Freema Agyeman Quotes
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The Violence Against Women Act is so important. It provides money to train the cop on the beat, to train the judges that this is a new day, that we won't tolerate this violence and to know how to deal with it.
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Crime and the fear of crime have permeated the fabric of American life.
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The combination of olive oil, garlic and lemon juice lifts the spirits in winter.
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After my experiences with the 5:2 diet, I wasn't interested in a short-term fix that would fail later. I wanted a way of eating that made me lose weight without feeling deprived.
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Sadly, for those who are busy sawing off their feet to escape the trap of cliches, every story is chock full of them and sometimes depends on an especially hoary one.
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There's no specific mission statement for the 'Toast.'
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The rewards of freedom are always sweet, but its demands are stern, for at its heart is the paradox that the greatest enemy of freedom is freedom.
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I'd always wanted to do a Marvel project, and I'd always imagined getting to play one of the superheroes because it's such a hard thing to get. It's the parts that only go to a few people. The flip side of that is the antagonists are pretty awesome.
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I would describe my dancing talents as incredibly deep.
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I'm a creative person, so I have to stay busy.
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With a computer, there are too many choices, and I always liked working within limits. You know, if you look at Mozart, who had this strict classical framework - an allegro, an andante, a scherzo and a finale - you see that within that formula, he got results he might never have gotten if he had all the options in the world.
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Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing.
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I was not a rebellious teenager. I was a sit-in-your-room teenager.
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For whatever reason, I didn't succumb to the stereotype that science wasn't for girls. I got encouragement from my parents. I never ran into a teacher or a counselor who told me that science was for boys. A lot of my friends did.
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I didn't fit in at school, and I didn't fit in at home, and I didn't know why. I was often lonely.
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I'm one of five kids and we lived on a massive farm in New South Wales with my mum and dad.
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Characters that are not the norm or a bit out of the ordinary are always a challenge as an actress. You learn more by using different tools for those type of characters. They are always much more fun to play and much more interesting. They take you places that you wouldn't necessarily go in your everyday life.
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My records do not require a lot of thought of 'What is this?' and 'What is that?' That would be too contrived for me.
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Nobody would take me seriously. They would take one look at me and say, 'O.K., folk singer.' That was really hard for me, and I was angry a lot of the time. I did all these summer programs, and I never encountered another female playing jazz guitar. Ever.
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I actually have something I would use the Department of Education to do. It would be to monitor our institutions of higher education for extreme political bias and deny federal funding if it exists.
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Revolution does not insure progress. You may overturn thrones, but what proof that anything better will grow upon the soil?
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I wasn't ever anybody who had a political thing against marriage, but I just thought, 'Why would I want to do that?'
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...for the object of education is to teach us to love beauty.
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I don't have an iPod! It's never appealed to me, really.
