Alma (Alma-Sofia Miettinen) Quotes
I haven’t had time to stop and think about all the things that have happened but it’s just crazy. I’m super glad and super honored that people like me. It’s just crazy. Also as a Finnish person that has never happened. I’m the only one from Finland, so it just feels super good.
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Love is the flower of life, and blossoms unexpectedly and without law, and must be plucked where it is found, and enjoyed for the brief hour of its duration.
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Lillian Gish thought that there should be a cabinet position for the arts and I think she was right. I think she was right.
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Before I started doing the film and when I found out I was going to be doing it, I just decided to pump up on the whole cardio stuff. Just in terms of stamina.
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There is no question that Iraq is one of the main problems. You'd have to be blind not to see what a magnet and generating force it's become for terrorist groups.
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Take time to enjoy the flight - read a good book, watch a film, catch up on emails and sleep.
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We should not have the U.S. government buying stock in American industries - the financial industry or any other industry.
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Money without brains is always dangerous.
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It's hard to beat the rough texture of steel-cut oats, with their slight resistance against the teeth.
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Some people talk as if meeting the gaze of absolute goodness would be fun. They need to think again. They are still only playing with religion. Goodness is either the great safety or the great danger-according to the way you react to it.
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Seek out your brothers and sisters of other cultures and join together in building alliances to put an end to all forms of racial discrimination, bigotry, and prejudice. There are people of good will of all races, religions, and nations who will join you in common quest for the betterment of society.
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Elie Wiesel and his book 'Night' have changed my life, shifting the way I see and treat people and inspiring me to fight injustices any way I am able.
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Grateful daughters of God guard their bodies carefully, for they know they are the wellsprings of life, and they reverence life. They don't uncover their bodies to find favor with the world. They walk in modesty to be in favor with their Father In Heaven. They know he loves them dearly.
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It took me a year just to edit 'Shotgun Stories.' Actually, it took me two years to edit 'Shotgun Stories.'
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If you laid all our laws end to end, there would be no end.
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There's something in music that fascinates me - how it communicates emotion so immediately. That's something I wanted in my paintings.
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Since retiring from the FBI in 2007, I've traveled the world and worked with everyone from CEOs to their managers and everyday workers on how to apply techniques from hundreds of high-stakes, life-or-death negotiations to business negotiations.
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I think about Ellen DeGeneres, seeing her every single day on a show. Her identity is there every day, but what leads the way is her talent and how much you like her.
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We never can tell how our lives may work to the account of the general good, and we are not wise enough to know if we have fulfilled our mission or not.
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There's an imbalance when if a woman goes out for a walk at 3 in the morning and something happens to her it was somehow her fault, and with a man that's not true.
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There should be a background check every time a firearm is transferred. You shouldn't be able to go to a gun show and buy guns without a background check. There are Internet gun sales, classified ads in the newspapers - and you can buy guns without background checks.
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I love musicians. I think artists are the most amazing people because they're constantly creating beauty for the world. With all the crazy stuff going on in the world, then there's artists reminding us of our humanity and reminding us of our heart and soul and what really matters.
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Cheerfully fessing up to our failures turns crazy mind off, humility and compassion on. I learned this in a karate dojo that had a strange tradition. Everyone there loved recounting failure stories, and after an evening of smacking one another, we'd sit and have a beer while the students swapped tales of martial arts disaster.
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We're moving to be more of a plant-based society.
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I haven’t had time to stop and think about all the things that have happened but it’s just crazy. I’m super glad and super honored that people like me. It’s just crazy. Also as a Finnish person that has never happened. I’m the only one from Finland, so it just feels super good.
