Scarlett Johansson Quotes
My grandmother was also an active member of the tenants association and a staunch supporter of the Democratic Party, and both of my parents were extremely liberal, so I think I grew up in a household that was very politically conscious - we all watched the elections on TV, and we watched the debates. So it was an awareness that we were raised with, and as we grew into young adults, we just naturally became politically active. It was just understood that it was important, that it was our responsibility.
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The biggest issue that we have to contend with is campaign finance reform.
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Irrespective of any political party, I am a supporter of good people who want to do something for the society.
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I always loved cars. I don't know why, I can't explain it to you. It has always been with me.
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When someone has to intervene to defend the liberty of the press, that society is sick.
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I really believe you can predict when someone has a great attitude, a real well of talent.
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The mainstream sort of presentation of the civil rights movement was not something that I directly inherited.
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We are all Julian Assange. Serious reporters discuss classified information every day - go to any Washington or New York dinner party where real journalists are present, and you will hear discussion of leaked or classified information. That is journalists' job in a free society.
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I'm never running for office. I love being able to speak to members of Congress or members of the Senate and floating on either side, because it takes all of us. It's going to take both of them.
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I always have the impression that I write the same book.
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I love coloring books. I keep some by my bed.
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If anything is certain, it is that I myself am not a Marxist.
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The moon is a friend for the lonesome to talk to.
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Yes there is a little group of soccer aficionados, but I am not one of them.
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The cool thing about my show and me is that I'm a writer, and I'm a writer first if I don't have music.
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I'm quite arty. I didn't know whether to become an artist or musician but I realised I could paint with music. All my songs have colours.
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From the middle of life onward, only he remains vitally alive who is ready to die with life.
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Make it your profitable habit to carefully study facial expressions. You can see the entire human drama in a face; you can tell its owner's history.
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The irony is that the more we fight age, the more it shows. Paint on a 50-year-old face brings to mind a Gilbert and Sullivan comic figure. Smooth the cheeks, and suddenly the ear lobes and hands look out of place. Do we run around in October, painting the gold leaves green?
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Acting, to me, is being given the freedom and ability to play, and that's - that's what I love most about it. I feel very comfortable in playing, whether it be in front of a camera or on stage.
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When I post a photo from a 'good angle,' I receive criticism for looking smaller and selling out. When I post photos showing my cellulite, stretch marks, and rolls, I'm accused of promoting obesity.
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Much of God's will for your life is already found in the Bible.
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America always pivots between collective responsibility and the idea that the individual can pull himself up by his bootstraps.
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My mom had me at 16 and took me every place she went. I remember going on peace marches. She tried to take me to Woodstock - it was pouring rain. It was on my birthday, and I was crying so much in the car they turned the car around and dumped me at my grandmother's house... I had a little attitude.
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My grandmother was also an active member of the tenants association and a staunch supporter of the Democratic Party, and both of my parents were extremely liberal, so I think I grew up in a household that was very politically conscious - we all watched the elections on TV, and we watched the debates. So it was an awareness that we were raised with, and as we grew into young adults, we just naturally became politically active. It was just understood that it was important, that it was our responsibility.
