Laura Marling Quotes
It took a lot of time and practice for me to realise that there's no point trying to be something you're not.
Quotes to Explore
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Having Black hair is unique in that Black women change up styles a lot. You can walk down one street block in New York City and see 10 different hairstyles that Black women are wearing: straight curls, short cuts, braids - we really run the gamut.
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I like to practise. With every new piece, you make mistakes and you learn. So it's important to get on and have another go.
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You have to have an idea of what you are going to do, but it should be a vague idea.
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I want to do roles that take women a step farther. I don't want to be slotted into anything. But if I get a brilliant role which requires me to be a mother, then I will do it. But I want people to see that a woman could be anything at whatever age, even if she is married or has two kids.
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It's always been a desire of mine to work with my parents.
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Can a moment of madness make up for an age of consent?
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If you will be the best that you can be right where you are, God will promote you and give you more.
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I make money using my brains and lose money listening to my heart. But in the long run my books balance pretty well.
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You know, the Brits had a way of - running an empire. And I don't think America is comfortable with an empire.
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Success is not measured by what you accomplish, but by the opposition you have encountered, and the courage with which you have maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds.
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A lot of actors know they want to be actors a little bit earlier on. I didn't even really start studying until I was about 22.
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Michael Jackson wanted to be in Men in Black II. He told me he had seen the first Men in Black in Paris and had stayed behind and sat there and wept. I had to explain to him that it was a comedy.
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I'm a collecting maniac and I buy a lot of books and records. I have over thousand cds.
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I believe the Thai people are patient, and the people at least give me a chance to prove my ability to help them.
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Some people think electronic music is cold, but I think that has more to do with the people listening than the actual music itself.
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Stay away from the sun and remember the skin on a woman's neck, hands and face is sensitive and ages easily, so apply a high SPF sunscreen on those areas.
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What I'm very concerned about is how do we bolster our self-awareness as humans, as biological organisms?
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I remember feeling that Michael was extremely sensitive when it came to that moment. Most directors are and they usually rely, at least in my experience, on the actress to take over. And Michael is a gentleman.
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It's kind of fun to do the impossible.
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In order to reinvent yourself, you have to dig deep and look at yourself. I'd lost my way creatively, and I was humbled, and so I think I got really basic about wanting to depict people in the ways that I find them amazing and funny and emotional and that I can relate to and do from an instinctive, gut place. People trying to survive ... That's what all my movies are about.
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If all our children learn to do is read, they will not be literate.
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It's only because I feel like such a philistine spending all that time in hair and makeup that I started to knit. I used to spend that time studying Italian and French. Then after I had two kids, my brain turned to mush and I took up knitting.
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We are trying to construct a more inclusive society. We are going to make a country in which no one is left out.
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It took a lot of time and practice for me to realise that there's no point trying to be something you're not.
