Pola Negri Quotes
My hard work and excellent training entitled me to be a better actress than some of my competitors.
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I like the way hip-hop is now. It's grown up enough so that it can get involved with politics if it feels like it.
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So people think I'm lying about my age all the time? It's the records that are wrong. I've never told anyone how old I am. The minute they ask me, I say 'That's none of your business.' So that means I've never once lied about my age. Now that's true!
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I am telling you, if you ever wanted an ego boost, leave your job and then, six months later, come back for a day. People will treat you like you're a princess.
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We do not celebrate people who have made success out of serious hard work.
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The two most important things in my life were academics and sports. I had to do my schoolwork first.
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A lot of what is publicized now is really pretty trivial stuff - you know, what I eat for breakfast, where I have my pedicures, questions that I just cannot for the life of me understand why someone would want to know that.
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Though teenagers are generally very interested in sports, they must realise that education is the most important thing in their lives. They must find the right balance.
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My life and my work are very interlocked. That's partly why I like to keep my private life private.
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When you're a caregiver, you need to realize that you've got to take care of yourself, because, not only are you going to have to rise to the occasion and help someone else, but you have to model for the next generation.
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The essence of science is independent thinking, hard work, and not equipment. When I got my Nobel Prize, I had spent hardly 200 rupees on my equipment.
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When something is at risk or in danger or about to be lost, those are the moments you start to realize how much it means to you.
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I am a very loyal man and always keep my promises when I commit to something.
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I wake up at 5:30, 6 in the morning, but don't head into the office right away. I like to hang out with my wife, talk about things, get some coffee, you know.
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I'm not always angry. In fact, I think I usually go out of my way to try to find roles that don't seem to be like me.
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There are so many different camps about what being gay means. The danger comes when each one is so rigid that it sees itself as the true picture.
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I work with gold that holds our past and diamonds that see the future and rubies that long for love. It's just a way of telling a story.
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If I get incensed about some injustice, you can't make me – I will not just going to sit at my desk, at my computer all the time. I – I might want to march out on that.
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The future rewards those who press on. I don't have time to feel sorry for myself. I don't have time to complain. I'm going to press on.
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Be real with yourself in whatever area of your life and your game that you need improvement on. Once you figure that out, you just have to go out and work on it. For me, it's footwork. I constantly work on it, and it's a never-ending process.
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I have an obsession with mortality. I saw a friend die when I was 18, and I can't get over it.
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When the people we love stop paying attention, trust begins to slip away and hurt starts seeping in.
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I started making work that I assumed would be far too garish, far too decadent, far too black for the world to care about. I, to this day, am thankful to whatever force there is out there that allows me to get away with painting the stories of people like me.
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I went to acting school, but only for nine months. If you're an actor, you know, don't really need to learn how to do it.
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My hard work and excellent training entitled me to be a better actress than some of my competitors.
