Salma Hayek Quotes
My mother was devoted to helping people - with my father's money! - who had great voices but didn't have the financial means to study music. He and my mum gave away dozens of music scholarships, and my mum opened a school in town, introduced opera to children and created fantastic programmes.
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I can easily hold two opposing beliefs at the same time without any problem, which I find - well, mind-expanding, really.
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I don't care tuppence whether I'm forced into a leadership position or not. I'd much sooner not.
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I figure that that has a ten year cycle. At the end of that ten years, I began to get worried that I would run into what is known as the writer's block, the feeling of not being able to do these things.
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Some people are used to having things done for them by her parents, I am not. I can do it myself.
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When I see a dolphin, I know it's just as smart as I am.
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I never thought of Kim Basinger in terms of age. For me she embodies woman with her subtleties and intricacies. She's sensual and intellectually engaging, elegant with a very strong personal style.
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I'm the kind of guy who grew up listening to Three Dog Night and Lynyrd Skynyrd.
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You gotta take care of the people that are part of the foundation. If you don't, it crumbles.
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In the name of the constitution of Texas, which has been trampled upon, I refuse to take this oath. I love Texas too well to bring civil strife and bloodshed upon her.
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The U.S. has spent billions of dollars on educating and supporting teachers or developing curricula but no resources are applied to 'improving the brain' that a student brings to the classroom.
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I happen to be the kind of reader who, if I like something, I don't want it to end.
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I think there's nothing that can drive you more than a huge dream or a huge challenge.
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Over the years to come, one thing is for certain: if the monarchy wishes to stay relevant and in power, it will have to change more.
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Different directors offer you different things, and it's not necessarily the most obvious things.
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I can't cook to save my life.
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Leadership that exploits and sacrifices young people on the altar of its goals is nothing more than raw, demonic power. Genuine leadership is found in ceaseless efforts to foster young people, to pave the way forward for them.
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With all of the qualities of the scene-setting, the dialogue, the place and time and the time and place in which your characters move. And I want to move with the characters, move with them and describe the world in which they are living.
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Transsexualism is far less common than homosexuality, and the research is in its infancy. Scattered studies have looked at brain activity, finger size, familial recurrence, and birth order.
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If I were the president, I would tape everything that is said around me and what I said, because we know how sometimes things get misconstrued.
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You have to speak your mind, but without being cruel.
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My upbringing is why I am the person I am today. I have very wise parents.
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I'm very careful. I think about everything. Some people go, 'Oh, I went out and bought something and didn't realise how much it was,' but there's no such thing with me. I always think about the future because I never want to go backwards.
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My mother was devoted to helping people - with my father's money! - who had great voices but didn't have the financial means to study music. He and my mum gave away dozens of music scholarships, and my mum opened a school in town, introduced opera to children and created fantastic programmes.
