Quvenzhane Wallis Quotes
I'm not gonna name names, but sometimes when reporters are talking, it gets a little boring because I don't have any jokes to tell because the questions are so serious.
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I think it's more important than ever to be as vocal as I can be about things I believe in outside of music.
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Every frame of a Coen brothers movie is filled with history and meaning, and the deeper you go, the deeper you get. That's why their movies stand up particularly well to repeated viewing and investigation.
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One ever feels his twoness - an American, a Negro; two souls, two thoughts, two unreconciled strivings; two warring ideals in one dark body, whose dogged strength alone keeps it from being torn asunder.
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Write your own songs. It helps you to mean what you're singing, which will then make it mean something to listeners.
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I always say, keep a diary and someday it'll keep you.
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I want to help middle-school girls stay interested in math and be good at it, and see it as friendly and accessible and not this scary thing. Everyone else in society tells them it's not for them. It's for nerdy white guys with pocket protectors.
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Fortune and love favor the brave.
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The physician must give heed to the region in which the patient lives, that is to say, to its type and peculiarities.
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I think sometimes if you are too interested in day-to-day politics, you lose sight of the long term.
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I hate thinking about clothes. I hate shopping.
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To me, the job of a playwright is to explore and bring to light our lives. You can't hold back; you have to give in to this. Sometimes, you say things people don't want to hear.
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Receiving the Newcombe Medal for a third year in a row is an amazing honour. The Newcombe Medal is a great occasion for the Australian tennis community to come together and celebrate our sport, recognise people's achievements and contributions to Australian tennis.
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I think I'm lucky having parents that have been in show business for a while, and they don't care about the shiny stuff so much. They raised me in that way - to stay grounded, not to chase the shiny, pretty things.
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The novelist, he's not a philosopher, not a technician of spoken language. He's someone who writes, above all, and through the novel asks questions.
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I'm someone that examines culture and tries to break down why things are the way that they are whether its hip-hop music, sex, race, or consumerism. I try to examine it and scrutinize it to the point where I can write a song.
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I love Jared Hess' movies. He's such a weirdo and such a nice, funny guy.
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The man who has ceased to fear has ceased to care.
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A poet who is a bad man is a degraded being, baser and more culpable than a bad man who is not a poet.
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If you're retired, it's a blessing. You know, if you want to keep working and doing what you want to do, it's not a blessing as all - it's a curse.
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I'm a huge Travis Tritt fan. I'm a big Southern rock guy.
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Men of genius are meteors destined to burn themselves out in lighting up their age.
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At the high school level, the coaches get these kids in revenue-driven sports and take them away from baseball. There's so much pressure on these kids to even play spring football. We need to get the African-American players back in the game, which I think would make it not only a better game, but more exciting and entertaining for everyone.
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Of course prostitutes have babies. Where do you think traffic wardens come from?
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I'm not gonna name names, but sometimes when reporters are talking, it gets a little boring because I don't have any jokes to tell because the questions are so serious.
