Carolina Kostner Quotes
It's only when an artist becomes a master that they are fully able to express themselves.
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I wanted to study to be a dental hygienist, marry a rich dentist, and hang it up.
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I would do fragrance. I'm a fragrance fanatic.
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I always wanted to be a scientist. I don't really have any writer friends.
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If 'Airplane!' comes on, it's like a comfort film. You can always guarantee a laugh watching that movie.
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Find something that you love to do, and find a place that you really like to do it in. I found something I loved to do. I'm a mechanical engineer by training, and I loved it. I still do. My son is a nuclear engineer at MIT, a junior, and I get the same vibe from him. Your work has to be compelling. You spend a lot of time doing it.
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I want people to get inspired by public space - their space. People tend to forget about it because they do the daily thing, but putting up these sculptures breaks the routine.
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The concept is basically; that the pieces we know and love are made up of scales, arpeggios, and the like.
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Of all the novels I've written, my favorite is 'Mick Harte Was Here'.
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I've been married to the same man - even after the separation - longer than most people in this business. I'm sick to death of people mentioning it.
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Every election is a sort of advance auction sale of stolen goods.
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When I think about parallels between myself and an Olympian, I believe that success in the world of business is underpinned by very similar principles of perseverance and hard work.
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Those who put their lives on the line overseas are undoubtedly American heroes, but it's time for us to remember that those who serve in civilian life also embody the American spirit and are worthy of our praise as well.
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I also used to work in the Catskill Mountains as a bus boy, and I performed in talent shows.
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My parents always encouraged me to do creative stuff, to do weird stuff.
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Wisdom comes from within. Knowledge is acquired and can sometimes put a screen on your wisdom.
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The idea of writer as sage is pretty much dead today. I would certainly feel very uncomfortable in the role.
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'I don’t have to be a gentleman,' said Balzac. 'I am an artist.'
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American exceptionalism is a reaction to the inability of people to understand global complexity or important issues like American energy dependency. Therefore, they search for simplistic sources of comfort and clarity. And the people that they are now selecting to be, so to speak, the spokespersons of their anxieties are, in most cases, stunningly ignorant.
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I've been acting since I was six. I actually played a boy when I was six in 'Tommy.' I played Tommy and they put a wig on me. They put up my hair and put this little boy wig on me and that was my first acting experience. Then I did some other professional theater. I did Shakespeare when I was older.
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People say to me, 'Would you like to swap your life with me for 24 hours? Your life must be very strange.'
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Really, what the government is asking Apple to do is to make every individual who uses an iPhone susceptible to hacking by bad people, foreign governments, and anyone who wants.
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Let's make a law that gay people can have birthdays, but straight people get more cake - you know, to send the right message to kids.
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Sin is a thing that writes itself across a man's face. It cannot be concealed. People talk sometimes of secret vices, there are no such things. If a wretched man has a vice, it shows itself in the lines of his mouth, the droop of his eyelids, the moulding of his hands even.
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It's only when an artist becomes a master that they are fully able to express themselves.
