Saoirse Ronan Quotes

There are a lot of people who say, 'Yeah yeah, I'm a feminist,' and they're not, actually. I wouldn't want to throw that word around, because it's a very strong thing.

Saoirse Ronan

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• Your body is your temple, it's your home, and you must decorate it.

  

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• I don't regret doing any of my films. All of them have been great learning experiences, and they have contributed to making me what I am today.

  

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• We know too much, and are convinced of too little. Our literature is a substitute for religion, and so is our religion.

  

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• I said if I have a No. 1, I'll do a naked photo shoot! I'm not sure a lot of people would like to see that, but it was more to the fans, really. Every gig I do, they try to get me to take my clothes off, so it's a promise to them - if I get a No. 1, I'll happily do a naked shoot.

  

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• The names are bigger, the show is worldwide, but I get a royal pass into life in the broadcasting business.

  

  Larry King
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• I have also seen children successfully surmounting the effects of an evil inheritance. That is due to purity being an inherent attribute of the soul.

  

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• When we were children, we used to think that when we were grown-up we would no longer be vulnerable. But to grow up is to accept vulnerability... To be alive is to be vulnerable.

  

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• We shot 'Telusa Telusa' song in Bolivia. It took us 50 hours to get to the location. We shot in high altitudes, and oxygen cylinders were kept handy.

  

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• As a musician usually music is your way out.

  

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• I've never been to New Zealand before. But one of my role models, Xena, the warrior princess, comes from there.

  

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• I'm very, very used to hearing no - repeatedly! - and through my experience founding startups, I've learned to view those two little letters not as a final roadblock but as a problem to be solved.

  

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• When a guy tells me I'm cute, it's not something desirable. Cute is more like what you want your pet to be.

  

  Natalie Portman
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• Even before I went to the UN, I often would want to say something in a meeting - only woman at the table - and I'd think, 'OK well, I don't think I'll say that. It may sound stupid.' And then some man says it, and everybody thinks it's completely brilliant, and you are so mad at yourself for not saying something.

  

  Madeleine Albright
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• If you look at Indian movies, every time they wanted an exotic locale, they would have a dance number in Kashmir. Kashmir was India's fairyland. Indians went there because in a hot country you go to a cold place. People would be entranced by the sight of snow.

  

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• I'm in a sketch comedy group in school and I also do stand-up.

  

  Jack Quaid
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• I think the name of the show, 'This American Life' - we named it that just because it seemed like it made the thing feel big. But we don't think about whether it's an American story or not. We happen to be Americans. I think for the stories to work, they have to be universal.

  

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• I don't do guilt. Whatever I do, I do it happily.

  

  Yotam Ottolenghi
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• It's not in baseball's interest or the players' interest to be taking this stance. It's the people's game.

  

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• I do not own an inch of land, But all I see is mine, - The orchard and the mowing fields, The lawns and gardens fine.

  

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• It's a great country, where anybody can grow up to be president... except me.

  

  Barry Goldwater
  • Up
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• Fifty-million-dollar movies gobble up the medium movies. A lot of people aren't working in Hollywood because of this.

  

  D. B. Sweeney
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• Records are just moments of achievement. They're like receipts for work done. Time goes on and people keep playing music.

  

  Bill Laswell
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  • Time
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• During the campaign [Donald Trump] talked about reaching out to African- American voters in particular. He talked about inner cities in a way that did offend some people. Lot of Democrats. Some African- Americans of saying what have you got to lose.

  

  Anderson Cooper
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• There are a lot of people who say, 'Yeah yeah, I'm a feminist,' and they're not, actually. I wouldn't want to throw that word around, because it's a very strong thing.

  

  Saoirse Ronan
  • People
  • Strong
  • Feminist