Dido Armstrong Quotes
I like being a strong, independent woman, and to be honest, I was never afraid to be on my own.
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I think there's something very dark in the South African psyche. I think we live a lot of the time in a state of a very low-grade civil war; the levels of violence in South Africa are extremely high. In a way, the civil war that never happened is being played out in a covert way, so we live with a lot of very ugly things.
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It's more important to fly midpoint in deals and work together than to try to haggle for the last dollar.
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There are some things that money can't buy: peace of mind, for starters, and lean muscle mass. Neither the Queen of England nor the founder of Microsoft can put in an order for either one.
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We can have a World War, I see absolutely no reason why we shouldn't have a World Party.
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My dream was to play in good films, no matter in what country. I always waited for a decent script, and nothing has changed. I'm just sure that nothing in life is random, and I believe in the fate which guides you. Probably my starring in 'A Good Day to Die Hard' is good proof of that.
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Random chance plays a huge part in everybody's life.
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All of my relationships have happened organically with people who are super cool and in my life and it just moved into a relationship zone.
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I don't really think about the runs too much. I mean, if we get, like, a five-run lead, then I'll start to pitch according to that.
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I can't sing, but I'll sing over this chord progression, like, over and over, for however long it takes - sometimes it's, like, two minutes, sometimes it's 20 minutes - until I've found like a hook or something that I'm really happy with. And then, basically, it just like that's my melody, and that's where I start from.
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I loved when my dad was home. He liked to sit in the living room and watch boxing and baseball on TV. Or he'd be tinkering around or listening to records by his musician buddies - George Shearing, Oscar Peterson and the Jackie Gleason Orchestra.
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Small ideas won't help Illinois' future.
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I can't deal with someone flashy. That's so not me.
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Leadership is intangible, and therefore no weapon ever designed can replace it.
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I could probably name thousands of albums that I want.
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French fries. I love them. Some people are chocolate and sweets people. I love French fries. That and caviar.
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Serious drama in a significant degree began at Harvard in the 1880s. In 1881, the Cercle Francais initiated the annual French play, and shortly afterwards the German and Spanish clubs added their productions.
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I don't really approach a character as to whether or not it's good or bad. I just approach a character as to where it lives in me.
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I'm relaxed about my career. I've been making movies for over 20 years, so I've earned at least the right to relax.
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Families, particularly, tend to be the ones that you take the most for granted. They seem to slip under the radar, all those important things - it almost becomes second nature to do so.
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I wanted to explore the connections between different kinds of music.
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Eyes wide and blank as the buttons on a first Communion coat.
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A well-paid slave is nonetheless a slave.
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Philistine must have originally meant, in the mind of those who invented the nickname, a strong, dogged, unenlightened opponent of the children of the light.
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I like being a strong, independent woman, and to be honest, I was never afraid to be on my own.
