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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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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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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Nabby Adams, supine on the bed, grunted. It was four o’clock in the morning and he did not want to be talking. He had had a confused coloured dream about Bombay, shot with sharp pangs of unpaid bills. Over it all had brooded thirst, thirst for a warmish bottle of Tiger beer. Or Anchor. Or Carlsberg. He said, 'Did you bring any beer back with you?'
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Like our shadows, Our wishes lengthen as our sun declines.
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Baseball must be a great game to survive the fools who run it.
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If you didn't have some sense of idealism, then what is there to sustain you?
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My wife and I have created our own language. We can be at a table with six other people and have an argument without anyone knowing. It doesn't even have to be out loud. It's bizarre.
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To give up the task of reforming society is to give up one's responsibility as a free man.
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Children's lives are not shaped solely by their families or immediate surroundings at large. That is why we must avoid the false dichotomy that says only government or only family is responsible. . . . Personal values and national policies must both play a role.
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It's only when an artist becomes a master that they are fully able to express themselves.
