Natalia Vodianova Quotes
My appearance gave me access to a particular kind of world and I'm really grateful for it.
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Anyone who thinks it's smart to cut immigration is sentencing Australia to poverty.
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I didn't want to give up my Illinois driver's license and was unaware that was a crime. It is, by the way, in the state of California. Lesson learned. I technically broke a law, so technically I deserve whatever I get.
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All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.
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Almost all the early Christian Fathers were opposed to the death penalty, even though it was of course standard practice across the ancient world.
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Social revolutions are never simple.
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I think what television and video games do is reminiscent of drug addiction. There's a measure of reinforcement and a behavioural loop.
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You haven't partied until you've partied at dawn in complete silence with Buddhist monks.
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Life is a canvas of many strokes where shades from different palettes meet into a picture so concrete that some forget it is their own, so become framed themselves.
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I work with the Carl Lewis Foundation focusing on youth from high school down.
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I feel that the world is increasingly about the bottom line, and not so much about human respect or human dignity. In that regard, people who care about other people will not be in a position to make choices and do things that other people who they're competing against will get to do.
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Usually, it's the guys who want to get better so they can get more playing time who are always in the gym.
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My father is an amazing person.
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Caring about others, running the risk of feeling, and leaving an impact on people, brings happiness.
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I grew up in New York, and for the first ten years of my life, we lived across from the Metropolitan Museum. When I was an adult, I moved back to that neighborhood and lived there again.
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I think nowadays, women are breaking the borders or the boundaries and also trying to give a new interpretation in terms of impact you can have to the society.
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I wasn't interested in exploiting myself.
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Readers of fiction read, I think, for a deeper embrace of the world, of reality. And that's brave. I never get over being thankful for that - for the courage of my readers.
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What do I think of Western civilization? I think it would be a very good idea.
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I am very interested in what has been called bad taste. I believe the fear of displaying a soi-disant bad taste stops us from venturing into special cultural zones.
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I think when it comes to decisions, I try not to be emotional. To drown out the noise and look at the important facts.
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Imperialism is not the creation of any one or any one group of states.
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In such a fast-paced world, gathering people around a table to share a meal allows everything to slow down. I would ask people to sit at least once a week around a table and just enjoy each other's company. Give them the time to talk, laugh, and fill their bellies. It seems like a small thing, but it can bring so much joy to so many people.
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My appearance gave me access to a particular kind of world and I'm really grateful for it.
