Martine Syms Quotes
My family, my background... it just parallels really nicely with a lot of social and cultural movements.
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When Bush first got elected, the very first time there was talk of going to war with Iraq, the mainstream media gave his position total credibility. I didn't get it then, and I don't get it now.
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I love to sit and watch people. I love to sit and listen to people.
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I don't think my mother and father ever had any doubts about what I was to be punished for or not. My parents come from a very strictly defined culture.
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Feminism is dead. The movement is absolutely dead. The women's movement tried to suppress dissident voices for way too long. There's no room for dissent.
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People don't like to vote against something that's so incredibly popular.
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I am super-proud to have a sort of famous character in my background that if you're a certain age, he was probably a part of your youth. I think that's pretty cool.
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I started wearing all black around the time I got into Nirvana. I first heard 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' when I was about 12, and I remember jumping on my bed, so excited about it.
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The American people know something is wrong as far as energy is concerned. They don't think they are being told the truth.
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Now that I work as a professional model, I advise people to stay away from any television shows. It's a waste of your time; it's just entertainment. It's not the fashion that we now know.
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We shot 'Telusa Telusa' song in Bolivia. It took us 50 hours to get to the location. We shot in high altitudes, and oxygen cylinders were kept handy.
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When I arrived to study at Oxford in October 1963, the bohemian style was black plastic or leather jackets for women and black leather or navy donkey jackets for men. I stuck to cavalry twills and a duffle coat, at least for a few months.
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One cannot plan for the unexpected.
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A good leader must be fair.
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When a show has gotten as much attention as this one, everyone wants to join in with something to say.
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I have turned down so many endorsements. My phone never stops ringing.
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My fault, my failure, is not in the passions I have, but in my lack of control of them.
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You don't train a dog in a training hall, jerking his neck or even giving him food treats. You train him using life rewards.
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Refugees are the human dimensions of a failed state.
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I always believed in Jesus and God as a little boy.
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The left ask people to believe that there is no conflict between feminism and the family.
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I don't have a ton of friends, but the friends I have are great ones. I don't have huge family, but the family I have is a great one.
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Most people who call themselves conservatives can't explain the American value system.
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I see in the melody of Nature, God. It is a wonderful work of art. The spirit of the art is wonderful. And I feel that I am myself because I have never taken music lightly. Music is the manifestation of God, like everything else.
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My family, my background... it just parallels really nicely with a lot of social and cultural movements.
