Joan Smalls Quotes
I was always very, very insecure about my height. Even as a 15-year-old I was a foot and a half taller than everyone.
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Binge viewing has been around since DVD box sets.
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If I were dying, my last words would be: Have faith and pursue the unknown end.
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The idea of capitalism is not just success but also the failure that allows success to happen.
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I'm a human being, and I get sick.
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In philosophy if you aren't moving at a snail's pace you aren't moving at all.
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I don't attempt to make people uncomfortable; I think that my standards in terms of art and journalism always have necessitated my discomfort.
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What's more condescending and corny than someone telling you how much more money they have than you and telling you basically, 'I don't care about poor people,' which is a large part of what you hear of corporate hip-hop on the radio.
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There's no job that will humble you like the White House press secretary job.
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My yoga mat comes everywhere. Keeps me stretched out after sitting still on all those planes, trains and road journeys.
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My very shy Punjabi father never taught me about the birds and bees. So shy was he that he may have thought he would get arrested for even talking about it.
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Teens look at cause-related efforts with some scrutiny. They know they are often a target market, but it has to make sense to them.
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My flat in Ladbroke Grove, west London, is in the best building in the world. It's like a commune - everyone gets on - and on Friday evenings I often cook us all dinner.
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I come from Brazil, which is a Portuguese speaking part of the continent.
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What kids see on the internet is mostly pornography and that is dangerous. The internet is being used as a platform for misinformation, selling spurious drugs and for terrorist activities. It is a great medium but being misused to bring about disaffection among people.
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Within the context of life, I am the centrist pragmatist who doesn't even vote; within the context of sports, I am a potential war criminal.
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Pretensions to moral superiority are devastatingly destructive.
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I really believe that everyone has a talent, ability, or skill that he can mine to support himself and to succeed in life.
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I had underwear thrown on stage that said 'Gokey' on the back... all glittery! It was grandma-underwear, too.
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My thoughts are whirled like a potter's wheel; I know not where I am nor what I do.
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Yeah, my role is gonna be a character by the name of Yondu. And there's gonna be more of Yondu. Yondu is gonna be even more handsome. Perhaps maybe Yondu will add some more bling to his teeth and wear some more jewelry. I don't know. It's gonna be a lot of fun. I've got my fingers crossed that we'll flush out the character even more.
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I grew up, really, in the days before air conditioning. So I can remember what it was like to be really hot, for instance, and I can remember what it was like when your barber shop and your local stores weren't air conditioned, so it was hot when you went in them and they propped the doors open.
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Words are clamor-filled shells. There's many a story in the miniature of a single word!
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I've gone through so much in my life. I should have been dead a long time ago, but I am still here, and I'm the happiest I've ever been.
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I was always very, very insecure about my height. Even as a 15-year-old I was a foot and a half taller than everyone.
