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.
Quotes to Explore
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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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When I was a kid, I was always going to bed creating a story, and that was the birth of filmmaking for me. I would like going to the dream-state by telling the story to someone else in my mind. That was my imaginary friend; it was an imaginary audience listening to my story.
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Every great architect is - necessarily - a great poet. He must be a great original interpreter of his time, his day, his age.
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I arrived at school pensive, introverted, and not very sporty, so magic became a place of mystery and intrigue, an escape for my boyish mind.
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People had so much respect for George Mitchell. They wanted to cooperate with him. I think that's a hallmark of a very good leader.
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I wouldn't know where to start." "He who chooses the beginning of the road chooses the place it leads to." "Thoreau?" "Harry Emerson Fosdick.
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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.
