Abraham Lincoln Quotes
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Before I had my child, animals were my life. I slept with four dogs in my bed.
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We all know that television is better for women as they get into their 40s. You could be more three-dimensional, not just the wife or the mother.
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I just get really defensive as soon as anyone comes near my personal life. I made a decision early on that it's strictly off-limits. No exceptions.
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I do hope the success of 'Ms. Marvel' will open doors for other characters and other creators.
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I know I can act. There aren't too many other jobs I know how to do.
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I think subsuming political and economic conflicts into some grand 'clash of civilisations' theory or 'the West versus the rest' binary is a particularly insidious form of ideological deception.
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Back in 1975, we were making all the decisions about what people were going to watch.
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Actually I walk around with the Emmy wherever I go, but I'm very casual about it.
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To create a work of art is to create the world.
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I escaped one time. In 1971 I was in the free world for six weeks.
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Because of the way tech is changing, and becoming cheaper and user-friendly, it's becoming easier to make films cheaply, maintaining quality.
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I don't want to see that two-tier Senegal, that two-tier Africa, when you have those at the top and those at the bottom, people who are hungry, people who do not have enough to eat.
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I would like to, especially in film, play against type and do some heavier stuff. I'm intrigued by projects that deal with problematic people and things.
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When you're hot, you're hot; when you're not, you're not.
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I like soundtracks and I like film.
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I want to be fulfilled creatively as an actress and get to be in roles that are meaningful and impactful. I hope the same thing for myself as a director, one day. I want to make things that have an impact on how we look at the world.
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We've been going through some growing pains getting established, but I think it will continue to get better. I could see it becoming very successful.
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It's hard to say conversation has become a minimal thing, because look at the rise of mobile communications in the last 10 years. It used to be only the president had a mobile phone. Now everyone on earth, even if they have nothing else, they have a cell phone.
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Grease is the only cure for a hangover.
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One thing I learned a long time ago was my fretboard, in terms of all the scales in all the positions...You have to learn it - there are no two ways about it. I shift between positions so easily now that I really don't have to think about them much...I would suggest starting your scale education with the major and minor scales, and after that, diminished, augmented and whole-tone. Then depending on what kind of music you want to play, the modes should be learned. My theory about this kind of thing is that you should learn it all. Once you've learned it you can play whatever you want to play, and I think that your playing will be more advanced, and you'll have a better understanding of the instrument.
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Too often, older women are seen as victims, but I know lots of formidable women who have marvellous jobs as well as a full erotic life, and children and friends and family.
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The occasion is piled high with difficulty. We must rise to the occasion.
