Jena Malone Quotes
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I am a Muslim. I am born to Muslim parents. I have a Muslim son. I have been imprisoned and witnessed torture for my previous understanding of my religion.
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People die because they find living too painful.
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A true man hates no one.
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My highest point was the first thing I won, a short story competition in a women's magazine in the Eighties. It was the first time I'd had my writing validated, and the first thing I'd ever shown anyone else.
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There are really very few roles for women in films in which you can also make a living.
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I have reaffirmed my political will to work towards national unity.
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America's peak years of indigenous innovation ran from the 1820s to the 1960s. There were a few financial panics and two depressions, to be sure. But in this period, a frenzy of creative activity, economic competition and rapid growth in national income provided widening economic inclusion, rising wages for all, and engaging careers for most.
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It's outrageous that many enlisted people qualify for food stamps because military salaries are so low.
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I love going to the movies; I love watching good movie actors. They must know something I don't.
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Fame creeps up on you.
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So when you start touring, women are definitely going to check you out first.
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There's that old journalism rule that sunshine is the great disinfectant - which is how reporters bust their way into meetings and such all the time. In sports, I really think winning is the great disinfectant.
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Willpower is the key to success. Successful people strive no matter what they feel by applying their will to overcome apathy, doubt or fear.
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Everybody will say that they're not opposed to immigration; they're opposed to illegal immigration. That's what I'm saying.
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Without deadlines and restrictions I just tend to become preoccupied with other things.
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The Victorian language of flowers began with the publication of 'Le Language des Fleurs,' written by Charlotte de Latour and printed in Paris in 1819. To create the book - which was a list of flowers and their meanings - de Latour gathered references to flower symbolism throughout poetry, ancient mythology, and even medicine.
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As far as stand-ups go, I always loved Richard Pryor, Chris Rock, and Sinbad. Basically, I love black comedians because they're the funniest. I wish I were a black comedian, actually.
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We think in generalities, but we live in detail. To make the past live, we must perceive it in detail in addition to thinking of it in generalities.
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I don't know, I think that if I had any regrets, that would cancel out the great people that I have in my life. All the tough stuff that I've gone through that I don't wish on no one else has brought a beautiful community to me.
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And look, I was a big, brassy guy who won and won big. I did what I wanted.
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Only the one true God can take the risk of ruling by relying on the power of humility and love.
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I tell my agent that I want to read everything.
