Brie Larson (Brianne Sidonie Desaulniers) Quotes
		
	 
	
		
	
	
	
		The hardest pill for me to swallow has been receiving recognition, getting dressed up, going to events. That's the part that has always terrified me. You can see dozens of photos where I have zero hair and makeup and I'm wearing my own jeans and T-shirt, because I was not that interested in that side of it.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Brie Larson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		I've been married over 50 years of my life. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				T. Boone Pickens 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		When I wrote 'Fight Song,' I was in a particular low point. I needed to remind myself to not give up, that I still believed in myself and that I still had fight left. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Rachel Platten 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I'm a mother of three. I don't really have the time to put very elaborate outfits together, so I keep it casual but dress it up with shoes, a bag, and jewellery. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Camila Alves 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		When I go back to New York all these years later, I'll walk down Seventh Avenue, and I'll hear, 'Yo, Oz!' In New York, I get recognized for that all the time. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				J. K. Simmons 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The second I met Zac, I thought he was a really cool guy. It's hard not to have chemistry with someone who is so attractive. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Vanessa Hudgens 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I've always had an affinity for the fashion industry - I've always been drawn to it. But I grew up in Calgary in Canada, which, being a fairly isolated city, is not particularly known for having anything to do with fashion. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Imran Amed 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		Remain calm, serene, always in command of yourself. You will then find out how easy it is to get along. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Paramahansa Yogananda 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I was noticed by a person from a local model agency, and he proposed that I participate in a beauty contest Miss Chelyabinsk. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Irina Shayk 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		What I want to give in the theatre is beauty, that's what I want to give. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Edith Evans 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		On average, our corps members stay in the classroom for eight years. But again, given the systemic nature of educational inequity, we know it is vital that some of our alumni take their experience outside the classroom. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Wendy Kopp 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		As an actor, you're always worried about getting stuck on a show that's not good because working actors need the paycheck. So being cast on a regular procedural, where everything gets wrapped up by the end of the episode, was always a fear of mine because that doesn't really test you as an actor. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Manny Montana 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I want to do it for myself. It's my goal and dream. All I can ask for is to get the chance and go out there and do the best I can, be as ready as I can. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Carly Patterson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		I learned that the only way you are going to get anywhere in life is to work hard at it. Whether you're a musician, a writer, an athlete or a businessman, there is no getting around it. If you do, you'll win - if you don't, you won't. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Caitlyn Jenner 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I have been a Republican, and I've worked in Republican circles for so long, and I know that there are really smart, good policy ideas that are grounded in conservative ideology that could be persuasive for women, especially in an election where no one was really excited about either candidate. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Dana Perino 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		It is from books that wise people derive consolation in the troubles of life. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Victor Hugo 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		It's hard because people often don't recognise shyness; they think it's just someone being rude. I have had to work to overcome that, especially if I'm meeting my readers at author events, because I don't want them to think I'm snooty or rude. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Karin Slaughter 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I definitely like performing to a crowd that's there to see a female hero. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Natalia Kills 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		A completely disrespectful photographer was asked to stop taking photographs, and then said, 'I've got what I want. What are you going to do about it?' How would you feel if somebody walked up and started taking your photograph? I don't think you'd be very happy. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
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		I don't read as much as people may expect. In fact, sometimes I feel that I should probably read more, but then I do believe that one of the big problems of our times is that there's too much reading and not enough thinking. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Vikram Seth 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		He’s not really a religious man, but he knows which side his bread’s buttered on. The churches pay his salary, so he doesn’t want anyone rocking the boat with unorthodox rumours. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Alastair Reynolds 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		We'd all like to be certain of what we know, but I think the most important question is to ask yourself do you really know what you know? 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Marlon Brando 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		In the early '70s [the late] Ras Shorty and I took Indian dholak drumming [from chutney music, another Indo-Trinidadian creation], fused it with calypso's African rhythms, and soca was born against the wishes of the purists. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Machel Montano 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Obviously no one wants to give members of Congress a lot of money, because they barely do anything, and many of them are terrible, but a Congress that is made up of rich-but-not-super-rich people is going to be more corruptible than a Congress of really rich people. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Alex Pareene 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The hardest pill for me to swallow has been receiving recognition, getting dressed up, going to events. That's the part that has always terrified me. You can see dozens of photos where I have zero hair and makeup and I'm wearing my own jeans and T-shirt, because I was not that interested in that side of it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Brie Larson