Clemantine Wamariya Quotes
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Compared to how I have raced before and how I have competed, the success that I have had, this does look like doom compared to it.
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I've always been interested in family secrets and what happens behind closed doors. I find that fascinating and creepy - that's why I read: because I want to know other people's secrets.
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In most organizations, change comes in only two flavors: trivial and traumatic. Review the history of the average organization and you'll discover long periods of incremental fiddling punctuated by occasional bouts of frantic, crisis-driven change.
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There are many cultural prejudices. For instance, even though fresh fish is a regional staple, Catalans don't like sashimi.
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Love is the flower of life, and blossoms unexpectedly and without law, and must be plucked where it is found, and enjoyed for the brief hour of its duration.
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You're allowed to make things for women on television, and there's not like... you don't have to go through the humiliation of having made something directed at women. There it's just accepted, whereas if it's a feature, it's like 'So, talk to me about chick flicks.' It's like... I don't think you want to hear my opinion about this.
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I'm much more shy than most of my family.
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There's depth in my comedy.
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I can't wait to start something up myself that is actually about giving unsigned bands the exposure they deserve, especially when they travel so far to play the smallest gig they've ever played in their lives.
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I think the only safe medium are books, because people like to hold books in their hand.
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I've always been intimidated by the technicalities of taking photos, especially with a film camera - not just a point and shoot.
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I have to do something with my mind, or I'll get in trouble.
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The essence of competitiveness is liberated when we make people believe that what they think and do is important - and then get out of their way while they do it.
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The Bay of Pigs became a metaphor for feckless folly and failure.
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Our culture has long mistrusted the body. It's been seen as a confusing blend of God's handiwork and the devil's playground. It is, rather, a vortex of intelligence.
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I still care a lot about my personal style, and since moving to New York and having a little more control over my own money, I've been able to make my 12-year-old fashion nerd dream comes true.
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Economics is a strange science. Our subject deals with some of the most important as well as mundane issues that impinge on the human condition.
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We went to church twice a week. My parents were employed in ministry; we prayed before dinner. We rollerbladed in the summer. We were allowed to watch the 'Simpsons.' I fought with my younger brother over Legos.
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You wouldn't believe how the town was named for me. I was met by the whole population, headed by the mayor.
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So this is my effort to bring back the hope that we must have if we are to change direction. . . . I think to be fully human, we need to have meaning in our lives, and that's what I am trying to help these young people to find.
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A lot of us have done bullying and didn't even realize we did it.
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The difference between people who believe they have books inside of them and those who actually write books is sheer cussed persistence - the ability to make yourself work at your craft, every day - the belief, even in the face of obstacles, that you've got something worth saying.
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I'm open to everything. Take me anywhere, show me everything.
