Maria Cornejo Quotes
As a kid, I always used to make clothes. My grandmother made everything with me - she taught me how to knit.
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I was taught from a very early age that I had to work twice as hard to get half as much. That was the world I grew up in - a very strong work ethic.
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I like to wear shoes that are cool but also practical. The same goes for bags. Your bag is a big deal in New York. You can't just carry around a little clutch, because you don't have a car or anywhere to stash things during the day, so you need to carry your whole life with you. That's why I like big, chunky bags with lots of compartments.
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It's the technique, I think, of writing a novel that is difficult for a nonfiction writer.
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Our house is a constant mayhem of music, noise, socializing and business. It vibrates life, as a house should.
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For years, Judaism has been a sort of product put on the religious shelf, and on holidays, we would take it off the shelf and let seculars play with it for a bit. Now, Judaism is going back to being something that more closely touches everyone.
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There is still a funny notion that women should not write violent fiction.
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On the one hand, the rich look askance at our continuing poverty - on the other, they warn us against their own methods.
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One of the biggest challenges for the MENA region is unemployment coupled with high population growth rates. The World Bank is committed to supporting infrastructure projects that will help with job creation across the region.
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I think comedy is one of the hardest things to do.
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Environmental pollution is an incurable disease. It can only be prevented.
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I think the purpose of a piece of music is significant when it actually lives in somebody else. A composer puts down a code, and a performer can activate the code in somebody else. Once it lives in somebody else, it can live in others as well.
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I see retirement as just another of these reinventions, another chance to do new things and be a new version of myself.
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I think the dot-com boom and bust represented the end of the beginning. The industry is more mature today.
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It's very simple. You have to be faithful to your other half and not have secrets. That's my rule.
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My wife is unusually kind and generous, but she's no fool. You don't mess with her.
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I was never in an awkward position where I had to curb my manhood.
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Pakistan has accepted some security training from the CIA, but U.S. export restrictions and Pakistani suspicions have prevented the two countries from sharing the most sophisticated technology for safeguarding nuclear components.
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It's very rare to see an undisturbed birth in a modern U.S. teaching hospital, but when you see a woman who isn't frightened, who's giving birth without interference, you stand back in awe and realize how little needed you are except in the rare circumstance.
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You can't really get as much done when you're worried about looking gross.
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I'm not afraid of falling or failing, because I've failed many times, and I learned from them.
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Fifty percent of all meaningful education takes place in the home. What do you share with your child? You share your interests. I was a book person. I read with my son. My wife is an artist. She dragged his little butt around to museums. He's an illustrator of children's books.
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I don't know many women who can relate to Sharon Stone and the kind of movies she does. I don't know a lot of guys who can relate to Tom Cruise's movies because they're on a kind of fantastic level.
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You know, there's always someone in mind when I'm writing. You know, it's all comes from somewhere inside.
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As a kid, I always used to make clothes. My grandmother made everything with me - she taught me how to knit.
