Lauren Mayberry Quotes
After the first album, I spent a lot of time being like, 'I'm not really a singer.' That kind of mentality doesn't help.
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Reconciliation is a decision that you take in your heart.
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Flipping through the 'Toronto Star' one day in 2008, I noticed a piece about a phenomenal boxer from the Philippines who had won several different titles in several different weight divisions. Manny Pacquiao's rise from heart-crushing poverty to the top ranks of his sport was astounding.
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For every reason it's not possible, there are hundreds of people who have faced the same circumstances and succeeded.
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You don't want to take the world over with a whole hamper full of dirty clothes. That's the main thing people overlook. And take a shower, take a bath every day.
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I had a lovely childhood. For family holidays, we went as far as the car could take us - we would drive to Florida, even though it would take three days. I didn't know we didn't have a lot of money because there was always food on the table. I didn't have a lot of stuff, but I did figure skating for a long time, and I always had my skates.
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As an actor, you don't want to play a one-dimensional character.
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Fortune cookies are a good idea. If the message is positive, it can make your day a little better.
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At times, training at home is a distraction, so training in Big Bear was a really good change.
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It is true that integrity alone won't make you a leader, but without integrity you will never be one.
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A conqueror is always a lover of peace.
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I love to walk around New York. Honestly, that's like the best thing, to walk over to Park Slope and go visit my friend Betty and take her dog out in the park or go walk across the Brooklyn Bridge. I really dig being outside and getting to see everybody in the street.
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There are two things panic patients hate to do. They hate to take medication - and they hate to go to doctors. They hate to come to grips.
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Write what you like; there is no other rule.
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I write about real people in disguise. If anything, my characters are toned down-the truth is much more bizarre.
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I think there's a time to be private and a time to be public, and I think that companies like Facebook and Groupon are basically transformational companies. You don't come across them very often, and I'm pretty sure that they can continue to grow for a long time even being public.
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If I get to wrapped up in how I have to be, or what I have to do, things gradually get worse and worse.
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Sometimes people talk about music, whether blogs or magazines, in a strange way where it doesn't seem like they're actually listening to it.
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Everything I do is blown out of proportion. It really hurts my feelings.
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One of the joys of going to the movies was that it was trashy, and we should never lose that.
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When you're editing, you're putting it together in a way that makes sense metaphysically. You're not inventing it, but you're finding the story that's there. You're making a play that's eventually going to go on stage and present itself to an audience. You want to show what happened, not exactly what you have evidence of happening.
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No one can be a yogi, maintaining a state of mental equilibrium, free from inner involvement in planned desireful activities, unless he has renounced identification with his ego and its unsatisfiable lust for the fruits of actions.
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It takes a long time to understand nothing.
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I think people should look at learning about Native American history the same as visiting Washington, D.C., and seeing the monuments there. It's all part of the package.
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After the first album, I spent a lot of time being like, 'I'm not really a singer.' That kind of mentality doesn't help.
