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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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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Once you get to know me, you would know in a second that I am an East Coast girl. You can tell because I'm not flaky, and I will tell you how it is. I also walk faster than they walk in L.A.
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I think I'm happier with that. $rubyometer += 0.3 or so.
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I thought I might die. But then I thought, 'Other people have made it through these things before'. I kept my eyes on the lights on shore and kept swimming.
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Only a fool does not fear actors, but you can't beat them, and if you can't beat them, join them, as they say. As I've got older I've become very interested in that part of the work.
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Fear of losing is what makes competitors so great. Show me a gracious loser and I'll show you a permanent loser.
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Every day I have to be awake to escape.. ..The whole world is sleepy. It is a real fight to be awake, to see everything new, for the first time in your life.
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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.
