Coco Chanel Quotes
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Through every victory and every setback, I've insisted that change is never easy and never quick; that we wouldn't meet all of our challenges in one term, or one presidency, or even in one lifetime.
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Altruism raises your mood because it raises your self-esteem, which increases happiness. Plus, giving to others gets you outside of yourself and distracts you from your problems.
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When people think girl adventurers, they tend to think of a spunky, plucky tom-boy with a chip on her shoulder. I'm not saying that this makes for a dull character, but I think other types of adventurous girls exist. It's easy to fall into well-established tropes, believing that the tropes of a genre define the genre itself.
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Yoga helps me with a composed and serene state of mind, which is good for writing.
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I think snow is so evocative and has such a powerful atmosphere.
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Generally, I'm not writing about genomes or anything like that. But people underestimate the creativity you use in science and the rigor you need in music. They basically have the same path.
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A great myth is relevant as long as the predicament of humanity lasts; as long as humanity lasts. It will always work, on those who can receive it, the same catharsis.
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At school, I was the classroom clown - I was always being thrown out for being naughty. Before I left, a teacher called me in and suggested I became an actor.
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Eighty percent of the cases used in the typical MBA program are about successful companies. Students graduate with this notion that 'If I do everything that the people in those cases did, then my organization will grow and be successful, too.'
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I think the reason people are dealing with science less well now than 50 years ago is that it has become so complicated.
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I'd rather not ever make anything overly simple just because I'm scared people won't get it.
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I find it so weird when the media calls me 'small screen super star.' I don't think I'm one!
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I've never liked watching real-life couples play couples onscreen or onstage. It takes me out of the story.
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Look, nobody is born with a sociology degree, and no one can understand all perspectives. Nobody's going to get it all from the very start. But the Internet at least allows everyone to hear these perspectives at a much faster rate than if we had to do it without it.
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When you put on a uniform, there are certain inhibitions that you accept.
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Every black man in Chicago walks through the world differently, and I think what young black boys do is observe, and that's what gives them their road map.
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I got too old to live in the bush. You really need to be youngish and healthy, so it seemed stupid to keep going.
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For most people, the major hurdle in grasping modern insights into the nature of the universe is that these developments are usually phrased using mathematics.
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When I see you again, I will be sporting the latest in orthopedic accessories, and I am sure going through the metal detector at the airport is going to be an event.
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I see many people die because they judge that life is not worth living. I see others paradoxically getting killed for the ideas or illusions that give them a reason for living (what is called a reason for living is also an excellent reason for dying). I therefore conclude that the meaning of life is the most urgent of questions.
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The feeling is often the deeper truth, the opinion the more superficial one.
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When putting on accessories, take off the last thing you've put on.
