Phoebe Tonkin Quotes
In wintertime I like to wear flannel button down pyjamas, and in summer I prefer to wear, well... nothing.
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Our parents all experimented with raising us in a fairly loose, unorthodox way. A huge emphasis was placed on creativity, and our artistic efforts were never dismissed as childish. There was a sense that we - kids and grown-ups - all had the potential to make something of value. Our drawings were not simply destined for the refrigerator.
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Los Angeles was great fun because it was the polar opposite of Moscow in 1980. It was sunny and bright, lots of colours around, whereas Moscow was dark and oppressive.
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If my career path takes me elsewhere, that's great. But comedy is my forte.
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The Fed has become an accomplice in the support of totalitarian regimes throughout the world.
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When I was a very young lawyer, I had a senior partner who advised me never to get mad, except on purpose.
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People often ask me whether I believe in God. I haven't seen God. But I think that one's beliefs are one's God - and, in those terms, yes, God is there.
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Yeah, I lost court cases and misdemeanor juries, but of felony jury trials I was successful 105 of 106 times.
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Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones.
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I am lucky enough to be married to a personal trainer. He's able to whip me into shape pretty quickly.
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It was a wonderful experience to play in the NFL, and I have no regrets. I truly will miss playing for the Lions. I consider the Lions' players, coaches, staff, management and fans my family. I leave on good terms with everyone in the organization.
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I lived around the corner from Saul Bellow.
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I get plenty of, 'Is that song about me?' from men but I just tell them to get over themselves.
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A good maxim allows you to have the last word without even starting a conversation.
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I was like, 'I don't know if I could be an Olympian...' But my dad really influenced me to stay and be in the Olympics.
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That's why teenagers fascinate me – they're like children with drivers' licenses. Like children in that their impulses are so direct.
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I once had a friend who did the hair for sci-fi movies, and after a particularly bad break-up I stupidly went to her salon and told her she could do anything she liked. She dyed the bottom cherry red and the top peroxide blonde.
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I grew up thinking that singing was my security.
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My mother's the youngest of 10 children too, so we have sort of a special bond in that we know what that feels like. It's a strange spot to be in.
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Being a songwriter, my job is just to write songs for people. I'm not attached to them.
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Music is one of the most powerful things the world has to offer. No matter what race or religion or nationality or sexual orientation or gender that you are, it has the power to unite us.
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Virtues, n. pl. Certain abstentions.
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I have always loved the Summer Olympics.
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I loved you when love was Spring, and May, Loved you when summer deepened into June, and now when autumn yellows all the leaves.
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In wintertime I like to wear flannel button down pyjamas, and in summer I prefer to wear, well... nothing.
