Clara Hughes Quotes
I've learned what it truly means to be Canadian and in turn I've been inspired to make a difference in the world, however small it's been.
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Under conditions of tyranny it is far easier to act than to think.
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We are slaves to whatever we don't understand.
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We all sit in front of our mics and our scripts lay on music stands. Then the silliness begins!
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Virtually every major technology has an initial spike of interest, then a dip, and then a long-term rise to success. The dot-com bubble is the canonical example, but there are many more.
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My mother had a premonition and she felt that hairdressing would be very very good for me.
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Elizabeth, Lady C, claims to be writing at the limits of language. Would it not be insulting to her if I were diligently to follow after her, explaining what she means but is not smart enough to say?
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The fact that Western Muslims are free means that they can have enormous impact. But it would be wrong to claim that we are imposing our ways on the West. New ideas are now coming from the West. To be traditional is not so much a question of protecting ourselves as to be traditionalist in principle.
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If you learn one thing from having lived through decades of changing views, it is that all predictions are necessarily false.
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If you're looking for immediate rewards, you're only looking for the money.
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I could battle rap forever, but it's a joke to me.
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My success has got so great, it's like I'm trapped, almost, within it.
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I may even show up behind the camera. I love to put things together; I love to give direction. I have a great eye for pace.
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Dick Cheney and Bush's rise to power were built on tons of money from corporations and a dulled press.
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I was just the perfect person to play the Mini-Me character.
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The voices on the record, that was trying to treat my voice like guitar players treat guitar tones.
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It's better to be skinny than to be fat.
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What I love to say when people ask me about being a Christian, I always say, 'Christians aren't perfect.' They're probably some of the worst people on the planet. They just know that they need Jesus. That's the only difference.
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I have a lightsaber at my front door for home protection. I have an 800-watt electric skateboard that I use to run errands in my neighborhood. It can go about six, seven miles, so depending on how much time I have, and how much I have to carry home, I'll take it really far. I love that thing.
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As a card-carrying space nerd and NASA's chief scientist, I love space movies, from 'Star Trek' to 'Star Wars' to my all-time favorite - 'The Dish', an Australian comedy that celebrates that first moment when Neil Armstrong stepped down onto the surface of our moon.
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The Fox News makeup treatment is unlike any other in journalism. It involves false lashes, layers and layers of foundation, and heavy applications of come-hither lip gloss.
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A lot of people like the idea of eternal love and eternal romance. The notion of love that is more profound and deeper because it is eternal is very powerful.
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For my film 'Fashion,' like an investigative journalist, I went about knowing the people, the models, the fashion designers. Similarly with the corporate world.
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You think this is a trap then?" the Count asked. "I always think everything is a trap until proven otherwise," the Prince answered. "Which is why I'm still alive.
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I've learned what it truly means to be Canadian and in turn I've been inspired to make a difference in the world, however small it's been.
