Yolanda Hadid Quotes
I think I'm a disciplined mom versus a strict mom. But also, that job - the disciplining was from birth until about 12, and at 12, I set my kids free, and they learned to become independent human beings.
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Ultimately, I'm not the most prolific person, but I've been doing this for a long time, and I keep on putting out music. The only thing that drives music is the people who are making it.
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I don't have any fear of intimacy, but rather thrive on it, which is rare in a public person.
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I was quite nervous about meeting William's father, but he was very, very welcoming, very friendly, it couldn't have gone easier really for me.
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What Washington needs is adult supervision.
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The eyes of a poet discover in each person a unique and irreplaceable humanity. While arrogant intellect seeks to control and manipulate the world, the poetic spirit bows with reverence before its mysteries.
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I loved teaching social studies. And I loved starting each year by teaching about John Locke and the social contract. That lesson helped me teach not just about our rules for the classroom, but how, in our democracy, we give up some individual rights to ensure we collectively have the right to live and prosper in a society.
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At the end of the day, I'd love to see children stop begging their parents to go to the circus. That's what would make me most happy.
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Democracy presumes that we're all created equal; competition proves we are not, or else every race would end in a tie.
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Getting a great idea with song writing is a lot like love. You don't know why this one is different, but it is. You don't know why this one is better, but it is. It sticks in your head, and you can't stop thinking about it.
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But acting just sort of happened and I found that I loved it. It was such a challenge.
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All my songs are where I am.
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Project Xanadu is essentially my trademark. It was originally, and has returned to my arms as that.
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Fallible characters are more interesting than superheroes in the end.
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Too often, older women are seen as victims, but I know lots of formidable women who have marvellous jobs as well as a full erotic life, and children and friends and family.
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People can be inspired the way I've been inspired by music.
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I offer originality: you don't know what my films are like until you go to them. I think that's the reason I've been getting all this attention.
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There's the part of my life that the public and I share together. And there's the part that's mine to keep for myself. And that's mine. For me.
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I believe that all men and women will be saved.
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I'm glad I've never been so successful that I couldn't stop doing one thing. I've kind of been able to just kick it along and switch around.
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When I got my job on 'Parks,' it was so dreamy, kind of unfathomable. I didn't think a job that excellent could exist for me.
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I am absolutely and inherently self-destructive in that I am always making sure I'm doing what I want to do.
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I do consider myself a competitive person, but I'm not competitive to the point where I will do anything to win. I wouldn't step on somebody just to get to the next level. I would have to do it fair and square. I'm kind of competitive in a way to where I like to figure out things myself, and if I need help, I'll ask.
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Excellence is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well.
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I think I'm a disciplined mom versus a strict mom. But also, that job - the disciplining was from birth until about 12, and at 12, I set my kids free, and they learned to become independent human beings.
