Quvenzhane Wallis Quotes
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As frightening as this may sound, what you see in the books is the way I see the world. And so far I haven't seen anything, either in Florida or elsewhere, to dissuade me from it.
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Humor is merely tragedy standing on its head with its pants torn.
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I'm not the kind of person that seeks out other people's opinions on my works.
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The Confederations Cup is interesting. It served Spain very well to take part and then go on to win the 2010 World Cup. We knew the stadiums, the atmosphere, the conditions and also the difficulties of a tournament which simulated the World Cup format.
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I love action-adventure-type films - mythical adventures like 'Lord of the Rings' or superhero films like 'Batman.'
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The key question to keep asking is, Are you spending your time on the right things? Because time is all you have.'
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A man is honorable in proportion to the personal risks he takes for his opinion.
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What thrust us into war were not Hitler's political teachings: the cause, this time, was his successful attempt to establish a new economy. The causes of the war were: envy, greed, and fear.
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Every man and every woman is a star.
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There is no reason at all why there aren't enough people to guard New Orleans and to help stabilise Baghdad.
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I think the thing that has sort of always separated me, even from when I was younger, is my ability to score goals.
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I think there are ways that graduate students can fact-check their work. I think there are ways that we can do this that don't require massive amounts of resources.
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We can, and must, shift to an economy in which 100% of our electricity is generated renewably.
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It's really hard to run a business against somebody who is not acting as if it were in business.
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In the case of the armies at Fredericksburg it would have been, to say the least, very hazardous to give counter-attack, the Federal position being about as strong as ours from which we had driven them back.
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It takes enormous strength to be a real woman.
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Much is written about the Batman because he is publicly exposed in print. Very little is known personally about his creator, because I haven't given out that many interviews.
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The danger in our system is that the general government, which represents the interests of the whole, may encroach on the states, which represent the peculiar and local interests, or that the latter may encroach on the former.
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We must continue working to build trust between communities and law enforcement. We must continue working to guarantee every person in this country equal justice under the law. And we must take a hard look at the ease with which wrongdoers can get their hands on deadly weapons and the frequency with which they use them.
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Set a good example as parents, since the most convincing argument that a girl can become a computer coder is that her mother is one.
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I always say, once I get in a room, I can sell myself just fine. I know that not everyone who has a disability has the social skills or cognitive skills that I do, and it may be harder for them to navigate through.
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When I dance, I look almost identical to Beyonce. And I mean identical. In many ways, when she becomes Sasha Fierce, she's actually just becoming me.
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The art of writing has for backbone some fierce attachment to an idea.
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If I have to be fierce, I'll be fierce.
