Joan Smalls Quotes
I know I'm representing a group - black, Latin, whatever you want to put me with - and I want to show that they are beautiful the way they are. I think that's really important for our youth to see.
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Always remember that the most important thing in a good marriage is not happiness, but stability.
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I love everything that's beautiful. A lot of things.
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Rameswaram has, since antiquity, been an important pilgrimage destination.
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The United States condoned dictatorships in Latin America for much of the 20th century.
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People should focus on my foundation, my projects, and everything positive and important that I am doing in Latin America and the around the world.
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It's important for cinema to keep on evolving: for people, and not only teenagers, to be able to go to a movie that has huge epic scope but has an intellectual and real story to tell.
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Because we always have to wear a uniform to compete, my teammates and I look the exact same. My belt is the only accessory that I get to choose. I usually wear a yellow cloth belt with cherries or a leather belt with a beautiful tree buckle that I got at a thrift store.
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Let me tell you something - being thought of as a beautiful woman has spared me nothing in life. No heartache, no trouble. Love has been difficult. Beauty is essentially meaningless and it is always transitory.
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I have a really beautiful life right now, so there is no reason to be hostile. I'm a husband, a father and a man who tries to do the right thing in life and in my work.
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College was where I got to actually experience the difference between black and white.
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Caring about policy is important - people in washington forget.
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Black glutinous rice works in both savoury and sweet dishes. It's a popular pudding rice in south-east Asia, where you'll often come across it cooked with water, coconut milk and a pandan leaf.
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When people talk about the impact of mobile dating, everyone focuses on real-time meeting - this idea that my pocket will vibrate every time a hot girl walks by. That's important. But it's not transformative.
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But it is important to observe that when Europe or the United Nations impose sanctions that are supposed to be aimed against a certain regime, usually generally millions of people end up being directly punished.
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To keep art stimulating, it's important to open it up to new horizons, which includes showing it in unexpected contexts.
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The pledge drive has everything going against it as broadcasting. It's repetitive. It's ad-libbed by people who can't ad-lib. It's about asking for money, which is something nobody wants to hear, even from their own relatives.
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As delicate as 'Guy and Madeline' was, it was important that 'Whiplash' come off as more of a fever dream.
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To have a relationship that is pure and passionate and beautiful - I think people are scared of having that now. Especially guys.
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My children are the most important thing in my life.
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I do like to turn a phrase, but it's all about how you turn it.
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I'm pretty good with not being afraid to just go up to people and introduce myself.
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I know I'm representing a group - black, Latin, whatever you want to put me with - and I want to show that they are beautiful the way they are. I think that's really important for our youth to see.
