Melanie Fiona Hallim (Melanie Fiona) Quotes
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My parents came to see me in a play at Eton when I was 16. And then, when I said I wanted to try for drama school, they knew there was enough passion there for them to be brave and back me.
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Trump wants to build a wall at the border of Mexico, while Clinton wants to tear down all walls.
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A lot of legends, a lot of people, have come before me. But this is my time.
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There's nothing wrong with being anthropomorphic. That's how we understand the world.
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The impact of any particular writer on your own work is hard to discern.
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I'm not against technology, but all tools should be used to their best advantage. We should be spending our time on things that have staying power, instead of on the latest thought of the latest blogger - and then moving on quickly to the next blogger.
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I believe in the power of intention to change the landscape of our society - and it is my intention to live an authentic life of compassion and integrity and action. Jamey Rodemeyer's life changed mine.
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The first thing I look at is, 'Is the entrepreneur going after really big problems, to the extent that it feels scary when they talk about it?' You wonder if the idea is possible. I have seen that a lot of times, people go after small problems, and that's a sign that they are not confident.
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There are lots of concerns facing English football but for me the major one is the way in which football clubs are run by owners, whether they are growing organically and sustainably and how that is being policed by the football authorities.
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Our world is evolving without consideration, and the result is a loss of biodiversity, energy issues, congestion in cities. But geography, if used correctly, can be used to redesign sustainable and more livable cities.
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I came up with a story and I wrote it.
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I'm probably borderline OCD. I insist on having all objects at right angles to each other. So a fork has to be at a right angle to the knife on the table. The salt and pepper pots have to be placed close together. Only recently have I started to notice it's a weird way to behave.
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The surveillance of ordinary people is far greater than I would have imagined and far greater than the American public has been able to debate.
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It is a matter of simple fact that Icelanders have always been notoriously indolent.
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My mother's nickname for me is 'Positive Patrick.' I like to live up to that title.
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I think being directed and mentored by someone as inspirational as Paul Feig not only improves my performance but, as a whole, makes it what it is.
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Today in Saudi, women are either at the mercy of their husbands or at the mercy of judges who tend to side with the husbands. The only circumstance that a woman can ask for a divorce or a 'khali' is when her husband is in total agreement with her or if she comes from a very powerful family who decide to back her up.
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Atheism is nothing more than the noises reasonable people make when in the presence of religious dogma.
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When I am not working, I go out on vacations with my family and enjoy a lot.
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I have a very fun husband. He's managed to hang on to every person he's known since grammar school.
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I think being a mother helps keep your feet on the ground. There's very little dignity in parenthood. It's a great leveller.
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The broader the topic, the easier it is, not only to fill a book, but to set the bar pretty high for really great stuff.
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I love the freedom to do whatever I want with style and not be put into a box.
