Leila Lopes Quotes

Being Miss Universe is much more than having a sash and a crown. It is about taking pride in my commitment to serving as an ambassador to my country - and to women everywhere.

Leila Lopes

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actress
  • Nationality: angolan
  • Birth: February 26, 1986

Topics

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Was there ever in anyone's life span a point free in time, devoid of memory, a night when choice was any more than the sum of all the choices gone before?

Joan Didion

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Honestly, I am not trying to discourage anyone from becoming an actress, but if you want to become one be prepared to face everything that comes - along with it.

Amber Tamblyn

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You know, at 35 or at 38 or 40 you really start to see what your body could look like if you just don't do anything all winter long. So that's another motivating factor, our vanity.

Stone Gossard

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The greatest way to live with honor in this world is to be what we pretend to be.

Socrates

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My father and mother are Muslims. But from the moment I started talking, I decided I was a Christian. They let me.

Tom Catena

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If I do a poetry reading I want people to walk out and say they feel better for having been there - not because you've done a comedy performance but because you're talking about your father dying or having young children, things that touch your soul.

Roger McGough

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I was improving in the sport at age 10, 11, when I was getting my triple jumps - and it was suddenly very isolating. I was doing really well in competitions, and it felt strange because people that were my friends became almost jealous.

Michelle Kwan

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Humor comes from the surprise release of some buried tension.

Lorrie Moore

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Sometimes the things that scare me are the things I'm drawn to: moving to London, L.A., New York; marrying, having a kid. In order to live a full life, sometimes you have to do things that scare you.

Jason O'Mara

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Too often, our most vulnerable students - English-language learners, immigrants, poor kids, teenage parents, students with behavioral problems and learning disabilities - fall through the cracks.

Jared Polis

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I really believe that beauty comes from health - sensible eating and exercise.

Dita Von Teese

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I think right about now we have to beware of marketed Malcolms and Martins. Real people do real things.

Chuck D

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