Bidzina Ivanishvili Quotes
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A little bit of stage fright, then I'm ready.
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I like to prove people wrong.
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I love Rihanna. I think her style just pushes a lot of boundaries. My tomboy side takes inspiration from her.
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I wouldn't want to cover a Hank Williams song in a country-western way. It doesn't occur to me instinctually to re-create productions. I'm interested in re-creating songs. Putting different clothes on them.
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Don't ever forget that a small group of thoughtful people can change the world, it's the only thing that ever has.
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I don't diet, I don't do fads, I've just decided to not eat carbs. So no more bread and pasta for the month. I can't live without chocolate, though. I've always got a bar in my handbag. It has to be 72%. Any less and it's too sweet, any more and it's inedible. Like I said, I'm very particular.
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Character is supreme in life, hence Jesus stood supreme in the supreme thing - so supreme that, when we think of the ideal, we do not add virtue to virtue, but think of Jesus Christ, so that the standard of human life is no longer a code but a character.
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I was just lucky enough to grow up in a time when they actually had drama departments in schools.
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You can pretend to be serious; but you can't pretend to be witty.
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Right from the very beginning, I knew I wanted to write palpably Scottish fiction.
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I used to like humorous people in the past, but these days, I like serious people more.
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It's really nice to be in something that you really love and want to share with people. And then, for it to actually get shown and for people to be able to see it is awesome. It's really exciting.
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Our own self-realization is the greatest service we can render the world.
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I like statement flats that can take you from day to night.
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My father told me to dress to reflect the respect you have for the people around you. I've never forgotten that.
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My dad taught me to never be pigeonholed; to really allow yourself to reinvent characters as they reinvent you; to be bold and to be willing to play seemingly unlikeable people.
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If slavery is right, all words, acts, laws, and constitutions against it, are themselves wrong, and should be silenced, and swept away.
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A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere. Before him I may think aloud.
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Find your passion is in life, and do what you can to integrate that into your work life. That's not to say you won't have occasional frustrations in your job - that just goes with the territory - but at least you'll feel better inside, and that, over time, will mean more to you than you might think.
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When I first worked in Zimbabwe, I was a complete novice. I was doing a study, and I continued to learn more and more through the years. And where I have learned most is in the village, from the communities.
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When I was writing 'The Luminaries,' I read a lot of crime novels because I wanted to figure out which ones made me go, 'Ah! I didn't know that was coming!'
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When we address the disparities facing black people, we get a lot closer to a true democracy where all lives matter.
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My only hobby is going for walks outdoors.
