Laura Chinchilla Quotes
You don't only have the need to do it well because leading a country is something quite important, but also because I am the first woman I have the obligation to do it the best possible way so my country can continue voting for women in the future. It is a big responsibility.
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SuperMemo is based on the insight that there is an ideal moment to practice what you've learned. Practice too soon and you waste your time. Practice too late and you've forgotten the material and have to relearn it. The right time to practice is just at the moment you're about to forget.
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After all, film is so porous, and to my mind, so oddly occult, that I think that film itself absorbs odd energies like a living skin.
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My idols are Janis Joplin and Annie Lennox, who are neither of them from the typical pop culture.
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I know from growing up in the spotlight, as it were, that the most important thing is your family.
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I like simple things. Elastic waists, so I can eat.
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Most people treat the present moment as if it were an obstacle that they need to overcome. Since the present moment is life itself, it is an insane way to live.
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Anyone who thinks it's smart to cut immigration is sentencing Australia to poverty.
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Normally, when congee is served, the different condiments and garnishes are placed in little bowls on the side so diners can make their own personal creations.
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My attitude is always one of sensuality, aggressive enthusiasm and a kind of outrageousness in my expression.
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I have one desire: That is to have a principle-based, member-driven Congress. Period. That's what I want.
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I'm not telling you what to do on the Sabbath, and you won't tell me.
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Going to parties usually makes me feel depressed, just because I have such social fear after meeting people.
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Recently I've been collecting Star Wars figures again. When I was a kid I couldn't afford them. Now I can so I've been buying them and keeping them in their box for a later date when they'll be worth a lot of money.
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The real challenge that we face in our communications with others is to condition our hearts to have Christlike feelings for all of Heavenly Father's children. When we develop this concern for the condition of others, we then will communicate with them as the Savior would.
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The relationship between violence and nonviolence in this country is interesting. The fact of the matter is, you know, people do respond to riots. The 1968 Housing Act was in large response to riots that broke out after Dr. Martin Luther King was killed. They cited these as an actual inspiration.
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Many actors come and disappear into oblivion. But not Salman Khan.
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To prosper and advance, the American business sector is going to need a financial system oriented toward business, not 'home ownership.'
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People with water-borne diseases occupy more than 50% of hospital beds across the world. Does the answer lie in building more hospitals? Really, what is needed is to give them clean water.
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I want to upset people, I want to make people think, I want to keep people interested.
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I consider most of the talent in the financial world to be suboptimal. It could be better placed earning its living in the real world.
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Despite all the gains for democracy in the world, in many countries anyone who wants to publish truths unwelcome to the government risks suppression and criminal punishment.
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Parents do bear some of the responsibility if they don't talk to their kids, are never around, even deny their kids the love that young girls often crave when they decide to have a baby.
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It is important to remember that great things have no fear of time. We've got to let go of the idea that what we want to manifest has to be done on our time schedule.
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You don't only have the need to do it well because leading a country is something quite important, but also because I am the first woman I have the obligation to do it the best possible way so my country can continue voting for women in the future. It is a big responsibility.
