Chinua Achebe Quotes
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I've never been a six-foot-tall, skinny model, so therefore, I want to create an illusion. People always think I'm taller than I am - not just because of the shoes I wear but because of the way I dress. It's all relatively streamlined.
Victoria Beckham
Spice Girls
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I was a teenager with braces and into sporty dresses with bright colors and cut-outs. For awhile, I really experimented with what I wanted to do. Some really extreme things, I recall.
Venus Williams
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I'm actually an equestrian, and I showed in the American Paint Horse Association and competed for top 20 in the nation.
Kate Upton
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Being a mom makes you far more compassionate. You have more empathy for people, more love. I was always taught to say thank you, and I'm very grateful. And my kids have that quality, too.
Florence Henderson
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The only thing I can do is tell the truth as I see it and let the chips fall where they may.
Jack Kemp
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My mom, she's a breast cancer survivor and because of that I had started getting mammograms once a year, starting at age 30.
Kate Walsh
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I started going to acting school when I was 14, and I would always have my own take on things.
Barbra Streisand
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I'm at my best when I'm working. I just recently learned how to find balance and deal with downtime and take advantage of it.
Natalie Zea
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When you're young, you don't feel iconoclastic - you're just kind of doing what seems natural, what moves you.
Garry Trudeau
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If you are not moving closer to what you want, you probably aren't doing enough asking. And you're probably not asking the single most important question that can help you achieve a higher level of success and personal fulfillment: How am I doing?
Jack Canfield
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I have sisters who act, and I'd always seen it as their thing. I was never in the school plays like them - I wanted to be a painter.
Gabriella Wilde
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Suddenly she knew. She knew! Love. That was what she had that IT did not have. She had Mrs. Whatsit's love, and her father's, and mother's, and the real Charles Wallace's love, and the twins', and Aunt Beast's. And she had her love for them. But how could she use it? What was she meant to do?
Madeleine L'Engle
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I'm not cynical, but the reality is that life is mortal. Terrible, sad things happen. Everybody loses friends and family. I'll be on tour and get really scared if my wife won't answer her phone within one minute. I'm sensitive.
Kurt Vile
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Since Israel is a democratic state surrounded by essentially undemocratic states which have sworn her destruction, those interested in democracy everywhere must support Israel's existence.
Bayard Rustin
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Nobody lives forever and I've had a blessed life.
Bob Feller
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I said, '200 pairs of jeans,' and then it just kind of went everywhere. I don't really own 200 pairs of jeans - I own a million pairs of jeans. No, but I definitely have a very solid amount. I won't say a number, but it's aggressive.
Bella Hadid
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"It was suicide, wasn't it?" "In an involuntary sort of way," said Vorob'yev. "These Cetagandan political suicides can get awfully messy, when the principal won't cooperate." "Thirty-two stab wounds in the back, worst case of suicide they ever saw?" murmured Ivan, clearly fascinated by the gossip. "Exactly, my lord."
Lois McMaster
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As a man danced so the drums were beaten for him.
Chinua Achebe
