Kaya Scodelario Quotes
I am quite proud that I managed to prove that you don't have to be able to afford drama school or have the right connections to do well.
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We need more people working in the publishing industry itself who are people of colour.
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My mum is black, my dad is white, and when I was a teenager, people would say, 'So what are you? Are you black? Or white? What are you more of?'
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Ah, sweet Content, where doth thine harbour hold.
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I believe a lot in monogamy, let me tell you.
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I really enjoy comedy. It's a real challenge.
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I use other cookbooks for inspiration. I must say I tend to cook from my own cookbooks for parties.
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There had always been black people in and out of our house, and from the outset I had been taught that for them life was defined by struggle and filled with injustice.
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My mother is an ordained minister. I'm a Muslim. She didn't do back flips when I called her to tell her I converted 17 years ago. But I tell you now, you put things to the side, and I'm able to see her, and she's able to see me. We love each other. The love has grown.
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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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Suspicion and doubt lead to animosity and hatred.
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Appearance is something absolute, but reality is not that way - everything is interdependent, not absolute.
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Law is the essential foundation of stability and order both within societies and in international relations.
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Everyone should learn to tango in Argentina before they die.
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Whenever someone says to me, 'Are you for or against Common Core,' the first question I ask is, 'What do you think Common Core is?' You will get a different answer from every single person. You will literally get a different answer.
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I'm very competitive, and I want to win.
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You can do anything as long as you have the passion, the drive, the focus, and the support.
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The fundamental thing about my personality is that I think I'm an imposter.
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I always had a very strong sense of independence. I really liked being able to buy my Alanis Morissette 'Jagged Little Pill' album. I wore that as a badge of honor. I love not having to rely on anyone.
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I'm not really a flirt; I just try to be myself.
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Americans who have parents raised during the Great Depression or World War II understand how drastically things have changed on the home front. My father did not care a whit whether I liked him, and it would have been unthinkable for him to pick up my stuff. There were rules in the house, and they were enforced.
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I'm really a product of an excellent school system and supportive parents. My high school band director gave me recordings of Louis Armstrong, Kenny Ball, and contemporaries like Nicholas Payton.
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For people who don't know or didn't know that I started off as a singer, singing requires a certain level of drama, in itself. Honestly, it really prepared me to do this, and I've been really blessed to be able to transition into the acting world very smoothly.
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I try to write cinematically. Let me define what I mean by that. First of all, I try to write in a visual way so that the reader can watch a movie in their head. And it keeps moving. I try to structure the stories like a screenplay may be structured.
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I am quite proud that I managed to prove that you don't have to be able to afford drama school or have the right connections to do well.
