Keira Knightley Quotes
I always find it much easier when there's one person whose vision you're following, as opposed to many people.
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Cuba needs a dose of perestroika.
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To be perfectly truthful, I was not a very brilliant student, even at chemistry school.
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I was practically driven to Rome in order to obtain the opportunities for art culture and to find a social atmosphere where I was not constantly reminded of my color. The land of liberty had no room for a colored sculptor.
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Thousands of years and many civilizations have defined a marriage as the union between one man and one woman. With few exceptions, those civilizations that did not follow that perished.
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I still do commercial work as an actor, which I love, because it's very quick, and it definitely pays my bills.
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You should only have so many accessories. You have to make sure you have the right ones at the right time.
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My agent and I put out my proposal one Thursday afternoon in August, 1998. Publishers started bidding immediately, and that process progressed for a few days.
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I've got an idea for a modern day faerie tale that I think would made a great short novel. But I just don't have the time to work on it right now. I'm way too busy with the 'Kingkiller Chronicles' and being a new dad.
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I started riding the whole 'fluffy' train, and it's a cute word and socially a lot more acceptable than someone saying is fat or obese. If you call a girl 'fat,' yo, she'll raise hell, but if you say, 'Aw girl, look at you, you're fluffy,' there's almost a sexy appeal to it.
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Fiction should be about moral dilemmas that are so bloody difficult that the author doesn't know the answer.
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Moderate doesn't mean that you're a wimp - far from it. It means that you've chosen a path because you believe that's the only way for global harmony and peace.
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Being in the spotlight, you know, you tend to kind of forget who you are. And being an artist... it could be a very superficial job. It could be very pretentious as well.
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Democratic accountability means that governments must be popularly accepted, with citizens empowered to replace corrupt or incompetent rulers.
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When people hear good music, it makes them homesick for something they never had, and never will have.
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Mostly this problem is contained in the fact that the US makes it so difficult for Canadians to get green cards (you heard it here), but if an American orchestra really wants a player, they have their ways.
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We all love to be admired and given compliments, but I don't really keep track.
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Thankfully, it became clear to me that when I compete, I lose my connection to the passion I have for my work.
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Touring is an incredibly isolated situation. I don't know how people tour for years on end. You find a lot of people who can't stop touring, and it's because they don't know how to come back into life. It's sort of unreal.
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When I moved to London at age 16, tired of the shuffle around other people's houses and ready to live on my own, I met my English brother and sister, who instantly claimed me as family.
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A lot of hard work goes into making a film. It's not all fun time, as people tend to think. There are always stereotypes attached to every profession, but I found out this industry breaks them all.
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I had discovered journalism to be my life's ambition.
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Wherever I go throughout the world - no matter the language, no matter the culture - I thrill to hear the testimonies of the Saints.
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I'm loving the idea of having a baby
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I always find it much easier when there's one person whose vision you're following, as opposed to many people.
