Grace Martine Tandon (Daya) Quotes
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A great man is different from an eminent one in that he is ready to be the servant of the society.
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Gym Class is a band I am more directly involved with than any other band except for Fall Out Boy.
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It's hard to always be on top. You go down, you go up.
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Every step of progress the world has made has been from scaffold to scaffold, and from stake to stake.
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I'm optimistic about people and about the planet and about nature. I think it's resilient, like people are.
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Kings are more prone to mistrust the good than the bad; and they are always afraid of the virtues of others.
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We as women have a voice and we are decision makers in what film to see. We always support our boyfriends and husbands by going to see the male dominated films, but we don't compel them to see films with female casts.
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There is no chance and anarchy in the universe. All is system and gradation. Every god is there sitting in his sphere.
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Pakistan is not a rogue state, but it harbours and covertly supports rogue elements. While war is not the answer, hard or coercive diplomacy could be.
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I believe that I have been basically anarchistic, anti-religion and anti-industry and business. In other words, anti-bureaucracy. I would like to see people behave well without having to have priests stand by, politicians stand by, or people collecting bills.
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A lot of news is just entertainment masquerading as news.
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I live with my mum and my nan. I think I will leave eventually, but not at the moment when they look after me so well. If you came to my house, they'd make you eat something.
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It was the best route to get folks to understand segregation fast. Civil rights and women's rights had a clear history. Making the transition to rights for people with disabilities became easier because we had the history of the other two.
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My journey has been that of a character actor.
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I feel I'm a strange mixture of insecurity and strength. Most of us, probably most people. I'm transferring that same concept to the people I photograph.
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'Life as a Dog' is when I really started to feel comfortable, like I had the due north on my compass.
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I get mad quick and and go off at the handle quick.
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I have always been a coward as a child. I am not very brave. I am very aware of the fact that I am not very gutsy.
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I do think that people have moments of realisation in real life - even if it's on their death beds - when they suddenly think, 'Jesus - what did I do?'
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The whole earth is the tomb of heroic men and their story is not given only on stone over their clay but abides everywhere without visible symbol woven into the stuff of other mens lives.
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The word 'iconic' is used too frequently - an icon is a statue carved in wood. It was shocking at first, when I got that reference. It was a responsibility, and it's impossible to live up to - you're supposed to be dead, for one thing.
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It's Only Rock and Roll.
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The type of work I like is pure and simple and profound.
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Stay humble, be fearless, and work, work, work, work, work, work.
