Brie Larson (Brianne Sidonie Desaulniers) Quotes
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Inspired by Alex Haley's 'Roots,' at the age of 11 I began a handwritten Middle Passage story called 'Lawdy, Lawdy, Make Us Free.' I was raised by civil rights activists with a very strong sense of racial history and consciousness.
Tananarive Due -
It may be a cold, clammy thing to say, but those that treat friendship the same as any other selfishness seem to get the most out of it.
E. W. Howe -
The penalty of success is to be bored by people who used to snub you.
Nancy Astor -
I've done a lot of practical anthropology, living in villages with people and realizing how difficult it is to get out of poverty. When in poverty, people use their skill to avoid hunger. They can't use it for progress.
Hans Rosling -
When I was being brought up, we weren't allowed to wallow in self-pity, which was a thoroughly good thing. We were all fine and healthy because that was what we were told to be.
Maeve Binchy -
It is only by not paying one's bills that one can hope to live in the memory of the commercial classes.
Oscar Wilde
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The most irresistible charm of youth is its bubbling enthusiasm. Youth sees no darkness ahead - no defile that has no outlet - it forgets that there is such a thing as failure in the world and believes that mankind has been waiting all these centuries for him to come and be the liberator of truth and energy and beauty.
Orison Swett Marden -
I get along very well with animals and children. I dig them, I get them.
Zoe Saldana -
VR is going to become something mainstream, but it's not going to happen right away. You just don't have the horsepower to make it happen on a device, much less a cheap enough and comfortable enough device that a normal consumer is going to want to have.
Palmer Luckey -
I was interested in aerospace and flying, and the U.S. is really the best place in the world for flying.
Kalpana Chawla -
Happiness is having a scratch for every itch.
Ogden Nash -
It's human nature that we come in our own flavours, and it doesn't make any sense to write a monochromatic or monocultural story unless you're doing something extremely small - a locked room-style story.
N. K. Jemisin
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I had a pretty public divorce. They're not easy - divorces - and it took me a long time to really get through.
Nas -
Fuseproject was founded in 1999, and the notion behind it, which is alive and kicking today, is fusing different disciplines. Our teams are absolutely incredible at their own discipline, but most importantly, they're incredible at partnering with each other.
Yves Behar -
Treating your adversary with respect is striking soft in battle.
Samuel Johnson -
Mel Brooks is an interesting one because he started out making films about stuff that he was totally affectionate about, like musicals, westerns, horror films, Hitchcock films. And then, as they get further on, and you get to 'Spaceballs,' then it's just kind of contrived.
Edgar Wright -
Bullying is something every kid in public, parochial, or private school has witnessed by graduation. While unfortunate, it is part of growing up.
Pat Buchanan -
I loved doing 'Homeland.' I loved playing Brody.
Damian Lewis
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Most of the time it's the parents who recognise me. They try to tell their kids, 'Look, it's Giselle,' and I say, 'No, no, no, don't ruin this for them,' because I'm usually standing there with my hair sideways and no make-up on. And the kid is saying, 'That is not Giselle. No way. That is some worn-out girl who really needs a bath.'
Amy Adams -
I play the way it's most effective for the team. They used to say I hit the ball too many times.
Adolfo Cambiaso -
A deadline is negative inspiration. Still, it's better than no inspiration at all.
Rita Mae Brown -
True nostalgia is an ephemeral composition of disjointed memories.
Florence King -
I won't do things for money. I can't.
Brie Larson