Olga Fonda Quotes
When I arrived in the U.S., I knew little English and didn't have any friends. The neighborhood and school kids were so welcoming. They made me feel at home very quickly.
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I am not content to entrust our free-speech rights to the good graces and whims of Congress and hope that politicians don't abuse their power.
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A historical romance is the only kind of book where chastity really counts.
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The greatest mathematicians, as Archimedes, Newton, and Gauss, always united theory and applications in equal measure.
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Movies are usually difficult, often insane, constantly challenging and always strangely amusing to make.
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By the time I was 29 I'd spent eight years with someone else's group of friends. I had no idea what it was like to be a woman with mates of her own to socialize with.
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We must become acquainted with our emotional household: we must see our feelings as they actually are, not as we assume they are. This breaks their hypnotic and damaging hold on us.
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I'm not a writer; I'm an actor. My job is to take whatever character I'm given and - especially because I have the responsibility of being a black actress, and I know young black girls are looking up, and everyone's looking to what's on television - to just try to give whatever character I'm playing as three-dimensional a portrayal as I can.
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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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I wanna live 'til I die, no more, no less.
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We show our faces to demand human rights for everyone, everywhere.
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I am a very loyal man and always keep my promises when I commit to something.
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I think I've learned the difference between the things I can control and the things I can't control. And hopefully, by doing the things I can control well, I'll have more favor in the other category.
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I think I've got some more big plays left in me.
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Yes, my parents are strict about me having a childhood. I go ice skating and sledding, and swimming in the summer.
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The fundamental thing about my personality is that I think I'm an imposter.
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I work grief and sadness out of my body when I dance, and I bring in joy and rhythm.
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Be fond of the man who jests at his scars, if you like; but never believe he is being on the level with you.
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It's a heavy burden to look up at the mountain and want to start the climb.
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I got a great grandma. Her name is Pearl, and she was at one time married to an Indian chief, who, in a wonderful crossing of cultures, she integrated some of his, and some of hers, and um, it was a combination of peyote and preserves, and it was this hallucinogenic jam.
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My plan was to be able to make a living as an actor.
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I don't care what I do - act, stand-up, write, direct - it doesn't matter as long as I'm being creative and it's good work.
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Many of my staff have been with me for over 20 years. I have a great team, and I make sure they feel respected and appreciated.
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When I arrived in the U.S., I knew little English and didn't have any friends. The neighborhood and school kids were so welcoming. They made me feel at home very quickly.
