Katarina Johnson-Thompson Quotes
When there was a fight in school, because I was the tall one, the teachers would say, 'I know you were there. I could see you.'
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An attack on values is inevitably seen as an act of subversion.
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Not only is self-regulation largely a fantasy, but repeated scandals across multiple industries have proved that companies are fundamentally incapable of self-regulating for the greater good.
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I was probably never going to get to do the kind of things dramatically that I really wanted to do, so I returned to theater from time to time, and to write, and produce. It's by no means sour grapes.
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I'm optimistic about people and about the planet and about nature. I think it's resilient, like people are.
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By 2022, China is expected to cede the dubious distinction of being the world's most populous nation to India, according to the population division of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs.
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Any constitutional amendment that simply gives Congress the option of regulating campaign finance fails to immediately achieve what the American people want, and that is a complete reversal of Citizens United and other Supreme Court decisions that have allowed corporations and the wealthy few to drown out the voices of everyday voters.
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I've always felt it's ridiculous to say, of any of the females in my life: You're my friend, you're my wife, you're my girlfriend, you're my co-worker. This is your box, and you're not allowed to stray outside of it.
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Movies are usually difficult, often insane, constantly challenging and always strangely amusing to make.
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The Arab Spring, nobody's in the streets demonstrating for radical Islam; they're in the streets with a window of democracy. They want our political reform, our social justice, and our economic opportunity.
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Poetry is the art of uniting pleasure with truth.
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All I wanted to do was be a working actor.
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My greatest regret is selling my company.
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On matters of race, on matters of decency, baseball should lead the way.
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You can do anything as long as you have the passion, the drive, the focus, and the support.
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It doesn't matter that the way of life shown by Hollywood was phony. It helped you hope.
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But you have to be creative on how you sell yourself and market yourself.
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When I was growing up, in L.A., I went to these schools, Fairfax High School, Bancroft Junior High School, and they had great music departments. I always played in the orchestra, the jazz band, the marching band.
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It is easier for a man to be loyal to his club than to his planet; the bylaws are shorter, and he is personally acquainted with the other members.
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I must stay true to myself and take my own path all the way.
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Being an actress in China, I'm actually a very lucky actress... Especially now that Chinese movies are becoming more diverse with more viewers overseas.
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I guess once you've been acting for a long time, you glean the great bits of good directors and the bad bits from other directors, and you know the way that you would like to be directed.
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A mediocre idea that generates enthusiasm will go further than a great idea that inspires no one.
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My parents were wonderful Christians. They were religious, but they were not fanatical in any way. I was the one who took it to the extreme. I was told in Sunday school that you had to accept Jesus into your heart if you didn't want to go to hell. So of course I did that a thousand times. But the catch was you had to mean it with all of your heart.
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When there was a fight in school, because I was the tall one, the teachers would say, 'I know you were there. I could see you.'
