Ingrid Betancourt Quotes
You don't master your fear. You're not able to say, 'I'm not going to be scared.' But what you can do is say, 'OK, I'm very very scared, but I have to do this and this and this.'
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I've been writing music since 4th grade, and I love putting words together and expressing things in a way that you can move your head to and you can really relate to, because I have a lot to say.
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Science fiction has these obsessions with certain sciences - large scale engineering, neuroscience.
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I'm not pessimistic about much of anything.
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Orange juice from concentrate is labeled. Food coloring Red #5 is labeled. Fish are labeled as to whether they've been previously frozen. To a consumer, there's no plausible reason why these factors should be on a food ingredient label while the presence of GMOs shouldn't be.
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You will die but the carbon will not; its career does not end with you. It will return to the soil, and there a plant may take it up again in time, sending it once more on a cycle of plant and animal life.
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For most of my career, I've played roles that were written for other actresses.
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Beauty at 70 years old isn't the same as beauty at 20 years old, but it is stunning nonetheless.
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When one sings, one does not speak about the problems of the every day. One speaks about the things which inspire us, which helped us.
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People have been doing this for hundreds of thousands of years: using whatever is available to build shelter. If you ponder what could be used, then building materials are everywhere.
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We all need ways to express ourselves, and poetry is one of mine.
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Whenever you show up on a set where you haven't been from the beginning - at least myself - I'm kind of quiet. I just watch the politics and how everything unfolds.
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From my point of view, I'm a totally normal person! Really! I have a family. I have kids. I have a house... I don't have a dog.
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I want my son to become aware that he is in charge of the choices he makes, and it's good to make thoughtful, good choices.
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Great leaders have a heart for people. They take time for people. They view people as the bottom line, not as a tool to get to the bottom line.
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I came from nothing really to something; I came from the gutter to making the gutters.
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If there is a God, atheism must seem to Him as less of an insult than religion.
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The first job I ever had was singing in a jazz club when I was like 15 with my friend, and we earned like 70 bucks. We were like, 'Oh my God!'
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Socialism is good when it comes to wages, but it tells me nothing when it comes to other questions in life that are more private and painful, for which I must seek answers elsewhere.
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I think that what I'd like to instil is that if you join the youth theatre, it's a gateway into greater career prospects.
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No one should have to live in fear.
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I mean, you know actors, we always want to do something else, something different.
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There are at least as many galaxies in our observable universe as there are stars in our galaxy.
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People are questioning if Ted Cruz can legally run for president because he was born in Canada. And the last thing we want to do is pave the way for a President Bieber.
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You don't master your fear. You're not able to say, 'I'm not going to be scared.' But what you can do is say, 'OK, I'm very very scared, but I have to do this and this and this.'
