Maria Conchita Alonso Quotes
I have friends who hide in their bedroom for three days every time they have another birthday. That's what brings the wrinkles! I didn't care when I turned 30 or 40 or 50.
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I am a Buddhist.
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A new untruth is better than an old truth.
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Most people who are looking to get a handgun are going to get a carry permit. But most people don't carry around rifles with them; they keep them at home or at the range.
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Give a boy address and accomplishments and you give him the mastery of palaces and fortunes where he goes.
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Seeing a catering truck feels like home.
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Each of us have things and thoughts and descriptions of an amazing universe in our possession that kings in the 17th Century would have gone to war to possess.
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I think the most expensive thing I've bought thus far is my Rolex.
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I very much want to be in the business of creating content, of doing stories all over the world rather than figuring out what the business model is for 'Newsweek' on the iPad, although that's very important work as well.
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I champion sensibly designed racial affirmative action, not because I have benefited from it personally - though I have. I support it because, on balance, it is conducive to the public good.
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You don't actually have control of the position people want you to be in. If they say, 'You king of the blacks,' you're king of the blacks - whether you like it or not.
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I started off singing in church as a child. The sound of voices coming together, that was my first moment of touching something outside of myself.
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The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.
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Tar sands oil is the dirtiest fuel on Earth. Because producing it consumes so much energy, a gallon of tar sands crude generates 17 percent more carbon pollution than conventional crude oil.
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I will only think of settling down after Salman Khan, the other most eligible bachelor, plans to settle down. We are eligible bachelors, but he's the rock star, so let him get married first; then I'll think about myself.
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Writing is just very difficult. I'm an adequate performer. And I think I have a special talent as an editor. Editing is what I do best.
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I love the Kerastase Hair Oils and the Philip Kingsley Elasticizer. They're great for making my hair really soft, but to be honest, any cheap conditioner works. Just leave it on and let it soak in, and it really helps, whatever you use.
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If we do everything right, the best we can do is live out our potential with as little age-related disease and disability as possible.
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In social matters, pointless conventions are not merely the bee sting of etiquette, but the snake bite of moral order.
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Realize that if you have time to whine and complain about something then you have the time to do something about it.
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I got to the point where I'd featured on songs; I'd done backing singing for major artists. I'd done all these shows, but it was always for other people.
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Photos have the real task of bringing exposure to places that we otherwise don't have much awareness of.
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When I'm 80 years old, I don't know what I want to be remembered for.
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My husband, Clay Felker, died 17 years after his first cancer due to secondary conditions that developed from treatment.
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I have friends who hide in their bedroom for three days every time they have another birthday. That's what brings the wrinkles! I didn't care when I turned 30 or 40 or 50.
