Joan Blades Quotes
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There are minds so impatient of inferiority that their gratitude is a species of revenge, and they return benefits, not because recompense is a pleasure, but because obligation is a pain.
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There was a rumor I was walking around at 183 pounds. When I left my room to fight Conor McGregor, I was 179 pounds. That means by the time I walked in the cage, I was probably 175, 174 pounds.
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Acting is the work of two people - it's only possible when you have the complicity, the help, even the manipulation of a director.
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I think I've been influenced by everything I've ever heard. The first thing I ever heard was my grandma, who was an opera singer. The first song I ever learned was the 'Nessun Dorma' from Puccini's 'Turandot.' My father was a big band singer, so I used to hear him walking around the house singing standards all the time.
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I only feel sorry for weak people. And mostly what I've come to find is that the weak people are the ones that are the haters.
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My father was an absolutely wonderful human being. From him I learned to always assume positive intent. Whatever anybody says or does, assume positive intent.
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Laughter is regional: a smile extends over the whole face.
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Everything that I do to my own hair and makeup I learned from professionals.
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One day, I want to make a PG film.
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I never count calories. Counting calories is stressful and intimidating, so I avoid it! I know that if I'm eating something that's a treat, I don't need to count it because I mostly eat healthy and am conscious of what I'm putting in my body.
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You have to listen to the people who have a negative opinion as well as those who have positive opinion. Just to make sure that you are blending all these opinions in your mind before a decision is made.
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If you can see the light at the end of the tunnel, you are looking the wrong way.
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I had a productive day, without the distraction of conversation.
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A miss is as good as a mile.
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As she swam she seemed to be reaching out for the unlimited in which to lose herself.
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Pride in their port, defiance in their eye,I see the lords of humankind pass by.
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Shut up!" Eve yelled from somewhere upstairs. "Jackass!" "You know, when people say that, I just hear the word awesome,
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Freedom, my friend, can only be found in His grace.
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You can do 'Hamlet' while performing cartwheels... as long as the audience sees your eyes - you can make the performance real.
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If we can develop and design streets so that they are wonderful, fulfilling places to be - community-building places, attractive for all people - then we will have successfully designed about one-third of the city directly and will have had an immense impact on the rest.
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You cannot trust 25 guys in a locker room to have the same respect and training as I do with a weapon. That I do understand. I've carried a gun for 10 years. I've carried them in the locker room, and nobody really knows about it. I know how to handle myself.
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I have referred to myself as an accidental activist on more than one occasion.
