Freja Beha Erichsen Quotes
It's important to think about the bigger picture, especially if we are given these platforms. We can make a difference.
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I would be too selfish if I said everyone should see my movies more than once. To say that would mean I'm just marketing my work!
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I want to play interesting women.
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The purpose of armed struggle is not simply to kill... its purpose is to reach a political goal.
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I can never really remember what I look like. I'm just sort of neutral. I don't think I'm sort of, you know, hideous.
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Forgiveness is about empowering yourself, rather than empowering your past.
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Don't underestimate your opponent, but don't overestimate them, either.
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We are more casual about qualifying the people we allow to act as advocates in the courtroom than we are about licensing electricians.
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I haven't reported my missing credit card to the police because whoever stole it is spending less than my wife.
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It's okay to take time for yourself. We give so much of ourselves to others and we need to be fueled both physically and mentally. If we are in balance, it helps us in all our interactions.
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Focus on remedies, not faults.
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I chose the most explosive dress I could find. I put a ton of makeup on and some great round earrings. I looked like Jennifer Jones in Duel in the Sun.
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You have to know you can first. How comes later.
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I don't let anything kill my spirit.
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It's like the brooding hen sitting over a china egg.
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When I was young I thought that money was the most important thing in life; now that I am old I know that it is.
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Being an actress can be a little like being a girl in the '50s: You're stuck waiting by the phone, hoping that the boy you like will call.
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I've always written about heroes and wondered who they are.
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First and foremost when you're doing comedy, you gotta be relevant and applicable to the times that you're living in. When you try and just do comedy about who is dating who and lifestyle jokes, it gets tiring after a while. It's hard to be funny in that realm.
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Black Lives Matter has become what black communities all over the world have needed it to become. At times, it is a hashtag; at other moments, it is a declaration, a cry of rage, a sharing of light. It has become a movement that is international, worldwide in its scope of liberation for black and oppressed people everywhere.
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Cartooning is for people who can't quite draw and can't quite write. You combine the two half-talents and come up with a career.
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I'm not saying that experiencing loss is why I can cope with darker worlds - I'm not saying that for a second - but I think it opens up a side of you in terms of work that wouldn't be as accessible had that stuff not happened.
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When I used to model, the job description is 'shut up and pose.' There are people today who would really like me to go back to that old job description and 'just shut up and pose.'
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Do not tell somebody how to vote, just go up to them and tell them what Fahrenheit 9/11 meant to you. Fahrenheit will probably not win an Academy Award, but if you put it first on your list, it will become a nominee.
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It's important to think about the bigger picture, especially if we are given these platforms. We can make a difference.
