Adriana Lima Quotes
I love my job and I love my children. It's really about figuring out your schedules and getting everything down that you need to do and sticking to your plan.
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Gory stuff can be shocking but it doesn't really scare me. I'd say the kind of stuff that gets under my skin is the unknown. You hear a knock behind a wall and you don't know what it is. Is there something there or not?
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I am forced to say that I have many fiercer critics than myself.
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I get asked this a lot: Why has soccer not succeeded? My answer is, soccer has succeeded. It is already the fastest growing youth participation sport in the U.S. It has already succeeded at the youth level, no question.
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I try not to picture a reader when I'm writing. It's like trying to make a great table but not picturing anybody sitting at it.
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As long as I am nothing but a ghost of the civil dead, I can do nothing.
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If I can help a kid discover a liking, or even a passion for music in their life, then that's a wonderful thing.
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For me, music was a cathartic way to free me from the nut of Ghost. After working on set for 'Power' for 14 hours, it allowed me to pour my sanity and insanity into the music.
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My father became the Mayor of Indian Wells, California, a tony desert enclave of rich, conservative Republicans.
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Everyone needs help when they try something new.
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I always dreamed of going to the Olympics. To be going to the Games in your own country is another thing; to do it as a potential medallist is another thing again.
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I worry about everything in the world, and it's just too much for anybody to think about, so I have my art as my consolation.
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Intimate scenes on a movie set are just dry, bizarre things; people standing around.
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I'm still blowing alright, and I still enjoy it which is the main thing.
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I got to do a lot of good things at a young age. I really kind of knocked out my bucket list when I was really young.
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My family is more a sports family, and I figure skated for a very long time, so movement and how I relate to movement is very integral to my process.
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Bullies always have another target.
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Most fears are basic: fear of the dark, fear of going down in the basement, fear of weird sounds, fear that somebody is waiting for you in your closet. Those kinds of things stay with you no matter what age.
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It's only fair that stable gay relationships of long standing should have the same rights and responsibilities as married couples. I know the image of gay marriage is to some people horrific and ludicrous.
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Writing is very good for household tasks. Because you'd rather fix a dripping tap or paint an old wall - you'd rather do almost anything than sit and write. I have to reach a point of obsession in order to write, and so I find starting a book incredibly difficult.
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The best part of one's life is the working part, the creative part. Believe me, I love to succeed... However, the real spiritual and emotional excitement is in the doing.
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We were able to provide housing to all who need it. We've had incredibly generous offers from alumni for housing.
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Writing is incidental to my primary objective, which is spinning a good yarn. I view myself as a storyteller more than a writer. The story - and hence the extensive research that goes into each one of my books - is much more important than the words that I use to narrate it.
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Eighty percent of my life is normal like any other mother. I worry about my children, if they're doing all right. I worry that my husband is doing well.
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I love my job and I love my children. It's really about figuring out your schedules and getting everything down that you need to do and sticking to your plan.
