Brit Marling Quotes
Nothing seemed as scary as waking up at 40 and realizing that I had not lived a very courageous life.
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Cuba needs a dose of perestroika.
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I am neither a Bengali nor am I from Delhi's St Stephen's. I am an Allahabad boy.
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What clients are really interested in is honesty, plus a baseline of competence.
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Ever since I was a kid, I wanted to make films. That's really all I ever wanted to do.
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I think these people have betrayed or have forgotten their ancestors.
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I am very emotional. It took me many years to recover from the death of my father. Even when I was playing cricket, I wasn't happy. I would just sit and cry. I was very young. He was too young; he shouldn't have gone. Cricket is all right. We all play sport. Good and bad days come.
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And for the few that only lend their ear, That few is all the world.
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This applies to many film jobs, not just editing: half the job is doing the job, and the other half is finding ways to get along with people and tuning yourself in to the delicacy of the situation.
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Wars begin in the minds of men, and in those minds, love and compassion would have built the defenses of peace.
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There is a need for the European Union to use all potential we have on defense cooperation.
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I need one psychological expert to help me concentrate.
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As a European I had fit in almost seamlessly in New York for the last 25 years, but in Oklahoma I stood out like a sore thumb.
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There are a lot of dynamics and a lot of politics that go into records and getting played on the radio.
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The Sino-Indian War in 1962 has fundamentally shaped and distorted Indian attitudes towards China. It also obscured a great deal of what has happened in China since 1962.
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It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust.
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Things said by political parties are different from the decisions of the government which are taken to uphold the rule of law. The government takes decisions that are best for the country.
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She told me that she would support me regardless of what I decided, but I'm so glad that I actually got to be a kid before having to grow up. My mom knows best about this kind of thing.
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We served on the editorial board of a literary monthly called Face in 1968 and 1969. He was a young writer, and I was also interested in broad cultural issues. We agreed on all major issues and became friends.
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I don't know how people box for a living. I don't know how they can just hurt people for a living and be OK with it.
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There were periods of my life when a lot of people didn't believe in me. I still had faith in myself. I really had to ask myself life questions. Where do I see myself in five years? Create a ladder for yourself, and walk up the steps. Climb that ladder.
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When my life is throughAnd the angels ask me to recallThe thrill of them allThen I shall tell themI remember you
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If you don't know what makes green, you're going to try every color combination.
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I wasn't the only person out there writing about pop culture and race, but I stayed true to my voice, and people felt attracted to that. They said it felt like they were having brunch with their best friend.
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Nothing seemed as scary as waking up at 40 and realizing that I had not lived a very courageous life.
