Nelly Furtado Quotes
It's just kind of empowering when you become a mother. You just get overwhelmed with this new confidence and you feel really in control of your life. It's been beautiful.
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For us, overseas employment addresses two major problems: unemployment and the balance of payments position.
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At some point, you grow out of being attracted to that flame that burns you over and over and over again.
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It's the 21st century. It's healthier for us, better for the environment and certainly kinder to be a vegetarian.
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If you work in a public space, you have to be aware that no one is buying a ticket.
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Israel can't be the only country in the Western world not to have freedom of religion.
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I personally think Beyonce's a strong feminist. What she's done in music and for women is unprecedented. I love her. She definitely makes me feel like more of a woman.
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I think God gave us senses of humor, and we should use them.
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I've always been an underdog. I feel like I beat the odds.
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My father is actually a quarry man - he deals in stone. He also at one point had a lot of sheep, he owned a sheep farm, but primarily the family business was in stone.
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You have to relish the challenge of television.
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Real tolerance means respecting other people even when they baffle you and you have no idea why they think what they think.
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I have had someone ask me to sign their 'Team Taylor' panties. She wasn't a teenager. She was in her 40s.
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I love the crowds at festivals because they're so chilled out.
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In 1853, American warships bullied Japan out of centuries of virtual isolation and into the modern world. The threat of force compelled Japan, like India and China before it, to accept trade agreements that were economically ruinous and eroded national sovereignty.
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You shouldn't put your hands on a woman. Simple as that.
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Everybody has a story... and a scream.
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Movies can't ruin books. They can only ruin movies.
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The first aspect of a business that you need to make it work well is money. Once the money aspect is flowing, you can freely work on other aspects.
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The government that came into power after the April 1994 elections was going to need a budget. It was drafted by our finance minister, Derek Keys, and he convinced them of the necessity to stay within the free-market principles that had been in force in South Africa for decades.
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We want to free our citizens from the burden of excessive paper documents in every office. We want paperless transactions. We will set up a digital locker for every citizen to store personal documents that can be shared across departments.
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I write fiction that reflects Islamic logic: fictional worlds where cause and effect are governed by Muslim rationale. However, my characters do not necessarily behave as 'good' Muslims; they are not ideals or role models.
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I don't know how to have a normal relationship because I try to act normal and love from a normal place and live a normal life, but there is sort of an abnormal magnifying glass, like telescope lens, on everything that happens.
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The Libor system is structurally flawed. It is a major problem for our financial system and for the confidence in the financial system. We need to address it.
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It's just kind of empowering when you become a mother. You just get overwhelmed with this new confidence and you feel really in control of your life. It's been beautiful.
