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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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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It's so funny because I listen to songs that I recorded that I didn't really know anything about at the time. Later on I'm starting to feel the songs. Sing them first, feel them later.
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I know your kind, he said. What’s wrong with you is wrong all the way through you.
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It was a tough deal for us for him to get hurt. So what we're going to try to do is make the best decision.
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I never advocate that you should be lonely, or come to my shows and bring me your razor blade to show me that you don't cut anymore.
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Acting with someone else, I can't tell how good they are because if I'm doing my job right, I'm just fully invested in everything that person's saying.
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It's the need for change that drives us to join forces with our brothers and sisters all around the world - but change is slow.
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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.
