Daniel Tammet Quotes
Working with the doctors is a fascinating two-way process. I am interested in what they suggest about why I'm the way I am. But if they could make me 'normal', I wouldn't want that. I've been like this for so long, it's what makes me .
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I don't carry myself as a black person but as a woman that belongs to everybody. After all, it's the general public that made me - not any one particular group. So I don't think of myself as belonging to any particular group and never have.
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I don't think you should always stay calm in a tense situation, because you might not ever confront the problem. Maybe it's better to actually let yourself be tense - and find a solution.
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My direction has never really changed, because I don't think that you can really work gimmicks in gospel music. With gospel music, there is this central theme that always comes around about the love of God, the love of Jesus and the power that you have through Jesus Christ. You don't need a gimmick when you have that.
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We're dealing with sophisticated customers. What's most important to these women is individuality. I have to create things she'll want to wear, no matter who she is.
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Everybody with a gun has a checkpoint in Lebanon. And in Lebanon, you'd be crazy not to have a gun. Though, I assure you, all the crazy people have guns, too.
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As independent filmmakers, we are actually deeply dependent on each other. The Spirit Awards are a public expression of those bonds, the intricate set of relationships and histories that we filmmakers depend on to make our most personal work.
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I just want to be part of great stories that are told and for them to be relevant.
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Since grief only aggravates your loss, grieve not for what is past.
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Sarcasm helps me overcome the harshness of the reality we live, eases the pain of scars and makes people smile.
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In my own case, the most inflammatory statements I have ever made are ones that I have written and remain willing to defend.
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I do not believe in abortion at will. I do not believe that if a woman just wants to have an abortion she should... I do believe if you have an abortion you are committing murder.
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I know how to wrap my turban a little better now. In the beginning, it was a little weird.
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I have the attention span of a mosquito from multitasking and all the things that have affected my poor little brain.
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I'm easy to hate. I get it.
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The opportunity, number one, to work with Ang Lee is an amazing thing for me.
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I can't even imagine what it's like and right now I'm like in shock, I can't believe that I'm Olympic Champion.
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When I give notes on a script, I say, 'Guys, I may drift, but it's part of the process.' So I'm aware that I'm drifting, but I'm grabbing a lot of stuff.
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I think a lot of people have a problem with the fact that I've adopted an African child, a child who has a different color skin than I do.
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Nothing earthly will make me give up my work in despair.
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I like army boots, I like peasant skirts - sometimes together! So I do know that I have odd taste.
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Sex is something I really don't understand too hot. You never know where the hell you are... Sex is something I just don't understand. I swear to God.
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It is important to make the fans that support me feel supported.
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It is easy to see that, even in the freedom of early youth, an American girl never quite loses control of herself; she enjoys all permitted pleasures without losing her head about any of them, and her reason never lets the reins go, though it may often seem to let them flap.
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Working with the doctors is a fascinating two-way process. I am interested in what they suggest about why I'm the way I am. But if they could make me 'normal', I wouldn't want that. I've been like this for so long, it's what makes me .
