Marisa Berenson Quotes
I'm not someone who lives in the past; I find other people live in my past. I live in the present and the future.
Quotes to Explore
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I feel like if I live the Christian life, then the people should be able to see it in my everyday actions.
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I wouldn't live in Chicago cause it's too conservative, aside for the fact that Oprah Winfrey lives there.
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People are wiser than we are willing to attribute to them.
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It's a luxury to not have to just be performing with other people to have my music heard.
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For thousands of years, we did have death surrounding us, and we did have people die in the home. You would take care of your own end. You would do ritual processes, and you would be involved in it, and that's been taken away in the Western world.
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'Inside Out' - that was a really good movie. That's the first animated movie I saw since 'The Lego Movie.'
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I design all my sets. With my tour and my album artwork, I co-design that with people who are better at drawing than me. But I've got a good imagination. I went to art school so I understand how to communicate my ideas.
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One of the most important reasons for living is to do something - live outside of yourself and put together an idea, an idea that you want to explore and then complete... Awaken your creative sensitivities!
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I never set out to become 'famous.' I mean, when you're 14 you think 'I'm gonna become a writer and people will want my autograph and that'll be cool,' but you grow up and you learn that's just not how the world works. I resigned myself to the fact that I would probably never be published and if I did it probably wouldn't be a big deal.
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When people do the cowardly thing, it's not about respect, it's about fear.
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Helping people boost themselves out of poverty is the best way to make a lasting positive difference in a person's life.
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I am not ashamed of anything - not my past, not my affairs, not my body, and most definitely not my desire.
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I created my own charity called My Peak Challenge. We've been able to raise hundreds of thousands of pounds. It's helping change people's lives, and I've had lots of wonderful letters about it.
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I'm sorry; I ruin people's interviews because I just talk about rubbish.
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Even where friendship is concerned, it takes me a long time to trust people.
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Most people figured I'd be in jail. I've been proving people wrong my whole life.
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There's a physicality and confidence to Americans; they're very present. That's something I enjoy being around because it rubs off on you.
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I always say that people should not rush to change religions. There is real value in finding the spiritual resources you need in your home religion.
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If I had to summarize, most broadly, my concerns as a writer, I'd say the question 'How then must we live?' is at the heart of it, for me.
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Many people claim coffee inspires them, but, as everybody knows, coffee only makes boring people even more boring.
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They spend an awful lot of money on I-don't-know-what in Hollywood movies; I certainly didn't get any of it. But they sure do love spending money.
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A tablet replacing an exercise book is not innovation, it's just a different way to make notes.
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I'm not someone who lives in the past; I find other people live in my past. I live in the present and the future.
