Nana Mouskouri Quotes
How you looked was not important. It was what you did and how you did it. Decide to do it and then do it the best way you can.
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Traditionally, open-minded secular liberal rationalists have not made a case for tolerance.
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I made an album of healing music called 'Grace and Gratitude' that came from my soul.
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I learned that instead of relying on and imitating American music, there is a better chance for an Asian artist to succeed if he or she follows his or her own culture.
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What you need is one black dress I call Plan B. It doesn't have to be fabulous, it just looks good, covers up the problems and is neutral enough for dinner, business, a date, a funeral. You don't overwear it, you don't overwash it, because the Plan B is - gold.
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Forgiveness is about empowering yourself, rather than empowering your past.
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We are more casual about qualifying the people we allow to act as advocates in the courtroom than we are about licensing electricians.
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You know what a champion is? A champion is someone who's ready when the gong rings - not just before, not just after - but when it rings.
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Education is so important.
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I have a lot of friends and fans in Canada and as a matter of fact I met a fan from there that came down to my office. It was nice and we took pictures and had a nice talk.
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My biggest influences as an actor were Marlon Brando, and I really dug James Dean.
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Dave thought he was bigger than Van Halen the band. So there was this catfight going on for 10 years.
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When you see the audiences and the smiling faces at the shows it really makes up for the work that you put in. I have a job I really love so whatever hecticness comes up - I'll just deal with it.
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It's like driving a car at night. You never see further than your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way.
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I've come to feel that if I can't make something happen in under an hour and a half, it's not going to happen in a compelling way in a three-hour play.
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I used to be affected by criticism thrown at me, and I would get really down. But I got to a point where I just decided to go for it, no matter what negativity is around you.
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I think Russians today have a distorted picture of capitalism, liberal democracy and market economy.
Garry Kasparov -
Wear comfortable clothes when you fly; my preference is T-shirt and jeans.
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I like to do my own make-up.
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You know what I would love? I would love to be one of those actresses who can come out with a film or come out with a new commercial without the world knowing about it.
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It's more important than ever for America to rededicate itself to manufacturing at home. When we make more products in America, more American families will make it.
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'Fairness' can be an important quality for legislators to consider when they are passing public policies. But it is a subjective standard. And it has no place among judges on a court - whose duty is to dispassionately judge a law's constitutionality.
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It's funny because I never studied, I never took a class. So everything I do is very innate and organic; I don't really have words for it. It is a communion with spirit. I don't get in my own way and allow the character to do what it's going to do.
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I'm truly worried about the country's direction. I can tell you this categorically, we've got the weakest president and the weakest governor in the history of my 50 years of public service.
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How you looked was not important. It was what you did and how you did it. Decide to do it and then do it the best way you can.
