Petra Nemcova Quotes

I was so afraid to even read a paper in front of my classmates. It is very funny because at that point my teachers would never have believed that I could speak in front of an audience of over 2,000 people.

Petra Nemcova

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It is quite amazing how hard the subconscious works when it is made to understand that this life is not a rehearsal, there is no safety net and no assurance of any final closure. It is also quite appalling to realize how catatonic the imagination can become when we hedge our bets, opt for the safer direction at every fork in the path.

John Burdett

LifePathImaginationAmazingSafety

My religious point of view is something I can't talk about. It goes against my belief system to talk publicly about my own spiritual beliefs.

John Frusciante

SpiritualViewPoint Of ViewTalk

I would say that I have an aspect of my personality which is that I have no personality. That's why I work as an agent. I have the assumed personality of the people I represent. I am like a sponge.

Andrew Wylie

WorkPersonalityI AmPeopleSay

All my experience of the world teaches me that in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred, the safe and just side of a question is the generous and merciful side.

Anna Jameson

ExperienceMeWorldQuestionOut

I loved being Maleficent. I was quite sad to put my staff down and put my horns away because somehow, she just lives in a different world.

Angelina Jolie

SadWorldLovedDownSheDifferent

We're focused on doing the things that make the economy perform well, and as you do that, reduce deficits, for one, very important; secondly, keep growth rates high, very important.

John W. Snow

GrowthDoingYouImportantFocused

That's something I like about drag - I get to do everything. Collaborative arts are hard for me because I don't really like to relinquish control.

Trixie Mattel

MeControlHardEverythingArtsGet

I do have faith. I don't have faith that a God exists, nor do I have faith that one does not; I have absolute faith that I do not know, cannot know, am only human, am an infinitesimal creature packed onto a cramped planet crowded with seven billion bodies, and as many yearning hearts, and as many questioning minds.

Marya Hornbacher

GodFaithKnowMindsHumanPlanet

I've always been fascinated by twins. In my forty years of photographing, whenever there was an opportunity, I would take a picture of twins. I found the notion that two people could appear to look exactly alike very compelling.

Mary Ellen Mark

OpportunityPeoplePictureLookTwo

What the Khmer Rouge had in store was a radical agrarian revolution, one with the professed aim of completely renovating society while giving the peasants a better life, of evening the rewards and feeding the hungry, of bringing a rational and utilitarian nation-state into being.

Michael Paterniti

LifeSocietyEveningBetterGiving

There are plenty of Muslims who live faithfully in the United States.

Monica Crowley

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I don't really want to be in the business of observing conversations.

Brian Acton

BusinessWantConversationsObserving

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