Fernando Pessoa Quotes
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Where I'm focused now is how I get more women leaders. We decided not to just look outside the company for great women to hire, but to help women rise up through the ranks internally.
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When I first got Yves Saint Laurent Couture, I didn't know how to take off a cape. I would ask Katoucha and Dalma - the real divas of the runway - 'Can you show me?' I've never been afraid to ask for help.
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The truth is - I found myself doing these huge action-adventure movies, and um, and which are cool man. And I really love doing them. And thankfully I haven't had too much dialogue, because if I had I would have really made a mess of it. You know what I mean?
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The four walls of paper are like a prison because every idea wants to spring out in all directions - everything is connected with everything else, sometimes more than others.
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Frankly, we actresses are so much in a hurry. We feel we have very few years to shine in our career, so we neglect our personal life. But for me, both aspects are equally important. I don't want to grow old and have regrets.
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I got interested in decathlon because a coach that I had was a big fan of Bruce Jenner, and he just saw the ability in me - but when it came down to it, I knew my best chance at a college scholarship would be in track and field.
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Tossing doughnuts, fritters or fried dumplings in fennel sugar adds grown-up complexity without diminishing the indulgence factor.
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When I'm not a politician, I'll be dead.
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I don't intentionally go: 'Ooh, what is provocative,' and try to do that. I just do stuff, and people go: 'Ooh, that's provocative.'
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Let's just focus on unity and love.
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Without trust, you have nothing: trust is so important to me.
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I wanted to write for all children, even those kids who might see language as a threatening thing, even if English is their second language.
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I was 16 when I started modelling. It wasn't planned, but nothing in my life has or ever will be planned.
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The great act of faith is when a man decides he is not God.
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I don't like to tell lies.
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I put my foot in my mouth sometimes. I'll be the first to admit it.
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I love Al Pacino.
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Euphemisms are unpleasant truths wearing diplomatic cologne.
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Unless knowledge is transformed into wisdom, and wisdom is expressed in character; education is a wasteful process.
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One stands, in fact, in awe of the Constitution of the United States, though it is an idea and not quite a reality.
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President Obama is not polarizing, but the media sure is.
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Lost in a crowd of greats, not a single Oscar. That's showbiz.
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I'm a lion. I'm not tough, but I am strong. I'm definitely not a wallflower.
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All beginnings are involuntary.
