Karen Civil Quotes
I was born to Haitian parents, and the idea of giving back is really just a part of our culture. So, I don't think there was ever a moment that I questioned my call to philanthropy, but I can say that the more I've grown, the bigger that call has become.
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Some foreigners with full bellies and nothing better to do engage in finger-pointing at us. First, China does not export revolution; second, it does not export famine and poverty; and third, it does not mess around with you. So what else is there to say?
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I am neither a Bengali nor am I from Delhi's St Stephen's. I am an Allahabad boy.
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Some desire is necessary to keep life in motion, and he whose real wants are supplied must admit those of fancy.
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I moved about 45 minutes from West Hollywood, and I live surrounded by nature and the wilderness, but I constantly find myself walking around, like in the commercial, saying, 'Can you hear me now?'
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In the future, I'd like to see paleontology as a whole get a lot more quantitative.
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It makes you vulnerable to win an award. It's nice to get the attention, but your neck is stuck out.
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Anything that happens in your life was meant to happen. It is your destiny. I was destined to have the life I have now, and I can't have any regrets.
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In trouble to be troubled, Is to have your trouble doubled.
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I was good at math and science, and I got lots of degrees in lots of things, but in a parallel universe, I probably became a chef.
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I can be very ordinary looking.
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I have always thought that writers come with any variety of attributes. Some are capable and some aren't.
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Learning to read and write changes lives; it means jobs, money, health, and dreams fulfilled.
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I have a Rhodesian Ridgeback dog named Lola.
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There will be mental worries with the long jump before Rio, but I know I can get through it. It's just getting my confidence back. I know I have a big jump in me.
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I feel like a lot of comedians do have that deep, dark thing. I have my stuff, but I don't go to that dark place. Things are just way too good.
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In writing lyrics - well, for me, anyway - it's about getting into character, you know? 'Who is writing this?' In the case of the original 'Thick As A Brick,' supposedly a precocious, very young child who's fantasizing about his future and the context of all the confusing elements to which school boys are subjected at that time.
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I've got that Beethoven energy, that Stravinsky energy. And it's all a gift from the Creator.
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I feel like there should be a statute of limitations on scoring political points on the tragedy that was Hurricane Katrina.
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How do Ferrari know what I'm doing next year when I don't know what I'm doing next week?
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I grew up doing all that stuff because I was obsessed with the '50s. I had sock hops for birthday parties. So I've always done The Twist and stuff. It was pretty natural and, with my parents doing it all the time, I'd just copy them. Not very pretty.
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We do not see the divine intervention for which we yearn in our country because we think it is for us and our needs rather than an impetus for God’s mission.
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I'm definitely a fighter, like Christina Aguilera would say.
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To me, evil comes when you have a choice between that and good, and you choose the wrong way.
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I was born to Haitian parents, and the idea of giving back is really just a part of our culture. So, I don't think there was ever a moment that I questioned my call to philanthropy, but I can say that the more I've grown, the bigger that call has become.
