Dalia Grybauskaite Quotes
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I feel so gratified about having finished college. I learned how to articulate myself. It gave me confidence more than anything. And also the ability to analyze the text.
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I don't sit under the tattoo gun unless I'm sold on it completely and it will define me as a person.
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Children refuse to compromise. Adults learn how.
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I would rather be lying in a bed than changing one.
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What we hear now is great-sounding records with great-sounding grooves and loops. And the sound of these records is irresistible, but the craft of songwriting is just about over. That's why, whenever I get an opportunity to do an album full of standards, I jump at it because I miss it.
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Maybe it's a tired tale, but without an education, you're not going to go anywhere.
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What's certain is that a totalitarian enclave like Cuba's can't continue to exist, so change will definitely come there, eventually.
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Neil Young is the prime example, the grand goal, if you will. He's still shredding, and he never lost his credibility.
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I want to do as little as possible when I finish playing ball - just spend a lot more time with my family.
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Those who are believers in God find strength from their faith in the face of suffering. They are compelled to give sacrificially to help those in need. And they have the hope that comes from knowing that, with God by their side, the tragedy they are facing is never the final word.
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He groaned slightly and winced, like Prometheus watching his vulture dropping in for lunch.
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Of course, success takes you where your character can't sustain you.
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It's no sin to admit that you feel vulnerable and lost.
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I love touching. I always touch people.
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I think we learn the most from imperfect relationships - things like forgiveness and compassion.
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As an actor, you act in order to make a living. Then, when you can make a living, you start acting because you want to do what you love to do. I need to remind myself of that a lot.
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My life style in a sense is kind of private.
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It's not just professional athletes and soldiers who are at risk from traumatic brain injury. More than 1.7 million people a year sustain a traumatic brain injury, and about 50,000 of them die each year, according the Centers for Disease Control. There are both emotional and financial costs from these injuries.
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We all knew the book well because it's the cult book in Latin America. For me, this was a sacred territory. I would not have ventured into it by myself.
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There are no heroes on the battlefield, my lady; there are only survivors.
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Issie asks, "Why iron?" Devyn goes into full geek mode and answers before I can, "Iron is one of the last elements that is created by stellar nucleosynthesis." I have no idea what he just said. Neither does anone else.
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Every page was once a blank page, just as every word that appears on it now was not always there, but instead reflects the final result of countless large and small deliberations. All the elements of good writing depend on the writer's skill in choosing one word instead of another. And what grabs and keeps our interest has everything to do with those choices.
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I work very hard to achieve simplicity, which is never natural, never spontaneous. It's always obtained at the price of a great effort.
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Hard work, courage and commitment - these are the key elements for success.
