Cornelia Funke Quotes
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Lobbying is a legitimate profession... Many congressional spouses act as lobbyists.
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I've never been a partier.
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Fashion is very tough, and we shouldn't forget that before designers were money-makers, they were artists.
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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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They do believe that if we do not wage this war against terror in places like Baghdad and Kabul, we are more likely to have it waged in Baltimore and Kansas.
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But now that I'm a blonde, guys are so blatant about coming on to me.
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I am sure that the party system is right and necessary. There must be some scum.
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For many, the hijab represents modesty, piety and devotion to God, and I truly respect that. But the hijab should not be used as a means of applying social pressure on people.
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I don't have time to listen to anybody's music. I'm making it, you know.
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War triggers unforeseeable military dynamics and sets off massive political shocks, creating new problems as well as new opportunities.
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We had a great dramatic society in school, and that's where I first got exposure both as an actor and director.
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It's easy for me to get along with chess players. Even though we are all very different, we have chess in common.
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Well, I'm not going to sit here and pretend that I haven't been a rogue most of my life.
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I'm an entrepreneur. I'm married to an entrepreneur. So I haven't just sipped the entrepreneurship cool-aid, I bleed this stuff.
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The end of the human race will be that it will eventually die of civilization.
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My own philanthropic efforts have always included an educational element, whether it's expanding opportunities to educate a promising mind or extending the brain's ability to learn.
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Before you are interviewed for the job you want, try on the complete outfit you intend to wear.
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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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I think the possibilities are endless in terms of what the genre would be like. However, in terms of looking for sources of money, I think we have to be very careful not to fall into Hollywood's commodification of Chicano culture. We could look at the example of Piri Thomas, a successful Puerto Rican writer now living in the Bay Area, who has received repeated offers from Hollywood...and he said he's not going to write about his people doing drugs and going to jail.
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I hope my organization will not be around in 10 years, because at a national, state, and community level, we will have evolved into a society that cares about children and the need for play.
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Very often it's really inconvenient - who you fall in love with. You can't really control it.
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Faith keeps you going, but doubt keeps you from going off the deep end.
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I love to read, I love to watch movies, and I love to be with my children.
