Philomena Kwao Quotes
Women are hit especially hard in regions of ongoing conflict. Before, during, and after conflict, women bear the brunt of the consequences of war. They are left as the providers and guardians, responsible for rebuilding their country one family at a time.
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With the past, I have nothing to do; nor with the future. I live now.
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As a black actress you've got to work doubly hard. But it doesn't ever get me to the point where I give up on myself. It just motivates me to be more prepared, focus and disciplined. That's why I care so much about doing black films and making sure that we represent and are represented correctly.
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I personally don't like to rehearse so much. I really sort of trust my instinct.
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Everything I do is for my parents, None of this matters without them. If it weren't for them, I wouldn't be here... If it wasn't for them, if it wasn't for the structure and the backbone that I have, I wouldn't be able to mess up and keep coming back and sit in front of you as a world champion.
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I started cooking seven years ago for real, and I started with pasta, and lasagna and roast chicken. Very normal American dishes. When I turned on Food Network, or any sort of cooking channel, that's what people were making. So that's where your education comes from.
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I tend to think that cricket is the greatest thing that God ever created on earth - certainly greater than sex, although sex isn't too bad either.
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America is another name for opportunity.
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To like an individual because he's black is just as insulting as to dislike him because he isn't white.
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While I was busy hating Vegas, and hiding from Vegas, a funny thing happened. I grew to love Vegas.
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If you go to a paintball subreddit, paintball companies can advertise to you.
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When the EPA says that property owners, farmers, and livestock producers must stomach higher costs, longer delays, and bigger headaches, it's up to Congress to put up a roadblock.
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Society can overlook murder, adultery or swindling; it never forgives preaching of a new gospel.
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My job is to put myself out there. It's beyond my control how I'm perceived.
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Ironically, Latin American countries, in their instability, give writers and intellectuals the hope that they are needed.
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Conflict is the beginning of consciousness.
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Hollywood is a community that's so inbred, it's a wonder the children have any teeth.
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A glimpse at my night stand gives the mostly true impression that I am a book hoarder.
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I like my hands. They do most of the talking.
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I can mix and match a cute shirt with some skinny jeans under a leather jacket and it looks fun and unique.
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I'll take a quiet life, A handshake of carbon monoxide. No alarms and no surprises...
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Don't do nothing because you can't do everything. Do something!
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I've always been really anti-social, and being relatively famous has just given me an excuse to go out even less. If I didn't play in Soundgarden I'd have no excuse for being the way I am. My friends and family would hate me, whereas now they probably feel sorry for me. Y'know, 'Poor kid, he can't come out because he gets hassled a lot.'
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Women are hit especially hard in regions of ongoing conflict. Before, during, and after conflict, women bear the brunt of the consequences of war. They are left as the providers and guardians, responsible for rebuilding their country one family at a time.
