 10 years in Chicago.
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I'm sure other people in the business have considered reasons why they're doing what they're doing, but I do think that if you're gay you have a responsibility to come out.
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I think that with Donald Trump, the United States will have a president who is not ideologically limited; that is, he is an open person, much more interested in success, efficiency, and results than political theories.
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Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.
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As we maintain the vigil of peace, we must remember that justice is a vigil, too - a vigil we must keep in our own streets and schools and among the lives of all our people - so that those who died here on their native soil shall not have died in vain.
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I find a tremendous receptivity among the public for the subject matter of, 'Where did we come from and how did we get here?' People are thirsty and hungry for information on our origins. I feel a responsibility as a major figure in the area... to convey to the public the knowledge of human origins in a way that is understandable to them.
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We always felt that there was some hanky-panky going on with our money. We were the No. 1 group in the world, but we weren't paid like that.
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As a 9th grader, I competed with the high school kids and out of 600 people, I finished 10th.
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I give myself a non-negotiable eight-hour sleep opportunity every night.
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A two-party system is way too good for those two parties.
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Alas! it is a fearful thing To feel another's guilt!
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Chile isn't the biggest, richest or most powerful country in the world, but we should dedicate ourselves to transforming it into the best country in the world. We don't have a single minute to lose.
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The bottom line (is that) this is an agreement and a path that is protective of growth and development rather than threatening to growth and development.
