Christiana Figueres Quotes
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I think comedy has evolved like every art form, and people probably do less standing around and telling jokes, and more things that have to do with reality.
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I had a sense of what leadership meant and what it could do for you. So am I surprised that I am sitting up here on the 62nd floor of Rockefeller Plaza? No.
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I'm aware of the decisions I make and the responsibility I have as a role model. I wouldn't disregard that. It's a privilege.
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In tight quarters, it's important to choose small-scale items.
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I'm not really a fan of healthy food - I love eating! But, of course, I do work out.
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With age, you get to a place where you don't want to knock people out. You just want to give people a hug.
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I use to live on this street when I was a kid where there was an old person retirement home, and all of the old people would listen to that band Herman's Hermits, and they would wear white nursing shoes. And they would throw away stacks of VHS tapes, and I would go through the trash and take them.
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I knew I was destined to be a rock star. I just knew it, like I've always had the power of foresight. I feel right now exactly the way I felt after I finished mixing my first solo album 'New York Groove'.
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The number one priority in life is to take care of yourself and make sure you're happy.
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The historical problem of the United States is to admit that it is a multiracial and multi-ethnic nation.
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Consciously picking the right script after a long period of wait helped me grab a perfect film in the rom-com genre.
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I remember going to a monastery library when I was very young and being surrounded by ancient books. I fell in love.
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Life's too short when you find yourself sitting in a car for four hours every day trying to get from East L.A. to West L.A. to Hollywood and then back to East L.A.
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Love is alike to death, annihilates the senses, My heart it breaks as well, the spirit's drawn from hence
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With a lot of contemporary musicals, the songs are like a calling card: the action stops for them.
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I believe that the Holocaust is the most significant event in human history.
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I don't feel like myself without the red lip. I feel like I'm taking a risk or something without it.
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So we got there at 6 a.m. We'd be shooting by 6:45. We wouldn't break for lunch, we'd just pass food around all day. And we would just rock and roll 'til 4, then Matty Libatique, our great cinematographer, would say, 'Outta light, guys' - and that was it.
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Because I am Olympic champion, everyone assumes I am this perfect athlete who should never lose. Every time I step in the ring, I am expected to win.
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'Partita' is a simple piece. Born of a love of surface and structure, of the human voice, of dancing and tired ligaments, of music, and of our basic desire to draw a line from one point to another.
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Personal style says so much about who you are. What you wear can entice different things from within you.
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Taking off your clothes is one thing. Taking off your clothes and your legs is an entirely different matter.
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We have a very different set of realities.
