Quvenzhane Wallis Quotes
Of course, when strangers see me, they're star-struck because of who I am, but my friends take me as a friend because I'm their friend - not because I'm a movie star.
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In order to acquire a growing and lasting respect in society, it is a good thing, if you possess great talent, to give, early in your youth, a very hard kick to the right shin of the society that you love. After that, be a snob.
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Today, more than ever, citizens demand with good reason that moral and ethical principles be upheld and that exemplariness preside over our public life. And the king, as the head of state, must not only be an example but also a servant to that just and legitimate demand of the citizens.
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Only the mob and the elite can be attracted by the momentum of totalitarianism itself. The masses have to be won by propaganda.
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The horror genre is my personal favorite. But then again, I was the kid who read coroner books for fun.
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Only those ignorant of what poetry means will ask the question: what is it good for?
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Even before it opened its retail arm, Beigh was renowned among pashmina cognoscenti for the quality and complexity of the work produced in its workshop, a large, airy, sunlit rectangle of a room directly across from its second-floor shop.
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I grew up on the edge of a national park in Canada - timberwolves, creeks, snow drifts.
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There's something nice and intimate about having a book. You know that someone's actually gone on this journey. You know that someone has actually researched and reported all these things. You can see and hear their tone in what they chosen to include and what they haven't.
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If we want to create a viable, peaceful world, we've got to integrate compassion into the gritty realities of 21st century life.
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A man can make himself put down what comes, even if it seems nauseating nonsense; tomorrow some of it may not seem wholly nonsense at all.
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I loved being in Bombay. It was a pretty thrilling place to walk around and explore.
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Geek and Sundry has an eclectic line-up of shows all targeted around things I love: Comics, Tabletop Games, Books and more.
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We live a happy life, and we don't take anything too seriously.
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There is always a certain leap of faith that editors have made with their nonfiction writers. If the trust is broken, things can get very embarrassing for the writers and the publisher.
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Stages are getting higher and higher, and I'm getting older and older.
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Man, I have had so much plastic surgery, I don't even recognize myself, sometimes. If I catch a glimpse in a window or something, I think it is someone else.
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The worst feeling in the world is the homesickness that comes over a man occasionally when he is at home.
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A warrior is free to be a hero and pull off daring do and the soldier is irresponsible if he does it.
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The government has a key role in regulating and making sure there's an even playing field and protecting consumers. No question about it.
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So far as it depends on the course of this government, our relations of good will and friendship will be sedulously cultivated with all nations.
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Well, anytime I make a movie, I like to load it up with more things than you could ever catch on the first viewing.
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That Yes, I know what you mean-that is the technical definition of Best Friend Forever.
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The biggest difference between L.A. and Edmonton was that instead of people looking at me I was looking at them.
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Of course, when strangers see me, they're star-struck because of who I am, but my friends take me as a friend because I'm their friend - not because I'm a movie star.
