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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I had individuals in my life to help me make the right decisions because it wasn't about them accepting handouts. It was about them making the right decisions for me.
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When one has never heard a man's name in the course of one's life, it speaks volumes for him; he must be quite respectable.
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Men don't wear high heels, and they don't make allowances for women who do. Tottering down the corridors of power in beautiful but crippling stilettos telegraphs your preference for style over substance.
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College inspired me to think differently. It's like no other time in your life.
