Sacheen Littlefeather Quotes
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Downstairs in my house, I have a museum room. I keep all of my awards down there, and childhood photos, and even all the clothes I've worn on tour, in videos and on album covers.
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I had dreams of winning Olivier Awards.
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Maimed but still magnificent... Europe's mightiest medieval cathedral.
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I've never won many awards, I didn't get certificates for swimming or anything.
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Of course I could have retired anytime. But retiring would drive me crazy.
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When people are very damaged, they can often meet the world with a kind of defiance.
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Awards mean absolutely nothing if you don't get it. If you do get it, they're the best thing in the world.
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From today I am no longer a racing driver. I'm retired and I am very happy.
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I dress up for awards, but only if somebody else is going to pay for the clothes. And shop for them, too!
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I'm retired from the daredevil business.
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I would love to get a Moonman! I'd put it next to my other awards. I don't have a cabinet right now; they're just kind of all around my flat, one next to the TV, one in the bedroom. So, I'd have to build a cabinet.
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Most awards, you know, they don't give you unless you go and get them - did you know that? Terribly discouraging.
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It's nice to get your glad rags on for awards like the Baftas, but it doesn't happen all the time.
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When one longs for a drink, it seems as though one could drink a whole ocean-that is faith; but when one begins to drink, one can only drink altogether two glasses-that is science.
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Loss means losing what was we want to change but we don't want to lose. Without time for loss, we don't have time for soul.
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Knowledge is going to make you stronger. Knowledge is going to let you control your life. Knowledge is going to give you the wisdom to teach their children. Knowledge is the thing that makes you smile in the face of disaster.
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I always felt that what is scary is actually hearing someone tell you what they think they see. That sense of invisibility makes things a lot scarier, since your imagination tends to fill in the gaps.
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Individuals bearing witness cannot do the work of social movements, but they can break a corrosive and demoralizing silence.
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For top executives to award themselves these kinds of compensation packages in the midst of this economic crisis isn't just bad taste, it's bad strategy, and I will not tolerate it as president.
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Surely there is no greater garden for human-nature study than the flotsam and jetsam of the hospital.
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That's the biggest part of doing comics: You have to create stuff that makes you want to get out of bed every morning and get to work.
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From the age of 11, I was cleaning floors, washing dishes, making sandwiches and being a cashier. Survival was the name of the game. Life was so hard that I had to struggle to keep up my standards. Under these conditions, I didn't think about science too much.
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Deaf people are struggling to find their favorite show or something that represents them. It's hard. There are some examples of shows that have a deaf storyline in one episode, like Cold Case, or another show where they are focusing on the cochlear implant or the medical aspect.
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I'm officially retired as the refuser of Academy Awards.
