Brit Marling Quotes
The litmus test for whether I want to take on a role or not is usually fear. If I'm afraid of it, then I want to do it.
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I've been writing music since 4th grade, and I love putting words together and expressing things in a way that you can move your head to and you can really relate to, because I have a lot to say.
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People have been doing this for hundreds of thousands of years: using whatever is available to build shelter. If you ponder what could be used, then building materials are everywhere.
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Excuse my voice - I don't have the thundering voice I used to have to get players going on the ice anymore.
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We're going to create a portable handheld environment, and you should expect the same things you've always expected from Playstation - a great quality product, versatility, great value to the consumer.
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George Washington and Abraham Lincoln were gay, just for starters. They didn't have a name for it, but their primary affections and intellectual attractions were all for other men.
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For me, clean fuels translates into cleaner air for Oregonians. I think that's a good thing.
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Design needs a new relationship with the world, one that is more focused on our planet's needs.
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To prosper and advance, the American business sector is going to need a financial system oriented toward business, not 'home ownership.'
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The question of modernization is central to disturbances in the Middle East and in Africa. Everyone is after modernization, no matter where they come from. But you have to be careful about it, and more importantly, you have to have sense about it.
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I really want to play a superhero. I want to take the role-model thing up a notch. I've always been a fan of movies and TV, and to be able to play the ultimate TV superhero would be awesome.
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Facebook now is mostly about people you know. In the future it could be about people you know less but are more important.
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I played piano and was always in the choir. I tried to play flute because all the pretty girls played flute.
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Getting toxic lead out of gasoline, the oil industry shouted, would cost a dollar a gallon. It turned out to cost just a penny a gallon to protect hundreds of thousands of kids from lead-induced brain damage.
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When you feel totally alone in your thoughts and feelings, there's someone out there who is going through what you went through, even if it's the strangest, weirdest thing you could think of.
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At the age of 18, I made up my mind to never have another bad day in my life. I dove into a endless sea of gratitude from which I've never emerged.
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I've never felt fallow in the sense that there's been no work.
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I feel like a good mom. I'm a strong woman now... Don't look down on me. Pray for me because I'm trying.
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My dear friend, clear your mind of cant.
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Tragedy is an imitation not only of a complete action, but of events inspiring fear and pity. Such an effect is best produced when the events come on us by surprise; and the effect is heightened when, at the same time, they follow as cause and effect. The tragic wonder will then be great than if they happened of themselves or by accident; for even coincidences are most striking when they have an air of design.
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Schools across India do not have teachers, libraries, playing grounds and even toilets. I do not want to see empty classrooms, empty libraries. I do not want to see cattle grazing on fields meant to be cricket or football grounds.
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A flower does not think of competing to the flower next to it. It just blooms.
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The litmus test for whether I want to take on a role or not is usually fear. If I'm afraid of it, then I want to do it.
