Ella Maillart Quotes
One travels to escape from it all, but that is the great illusion: It cannot be done, since one travels with one's mind.
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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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During a movie, chemistry is so important, and yet they just assume actors can fake their way through it. That doesn't always work.
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So long as you do not achieve social liberty, whatever freedom is provided by the law is of no avail to you.
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I have a general sense of mission, and I intuitively know when something is influencing that mission. I think this is what I'm supposed to be doing. Doors keep opening. In the end, it's the best use of my skills. I've finally consented to the idea that I'm an artist.
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I have to think about how to not spread myself too thin. It's a really great problem to have.
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I don't work out and be healthy and want a strong body because I want to look good in a bikini. I do all of those things for me and for my health. I'm not going on the cover of 'Maxim' and 'FHM' because that's not me.
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After working so hard on the court, I find that snacks help me avoid late-afternoon energy lows.
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'LazyTown' is on a mission to move the world to be a healthier place. When we get kids moving, we get their families moving. And when families move, we are one step closer to moving the world. Move the body, move the mind, every day.
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I thoroughly enjoy working with kids, whether it's The First Tee or the lesson tee with my grandkids.
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There's a lot of activism that doesn't deal with empowerment, and you have to empower yourself in order to be relevant to any type of struggle.
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Most people don't know what they spend in every single area, but they know they have a problem in particular areas.
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I'm a man without a corporation.
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I never bought the commercial thing, at any stage of the game.
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When you cross over on fandoms, people don't know what to do with themselves.
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I'm trying to encourage more women to be themselves, rather than what men want them to be. I don't believe in patronizing either sex.
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Every day, nay every moment, try to do some good deed.
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My favorite game shows were 'Password' and '$25,000 Pyramid.'
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If I get too type-cast, that's the worst possible scenario.
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For those who turn to literary biography for salacious details, 'Flannery' will disappoint. It is the biography of someone who had very little chance to live in the conventional sense, to experience events.
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Twitter is the people’s tool, the tool of the ordinary people, people who have no other resources.
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Once you avoid the things that accelerate aging like smoking, obesity, excessive alcohol consumption, and excessive sun exposure, you've done about as much as you can to influence your aging process.
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I don't want my dad to say, 'My daughter is an actress on a TV show.' I want him to say, 'My daughter cares about people.' I would love to know that I'm a role model in Hollywood.
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On the set, everybody is different, so you have to deal with different sensibilities. I don't have a method. Usually, I try to have a good connection with the actor that I'm filming. Even a guy who's there with two lines of dialogue, I always try to have a connection with the guy I'm filming, just to make it into a nice, enjoyable moment.
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One travels to escape from it all, but that is the great illusion: It cannot be done, since one travels with one's mind.
