Amy Poehler Quotes
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A leader has the vision and conviction that a dream can be achieved. He inspires the power and energy to get it done.
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My father got me involved in the game when I was four years old.
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We need more people working in the publishing industry itself who are people of colour.
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Every morning I wake up and thank God.
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I'm a freestyle creative entrepreneur. Not a businessman. I like to create ventures in which creativity stands at the centre.
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I mean, sometimes when you do a show or a campaign with a designer, you get along with them really well and you become friends. And then, sometimes, people are just a bit... weird.
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People first concern themselves with meeting their basic needs; only afterwards, do they pursue any higher needs.
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If you think about a Thanksgiving dinner, it's really like making a large chicken.
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To take part in this brothel through the payment of my taxes, that had become to me unbearable.
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There is no better high than discovery.
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I didn't and don't go to Internet for any business purposes. The book sales for me by this point are way beyond any influence I might have, positively, or others might have, negatively.
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Thousands of years ago, civilizations flourished in Africa which suffer not at all by comparison with those of other continents. In those centuries, Africans were politically free and economically independent. Their social patterns were their own and their cultures truly indigenous.
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What is new in the world? Nothing. What is old in the world? Nothing. Everything has always been and will always be.
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My driving record is not exemplary, but I have never had a speeding ticket over 100 m.p.h. I can say that unequivocally.
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The very provision of benches by the council or the corporation acknowledges the human need to be private in public, to be conspicuously idle, to have nothing better to do.
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When you have an iPad and 75 books on it, it's so easy to go, 'I'm bored, I'm just going to read something else.'
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As I mentioned, I was a carpenter for a time.
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But I think we need to remember that democracy everywhere is by its nature incomplete, a work in progress.
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You can't take on the qualities of a character that you'd never be cast in - and no one would ever cast you in.
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My main exercise is cardio. The treadmill is fine, but running outdoors gives me the best results. I try to log 6 to 8 miles a week. I could be in the worst mood, but when I do my cardio, I feel much, much better.
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It's so easy as a child to identify with 'Winnie-the-Pooh.' The humour doesn't talk down at you. It's a very grown up humour - a little bit ironic, a bit self deprecating.
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My career is an open book, but my life is not.
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From 1911 to 1928, the country was officially called Republic of China, but in reality, it was actually split between different warlords. It was one of the liveliest periods in Chinese history. It is therefore quite theatrical, and it is good for making films.
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Adventure and danger can be good for your heart and soul.
