Chelsea Manning Quotes
I sometimes feel less than empty; I feel non-existent. Still, I endure. I refuse to give up.

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I really enjoy getting to go and play on other people's shows for an episode or two. It adds such variety to my repertoire.
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I grew up as a country boy.
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I spent half my life being hurt. The leftovers of hurt are an automatic gesture, like a dog that salivates.
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That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes.
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Businesses fail when they over-invest in what is at the expense of what could be.
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Adding 'just kidding' doesn't make it okay to insult the Principal.
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Ideas emerge when a part of the real or imagined world is studied for its own sake.
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There really is no difference between the bully and the victim.
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Doing collections, doing fashion is like a non-stop dialogue.
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I can't see myself just endlessly singing the same songs over and over again.
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In novels, and American novels in particular, it's not just about redemption, it's about forward movement and healing oneself. Americans are very big on getting better.
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I don't ever want to be a person that I'm not. A lot of girls fall into the trap where they are trying to impress other people, and that's the time when they lose themselves.
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If you have a great-sounding guitar that's a quality instrument and a good amp, and you know how to make the guitar talk, that's the key. It starts with the guitar and knowing what it should sound and feel like.
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It's very difficult for my body to recover after workouts now that I'm older, so we have to keep them short, which means they're extremely difficult and intense. It sucks.
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Modesty seldom resides in a breast that is not enriched with nobler virtues.
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Saving enough to retire has become impossible for most Americans.
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Cultures are never merely intellectual constructs. They take form through the collective intelligence and memory, through a commonly held psychology and emotions, through spiritual and artistic communion.
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When writing 'Give and Take' and 'Originals,' the predominant emotion for me was curiosity.
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If Barack Obama's campaign wants to suggest that a photo of him wearing traditional Somali clothing is divisive, they should be ashamed. Hillary Clinton has worn the traditional clothing of countries she has visited and had those photos published widely.
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In terms of growing as a songwriter, I'm just a guy who understands the craft better. I understand what I want to do with it. I think that's where I've grown. Have I fully achieved that? No, but I don't think you ever do. There's always room to grow.
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When I was growing up you would see big American films that really mythologised their landscape, that really showed the vastness and the drama of their country.
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I like very confused people. The more confused, the more fun for me.
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It was a scene I was really looking forward to, and one that I embraced, and when we were filming it, George got closer and closer and closer with that camera - he was practically up my nose for the final shot. So I knew it was a moment that I had to do my best to get right.
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I sometimes feel less than empty; I feel non-existent. Still, I endure. I refuse to give up.