Yoko Ono Quotes
If a woman writes about a domestic situation, everyone automatically assumes that it's about her.
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We've all done actions in our lives where we compromise what we believe in. And if we keep doing it, there's no way back, no pride to hold on to.
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I've got my ideal job. I like to sing, I like to dance, I like to bang drums and dress up, and someone pays me - it's incredible.
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In Morocco, it's possible to see the Atlantic and the Mediterranean at the same time.
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As a novelist, I ask of myself only that I tell the truth and that I tell it beautifully.
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After spending 22 years in Ohio, I love everything about New York.
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Change your opinions, keep to your principles; change your leaves, keep intact your roots.
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You shouldn't try to manufacture progress.
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I think I have lived in every part of L.A. except downtown. Everywhere from Topanga Canyon to Toluca Lake.
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The voters of Colorado deserve honest, straight-talking elected officials.
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I love sweets. Like, every week of my life, I've had a cheat day.
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There is no shortage of embarrassing facts about healthcare, and people die every day in the U.S. due to preventable errors - would you fly planes if you knew several of them would drop out of the sky every day?
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Everything has a purpose or premise. Every second of our life has its own premise, whether or not we are conscious of it at the time. That premise may be as simple as breathing or as complex as a vital emotional decision, but it is always there.
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By admitting your inadequacies, you show that you're self-aware enough to know your areas for improvement - and secure enough to be open about them.
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I was sick and tired of being an English actor who did a lot of American movies because I was cheap and good.
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If you respect a language and culture, it shows in your work.
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I have a ship's bed, which totally plays to my obsession of, if I were not an actress, I would be a pirate.
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I've not sat with my agent going: 'Where is the next hopeless girl I can play?' They just come along.
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I would love to be able to see as much of the world as possible, and volunteering, doing things in another community, living with a host family, are really effective ways to learn about cultures different from your own. And also to not feel lazy.
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The problem men seem to have, and women, too, is that they have this very structured idea that we should find a partner and settle down and be, you know, faithful. And yet clearly this is really, really hard for anybody to do!
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Ever since I was a kid, whatever situation I was presented with, I always made the most of it.
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The Pakistani woman's image internationally is perceived to be regressive, which is not true.
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My mother - it's not one of those waxing-poetic kind of things - she literally worked two or three jobs most of her life. So I personally experienced that, even though I had these great friends and associations who had unlimited amounts of money. That juxtaposition was an interesting one.
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If a woman writes about a domestic situation, everyone automatically assumes that it's about her.
