Clara Hughes Quotes
I want people to be inspired that I've always strived for excellence and I've always gone beyond what anybody ever thought I could do, what I thought I myself could do. And I've allowed myself to be inspired, kept my eyes open and my senses open to inspiration around me.
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Mikhail Gorbachev was the Jimmy Carter of the Communist bloc. The Russians hate him.
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When I hear someone, instantaneously, I'm like, 'Who's singing?' You're giving people so much of yourself, and my voice is the most natural, distinctive tool I have. It's up to me to express myself on a wider scale than just writing vocal melodies and lyrics.
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Christmas is, of course, the time to be home - in heart as well as body.
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I still do commercial work as an actor, which I love, because it's very quick, and it definitely pays my bills.
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My parents and my brother instilled in me my sense of humor. That's kind of the way we communicate with each other, and it's always been a way for me to get to know people.
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Gov. Perry has led the way in Texas on creating an environment for job growth.
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A Labour party is not a debating club, it is a party of action.
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Books are not like albums, where you can simply download and enjoy your favorite chapter and ignore the rest.
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Where I'm focused now is how I get more women leaders. We decided not to just look outside the company for great women to hire, but to help women rise up through the ranks internally.
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We use the same possessive pronouns for everything, but do we own our lives or sisters or husbands in the same way we own our shoes? Do we own any of them at all?
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I always had dreams as a kid. I definitely sat at home and watched the Oscars every year and got emotional every year at everyone's speeches.
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People don't buy for logical reasons. They buy for emotional reasons.
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I have super-supercurly hair, and it's a constant struggle.
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Look, there ought to be politics in politics.
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There's nothing called a perfect pick-up line. Men always have to face the risk of rejection.
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Simply, I believe the United States should lower the voting age to 17.
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The public has lost the habit of movie-going because the cinema no longer possesses the charm, the hypnotic charisma, the authority it once commanded. The image it once held for us all - that of a dream we dreamt with our eyes open - has disappeared.
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We grew up as kids watching those movies and we were exposed to themes of civil rights, unfairness, bigotry and fathers struggling against the kind of mob of the town, so you remember how you felt as a kid being taken seriously, that you are part of the human drama.
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I believe in neighbourhood policing. We also need to look at young people being radicalised.
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I may have ruined my life, but at least I got to eat some really good Chinese food.
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The basis of our partnership strategy and our partnership approach: We build the social technology. They provide the music.
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When I am home in L.A., I love to stop by a yoga class or Soul Cycle session. There is nothing like doing some cycling in the dark to club music and candle light.
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I want people to be inspired that I've always strived for excellence and I've always gone beyond what anybody ever thought I could do, what I thought I myself could do. And I've allowed myself to be inspired, kept my eyes open and my senses open to inspiration around me.
