Chelsea Manning Quotes
The unique problem for transgender women in prison is that our health and welfare are also the responsibility of those charged with overseeing us.
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The Afghans themselves say that if you put two Afghans in a room, you get three factions.
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I make mistakes on a very grand scale.
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Although he's no longer with us, Steve Jobs is still inspirational to me, as he managed to find the balance between right brain/left-brain thinking that is crucial to building a creative technology business.
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As a model, I really stand for not being a model, if that makes sense. When I started, the whole idea of the model was very different; it was a bit stuck-up. Not stuck-up, but no one was trying to have fun, or not even have fun, but be willing to smile.
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Art lies by its own artifice.
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It would be a foolish high representative who worked that way.
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The things I want to know are in books; my best friend is the man who'll get me a book I ain't read.
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The guy who kind of identified as my dad was my dad's brother, who was the second person my mom married.
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When you expect things to happen - strangely enough - they do happen.
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When you're imagining peace, you can't kill anyone. That's good isn't it?
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That's one of the great things about comedy: we can - and should - say the things that other people aren't supposed to say. If we didn't do that, if we didn't push against those limits, we'd just be standing around onstage and yelling.
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We know the fans love us to death, and the people that hear out music love our music.
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I'm for anything that lets people come here to work legally. There are more protections for workers who are here legally than for those who are not. It's also safer for the workers and employers have a more consistent pool of workers.
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As a teenager, rather than setting myself on a course to pursue fame (quite common growing up in L.A., the entertainment capital of the world), happiness, fulfillment, and spiritual enlightenment (also quite common), I skipped right on to trying to be successful. 'Let's just get on with it,' I felt. 'Onward' became my motto.
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Musical theatre is my first love.
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Film is a window to the real world but a lie that makes you believe the unbelievable.
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I learned at an early age that what we were doing in the choir was just as important as the preacher. It was a ministry in itself. We could stir the pot, you know?
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Each pineapple plant produces only one fruit per year. It can take up to two years for the pineapple to ripen, and it's important to wait, because once it's picked, it can't ripen any further. The unripe pineapple is not only horrible tasting but poisonous.
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The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame traditionally has had a management style that is very supportive of American talent, first and foremost, over everything else. And I think that's right and proper.
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I am disturbed by how states abuse laws on Internet access. I am concerned that surveillance programmes are becoming too aggressive. I understand that national security and criminal activity may justify some exceptional and narrowly-tailored use of surveillance. But that is all the more reason to safeguard human rights and fundamental freedoms.
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I like sparseness. There's something about that minimalist feel that can make something have an immediate impact and make it unique. I'll probably always work with that formula; I just don't know how.
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When government accepts responsibility for people, then people no longer take responsibility for themselves.
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I think the only time that I worry about looking good is on the red carpet.
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The unique problem for transgender women in prison is that our health and welfare are also the responsibility of those charged with overseeing us.
