Orison Swett Marden Quotes
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You have to find out how to become the character.
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As a filmmaker, I really want to utilize the tools to carry the voice - my voice, and the voice of the characters.
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One of the most important roles of our journalists is to be watchdogs.
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I enjoy my life.
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I've lived my life the way I wanted to, whether scaling the mountains, partying long into the night or having fun playing soccer.
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I don't look like a white woman. I look Somali.
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Time is the devourer of all things.
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For me, it's hard to keep up with trends. I just go for the roles and movies that I feel I could add value to, or contribute to, that I feel I could portray.
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There is a kind of structure for a story that was peculiarly compelling for the radio. I thought I had invented it atom-by-atom sitting in an editing booth in Washington on M Street when I was in my 20s. Then I found out that it is one of the oldest forms of telling a story - it was the structure of a sermon.
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The only thing that I discovered very early on is that, even though we might change schools and cities and towns and states, the books in the library were the same. They had the same covers. They had the same characters. I could go and visit those people in the library as if I knew them.
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It's never fun having to bulk up for a job on an action film, then lose weight for another role. I don't actually mind working out, but it's the diet: I'm half-French, so I love my food, and boiled chicken breast for breakfast is not my idea of a good meal.
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The Americans are more honest about it and just call it college rock.
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I guess the reality is, everybody today has so many gadgets.
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I hate being called a pop star. I hate that.
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Dialogue is something I don't get a lot of on 'Game of Thrones.'
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'Mvula' is my married name, but for some reason my nan calls me 'McVula.' I'm not sure if it's one of those jokey Caribbean things, or whether she's just getting it wrong.
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If my life was a song the title would be 'Naima'.
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St. Patrick, bringing the religion to Ireland, this is what we should celebrate.
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I grew up in a family where the women were just nuts. They didn't stand around in cardigans making polite conversation while they chopped tomatoes.
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My stepdad is Bruce Jenner, the Olympian. The first time he came over was like a blind date, and we had show and tell. He took out the gold medal for me and my sisters, and we were like, 'So? Who the hell are you?'
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In the faces of men and women I see God.
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I could not be one of those actors who stays in character all day long. I'd go mad.
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All men who have achieved great things have been great dreamers.
