Yara Shahidi Quotes
I really love acting, but I also really want to be a historian, so it's really confusing.
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'Breaking Bad' was such a high plateau.
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I always direct the same film. I cannot distinguish one from the other.
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Our plans never turn out as tasty as reality.
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That's what I like about Neil Jordan's films: everyone is better at what they do than you are.
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When I'm in the studio, I don't finish the song and say, 'That's going to be a big ringtone.'
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I can hardly decide what plays I should be in.
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I'm confident in who I am. I've come to a place in my life where I've accepted things that are me, as opposed to feeling pressure to explain myself to people around me. That's just the way I've always tried to be. It didn't change when I became a star.
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Religious ideas about good and evil tend to focus on how to achieve well-being in the next life, and this makes them terrible guides to securing it in this one. Of course, there are a few gems to be found in every religious tradition, but insofar as these precepts are wise and useful they are not, in principle, religious.
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I am definitely a dog person. I feel like Webster and I are very much alike.
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Salesmen always need something to sell.
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Infinite striving to be the best is man's duty; it is its own reward. Everything else is in God's hands.
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Hebrew is the language I use to thank the Creator and, also, to swear on the road.
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I have decided in 2020 to run for president.
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Death is so important that God visited death upon his own son, thereby helping us learn right from wrong well enough that we may escape death forever and live eternally in God's grace.
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There is no such thing as accident; it is fate misnamed.
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In my next life, I want to be a housecat. Naps all the time!
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The biggest cowards are managers who don't let people know where they stand.
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I love movies, and if the right thing comes along I'm so interested.
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I don't have to wait to realize the good old days.
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Life is a grand party.
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If it were not for government regulation of big corporations, executives at companies like Enron, WorldCom, Tyco, they could have cheated investors out of millions.
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Lawyers should be chosen because they can demonstrate a history rich in human traits, the ability to care, the courage to fight, the will to win, a concern for the human condition, a passion for justice and simple uncompromising honesty. These are the traits of the lawyer.
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I am reminded of Housman's remark that 'accuracy is a duty, not a virtue.' To praise a historian for his accuracy is like praising an architect for using well-seasoned timber or properly mixed concrete in his building. It is a necessary condition of his work, but not his essential function.
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I really love acting, but I also really want to be a historian, so it's really confusing.
