Karen Blixen Quotes
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Do you force your kids to pay attention to what's going on, or do you let them live their lives outside of it? My hope is that my child is a strong activist. That would make me most proud.
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That's what I like to do, I like to make songs.
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I never got into politics for it to be a career.
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We make assumptions: nurses should be nice, teachers should be good. But everyone has a dark side, some darker than others.
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Elves live in harmony with the world, and I try to do that.
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Not obsessed with particularly Nike, but sneakers in general. I love them.
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The spiritual is the cause of action. Action is life.
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I could battle rap forever, but it's a joke to me.
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The red-carpet thing of premieres and parties is probably my least favourite part of my job.
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I was a curious child. I'd debate with anyone who came to the door - people from the Islamic community... Jehovah's Witnesses... anyone.
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Contemplation is a luxury of the middle class, the very rich.
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You know, a lot of things changed. What never changed is the illusion to keep playing tennis, the illusion to keep doing well the things, and the illusion to be in a good position of the ranking and play these kind of matches.
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Why does Israel always have to suffer for others to feel bad for it?
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Some things are really sacred and important to other cultures, so you have to be aware, politically, about those things before you just adopt them.
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I treat the camera like a person - I gaze into it. Photos are a flat thing, and you need to put life into them.
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I love getting people's opinion of what I'm doing.
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Learn from the people. Plan with the people. Begin with what they have. Build on what they know.
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A good novel is one that shows the complexity of individuals, and creates enough space for all these characters to have a voice; in this way a novel is called democratic - not that it advocates democracy but that by nature it is so.
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Arnold and Jamie Lee must have worked over the years with directors that did 50 takes, because I'd get like three takes or so and say, Ok, that's it, we're done.
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Women-in-jeopardy movies are, in essence, the updated versions of men dying to save the princess from the dragon to earn her love. They are modern-day training films for teaching women to select the best protectors while weeding out the rest.
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I think that the world has largely ignored Belize and the political situation and the plight of its people because it's one of the smallest countries and, in terms of the world economy, one of the least significant.
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I first began to tell tales to delight the world and make it wiser...
