Yoko Ono Quotes
Even my mother told me: 'You are a handsome woman, but you're not pretty. Pretty girls don't have those big bones.'
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As a person, I'm polite - I want to please.
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My family are the epicenter of all my decisions.
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The security link between us and Europe is very important for European security but also for our security.
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There is no such thing as a perfect player; it doesn't exist.
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I believe that we are at a very low level of consciousness, and we do not know how to treat each other as human beings. We are caught up in our own lives, our own needs, our own ego gratification. I feel a strong sense of responsibility in delivering that message.
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People are making judgements about Russian people based on me. This is why I never allow myself any aggression towards my opponent.
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I love science fiction when it's well-done. I don't like campy stuff. I don't like stuff that's too fantastical.
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I received a D.Sc. from the University of London in 1992.
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There are lots of concerns facing English football but for me the major one is the way in which football clubs are run by owners, whether they are growing organically and sustainably and how that is being policed by the football authorities.
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When you're a teenage girl, a lot of being pretty has to do with your hair.
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When I was a kid and putting out my first records, there was a lot made out of the fact that the '50s/'60s generation was so dominant.
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I was born out of due time in the sense that by temperament and talent I should have been more suited for the life of a small Bach, living in anonymity and composing regularly for an established service and for God.
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I've always known that I'll have a career for the rest of my life because they'll always make movies about men, and men need women in their lives. But, when it comes to telling a woman's story, they're complex, circular, and not genre-driven.
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I love dressing up for events; to me it's almost like wearing a costume for the evening.
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I definitely think there's some way to understand how people emotionally feel about somebody, but I don't think data collects it. They're not going to click your bit.ly link or click your TweetMeme retweet every time.
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Laura Bush has the face of my mother when my mother was young. The face, the body, the voice. The first time I saw on TV Laura Bush, I got frozen because it was as if my mother was not dead. 'Oh, Mama,' I said, 'Mama.'
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But all bubbles have a way of bursting or being deflated in the end.
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The release of 'Lungs' was so hard. It was terrifying, because it was the first time doing everything. The first experiences of media exposure were almost paralysing. I spent a lot of time crying on the floor of the studio – it sent me a bit mad.
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People like to talk more than they like to act. They like to sit there and complain and vent. Somehow they think that changes things, when it doesn't.
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Nothing is taken lightly in 'The Hunger Games.'
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I just don't think that I could be the kind of actor I want to be and not be honest with myself. Honesty is very important to me as an actor and as a person. I didn't even think about it.
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The autumn of 1850 brought an event freighted with deep significance to me. My mother died.
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Even my mother told me: 'You are a handsome woman, but you're not pretty. Pretty girls don't have those big bones.'
