Patrisse Cullors Quotes
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It was about being wanted, it was about winning, and it was about my passion for the game. I just loved it. I absolutely loved to compete and to step out onto that football field with my teammates.
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Developing skills is as important as training. A larger effort is needed to create a skilled workforce with employment potential.
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I worked with Stanley Kubrick for almost a year back in 1990, trying to develop the screen story for his project 'Artificial Intelligence,' which is about a robot boy who wishes to become a real boy, a future scientific fairy tale inspired in the myth of Pinocchio.
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I read a lot of comic books and any kind of thing I could find. One day, a teacher found me. She grabbed my comic book and tore it up. I was really upset, but then she brought in a pile of books from her own library. That was the best thing that ever happened to me.
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I am not really brand-conscious; I pick out clothes that appeal to me regardless of the label, but I consider my style very American.
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I am quite sensitive to politics, because you know, as an Arab, an Iraqi, all your life, you are very conscious of it.
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I once literally had a casting director ask my agent, 'Can she play anything other than a drunk?'
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I was shy when I was a kid, I was very shy, but now I think I've improved a lot. I can speak OK with the media and with the people. My English is still bad but I feel a little bit better now than before.
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I'd like to think you don't stop being creative once you get happy.
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If a country is to be corruption free and become a nation of beautiful minds, I strongly feel there are three key societal members who can make a difference. They are the father, the mother and the teacher.
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I think Ellenor is embarrassed and ashamed and has devoted all of her energy to the law and to helping other people get justice because it's too difficult for her to face her own struggle for justice.
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I know actors come around and they always talk like that, but I don't do publicity if I don't like the film.
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Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment, full effort is full victory.
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I want not, that everybody hears about. Then I can't longer be myself.
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Achieving gender equality requires the engagement of women and men, girls and boys. It is everyone's responsibility.
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I had always wanted to lend my voice to a character. I did a voice for this video game, called 'Fallout 3,' and that was really fun.
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I'm a late riser by my family's standards. Sleeping is a luxury because since I was young, I woke up very early to go ice-skating. So I'm really not a morning girl.
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Getting a record deal is a meaningless thing now.
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As creative people, we should be really conscious of being of service in our work, being as generous as we can.
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It is a dark, dark world. If you're going to be in a dark world, I can't think of any better one to be in. I still think I'm very lucky to be in it.
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Ego is constantly attempting to acquire and apply the teachings of spirituality for its own benefit.
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Take my advice and live for a long, long time. Because the maddest thing a man can do is this life is to let himself die.
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We have to look at queerness as a means towards challenging normativity.
