Marley Dias Quotes
Girls of color and young women need to be seen, heard, and valued. Schools can help make this happen by including our stories in the curriculum.
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I live on the same street as my family, actually. I live across the road. I'm a real family person!
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Advertising is the price companies pay for being unoriginal.
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The way I write is that I'll actually have a conversation out loud with myself. In a weird way, I just kind of get schizophrenic and play two characters.
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Personally, of course it's exasperating when people think you're just swanning around in Europe, going to the occasional fashion show and then being glamorous at a party.
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Being physical and doing my own stunts - it is fun to do these kind of films once in a while, especially before you get too old.
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I consider science fiction and fantasy my genre. And I've noticed over the years that there doesn't tend to be a lot of lighthearted, comedic stuff.
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I had seen some films made about the underground music world in Tehran, and most of them were short documentaries about 30 or 40 minutes long. And I always wondered why they weren't publicized more. Really, their only flaw was they were short documentaries.
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I have a deep fascination with human nature, with all its virtues and all its defects.
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I was familiar with 'Addicted' for a long time, even prior to the movie, way before it got the greenlight. And when it finally got the greenlight, I was very happy to be a part of it.
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Our meaning is to make our little planet Earth a better place to live, to stop wars, disarm nuclear missiles, to stop diseases, AIDS, plague, cancer and to stop pollution.
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I want to live my life naked, with all my little naked kids naked in the garden.
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Tackling still comes down to leverage and owning that leverage and making your hits.
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I'm often accused of being prudish, but the opposite is true.
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If you're at an award ceremony, you're against your mates.
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Never worry about bad press: All that matters is if they spell your name right.
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All guys get into music because they love music and they also want to get the girls.
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Among the rednecks of America, which there are many more than people seem to realize, it was terribly damaging. I got blamed for O.J.'s acquittal.
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While my mother wanted me to be a musician, I wanted to become an electronic engineer.
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If folks focus in on a niche and own it, there is a good chance they could make half a living from blogging.
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I'm from Ghana, in West Africa, and all the women in Ghana absolutely love shea butter. We use it for everything, head to toe. I've used it all my life.
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What I always wanted to do when I was a kid was to speak out and help people which I continue to do afterwards.
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I think it's important to have a greater purpose behind modeling. Don't model just because you're pretty and you want to make money. Every girl wants that. You have to stand out from everyone else and on those really hard days, that is really the only thing that will keep you going.
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Girls of color and young women need to be seen, heard, and valued. Schools can help make this happen by including our stories in the curriculum.
