G. Willow Wilson Quotes
Thematically, in a lot of what I write, there's a sense of displacement, of being rooted in multiple places, and how that can tug at your identities and your wants and your goals.
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Governments, of course, can - and do - soak the rich.
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I'm the kind of girl who thinks about what she's gonna cook for dinner when she's finishing her lunch.
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I don't think any media has to feel obliged to show the cover of 'Charlie Hebdo.'
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I have this dream life where I get to be a celebrity but I get to navigate the world fairly easily because I'm always in character.
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My goal was always to be involved in music that would outlive me. And maybe that's actually happening.
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I'm ready for a different America.
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I'm excited to be a part of the new direction the Barbie brand is headed, specifically how they are celebrating diversity in the line and encouraging kids to raise their voices.
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It used to be that when an actress reached thirty, she was considered almost washed up.
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Everybody has their idiosyncrasies.
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I'd say when it comes to being who you are, just don't be afraid to try things.
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People accuse artists of being narcissists - of course we are! If we don't like ourselves, who's going to like us?
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I think everyone knows the news has become ridiculous. It's entertainment driven.
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When I left prison, I had to figure out how to embrace my past.
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I used to work in kitchens, doing 12 or more hours a day of physical labor, so today, eight to 12 hours of cooking, chatting or filming feels like a vacation. When I have a scheduled 'day off,' I spend several hours writing, then I clean until I crash from fatigue. I don't relax well.
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The fantasy that appeals most to people is the kind that's rooted thoroughly in somebody looking around a corner and thinking, 'What if I wandered into this writer's people here?' If you've done your job and made your people and your settings well enough, that adds an extra dimension that you can't buy.
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I have had the good fortune to be able to climb the highest mountain on each of the seven continents. I have enjoyed the freedom I had gained from building a successful business from scratch, making some money, and creating the lifestyle I wanted.
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You're successful if you can get one person to pick it up and put it on the turntable and go, Wow, thanks for writing that!
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Mama tried to save us from the streets, but the streets were too strong.
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Bill Gates finds people in Russia to hire them to Microsoft. That's the Russian interest in this process.
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As I've often said, you can shop online and find whatever you're looking for, but bookstores are where you find what you weren't looking for.
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Look at what's happening between Main Street and Wall Street. The stock market index is up 136 percent from the bottom. Middle class jobs lost during the correction: six million. Middle class jobs recovered: one million. So therefore we're up 16 percent on the jobs that were lost. These are only born-again jobs. We don't really have any new jobs, and there's a massive speculative frenzy going on in Wall Street that is disconnected from the real economy.
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I set goals for myself every three months. I write them down.
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Thematically, in a lot of what I write, there's a sense of displacement, of being rooted in multiple places, and how that can tug at your identities and your wants and your goals.
