Bjork Quotes
In Reykjavik, Iceland, where I was born, you are in the middle of nature surrounded by mountains and ocean. But you are still in a capital in Europe. So I have never understood why I have to choose between nature or urban.
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For the past few centuries, we have defined beauty as tall, slender figures, femininity and white skin.
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Civilization is merely an advance in taste: accepting, all the time, nicer things, and rejecting nasty ones.
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I spent years studying the teachings of Patanjali, and he reminded us several thousand years ago that when we are steadfast - which means that we never slip in our abstention of thoughts of harm directed toward others - then all living creatures cease to feel enmity in our presence.
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I was with the Jessie Bonstelle Stock Company in Detroit and Buffalo for three seasons - 10 performances and a new play every week. She was an amazing woman who did a great deal for me.
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The eye of God ends up inside, so that, in the end, you take care of judgment and punishment yourself.
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For the third season, we do a sit around on one episode where we were in character and then we commented on one episode just being ourselves, so - not really. I was comfortable, though. I wasn't nervous.
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Putting a tax on carbon could be an effective approach for curbing global warming pollution.
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Theatre gives you wings as an actor.
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Computers are wasteful of paper and time. Once, we'd get documents with a few errors. Now, people make hundreds of copies until each sheet is flawless and memos are duplicated endlessly. Managers get swamped with emails.
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All I did was ask for rights. I didn't attack anyone. I didn't harass anyone. I didn't oppose the system or the country or the authority. All I said is, 'Why can't I drive?'
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I enjoy stand-up because it has the biggest reward: instant gratification. You can hear the people laughing.
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There will be mental worries with the long jump before Rio, but I know I can get through it. It's just getting my confidence back. I know I have a big jump in me.
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Hospice is such a tremendous thing. Patients seem to reach an inner peace.
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I'm no stranger to joining a show in the third season. I joined 'Lost Girl' at the same stage, and that was a wonderful experience.
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Everything I say is true.
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The return we reap from generous actions is not always evident.
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It was very clear to me I wanted to be an actor when I got out into civilian life.
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I want a big house with a moat and dragons and a fort to keep people out.
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I have cotton or flannel sheets, depending on the weather. They have to be ironed, and I get my bed changed nearly every day.
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Mama had her little cough. Once or twice, some quiet sobbing, out of sight... Or the slamming of kitchen cupboard doors. That was her language.
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With a sequel you're always trying to get bigger and better.
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The free trade agreement that we will have to do with the European Union should be one of the easiest in human history.
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I believe a No. 1 song starts happening when it's believable and validating.
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In Reykjavik, Iceland, where I was born, you are in the middle of nature surrounded by mountains and ocean. But you are still in a capital in Europe. So I have never understood why I have to choose between nature or urban.
