Larisa Oleynik Quotes
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I want to direct what I feel is interesting - not what is supposed to be my zone.
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One ever feels his twoness - an American, a Negro; two souls, two thoughts, two unreconciled strivings; two warring ideals in one dark body, whose dogged strength alone keeps it from being torn asunder.
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The tragedy of all of this is that it happened to me and it shouldn't have happened. It ruined my life and my career. That's the tragedy of this.
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If a Chinese student does not know Chinese learning, it's like a person without a surname, a horse without a bridle, a boat without a helm. The more Western learning he possesses, the more hateful of China he will become. Even if he becomes a capable man of vast learning, how can he be of any use to the state?
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All performers get on stage because they need to feel love from an audience. I might appear confident, but those three seconds before I get out there, I'm a mess. But I have to take the risk; otherwise, I'd be miserable and would feel like I wasn't seeing through my personal destiny.
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That attitude and toughness that we want to play with, that, to me, is the most critical thing.
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I learned how to read in second grade, and I entered a summer contest at my local library in Chattanooga, Tennessee. If you read more books than anybody else, you got your Polaroid up on the bulletin board, and I did.
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When I was younger, I wanted to marry early, like at 23. Year by year, I found things I wanted to do, and the thought of marriage disappeared. But I don't want to marry too late. Around 31?
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I always wanted to act. I guess I've always been a bit of a drama queen.
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Our party never tolerated those who use violence for political ends. Our leaders lost their lives standing against terrorism.
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Writing is only the frosting on my cake. I'm whole without it.
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I'm a machine man, and I head a machine.
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But acting just sort of happened and I found that I loved it. It was such a challenge.
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If you took ISIS' oil, that would not stop them. It's not their only source of revenue. It would be a setback, but it would not stop them.
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Being an actress can be a little like being a girl in the '50s: You're stuck waiting by the phone, hoping that the boy you like will call.
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The best piece of advice that my mother gave me is to never have a plan B. She told me to stick to plan A because if you have a plan B you will inevitably fall back on it.
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Museums are not normally presenting the works on the walls as provocations to work. It's more like going to a Jacuzzi.
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There are far too many people in university in Britain. If you want to make money, be a plumber.
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We do it because we love to play music and that's what we're all about.
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Remember that no relationship is a total waste of time. You can always learn something about yourself.
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I might have lived long enough to learn all this in the long haul, but I would have been just another soul taking up time and space for a long spell before I learned.
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The Facebook of 2011, the Twitter of 2011 and the Google of 2011 are all understood to be in need of reinvention for a mobile-centric world with no clear strategy to make revenue.
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College inspired me to think differently. It's like no other time in your life.
