Quvenzhane Wallis Quotes
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Knowledge is knowing that we cannot know.
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Hollywood is the only thing more ridiculous than Silicon Valley. There's nowhere else where it's stranger.
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You are important enough to ask and you are blessed enough to receive back.
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My songs have a lot going on in them -they're packed with sounds. When I have only three or four minutes to capture something, I guess I can't stand the idea of any bar going unloved.
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My mom is just so good with fashion! She always tells me what looks good, what doesn't look good, and she gives me great advice.
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Nobody was my support. You have to support yourself, and I think that is the beauty of being a woman. You can handle anything and be ten times better than men.
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If there were a major earthquake in Los Angeles, with bridges and highways and railroads and airports all shut down and huge buildings collapsing, I don't care how much planning you do, the first 72 hours is going to be chaotic.
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Television is democracy at its ugliest.
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In China, we don't know about the swimming pool game, but we know about Marco Polo.
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I've never worn fur, either. I'm a naturally squeamish person, and fur smells like dead animal to me.
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Children should neither be seen or heard from - ever again.
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I know my life story sounds too extraordinary to be true.
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Customs form us all, our thoughts, our morals, our most fixed beliefs; are consequences of our place of birth.
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I did a B.A. with a major in fine arts and a minor in psychology. I wanted to become a teacher or do art therapy for the elderly. But then I realised I wanted to travel instead.
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My roles in the '80s were, like, gender dysphoric. I wasn't pretty, I wasn't this, I wasn't that. And I am kind of butchy, you know. That's just my thing.
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I placed over a thousand deaf people in jobs throughout my career working for the deaf.
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We have been learning since we were children how to make money, buy things, build things. The whole education system is set up to teach us how to think, not to feel.
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The new 'Joy' was needed for a number of reasons. Recent developments in nutrition and new ingredients were two of the major reasons for the revision. One of the other big reasons was America's new love for big flavors. Yay!
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I always wanted so much glamour in my life, so I have always been obsessed with class, and from dating a few people who were from old money and a few from new money in my 20s, I just sort of became obsessed with this idea of clueless rich people.
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A supremely religious man or woman is one who believes deeply and consistently in the veracity of his highest experiences. He has his hours in the cellar ... but he believes in the truth of the hours he spends upstairs.
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Just because I don't show six-pack abs doesn't mean that I don't have them.
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I'm interested in the kind of anti-establishment ethos that goes with making an independent movie. I like to bring that to studio films - usually to the consternation of the studios.
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When you're young and healthy you can recover quickly from a defeat. But betrayal is different—it paralyzes you.
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It's kind of good to do things while you're young.