Scilla Elworthy Quotes
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I've always enjoyed poor health.
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I don't hurt or want for visibility, but people seem to forget pretty easily.
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I'm 20 years old, and I still love love. I hope I'm sweet. Just your everyday girl.
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What makes me happy is having a really nice day out with my mum, or getting better at something I've been working hard at.
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Pity is the deadliest feeling that can be offered to a woman.
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If you set out to do something and you give it your all and it doesn't work out, be willing to modify your goal slightly. Have the ability to look in another direction. A small shift could guide you to the real purposes of your life.
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The thing I'm scared of most is not fulfilling my work. There's so much anxiety around trying to get a movie made that you don't really get to be afraid of anything else.
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I know my fans want me on the screen. But I think hero-worship should not be allowed to corrupt the plot and narrative of a film.
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Many people think fairy tales and retellings of fairy tales are only for children, but I'm not the only writer to take an old tale and retell it for a sophisticated adult audience.
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I had no idea about nutrition. I thought by eating salads you'll stay skinny.
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This is the first time in my life I've ever been happy, not completely happy, but happier than I've ever been.
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You don't know how good you are until you actually get out on a bike and get riding.
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I want to teach. I've got to figure a way to continue doing this in some capacity.
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Justice is like a train that is nearly always late.
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Letting the facts speak for themselves is an immoral principle when we all know that facts and figures can be selected to prove anything.
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Governor Rauner talks about what he might get done or what he tried to get done. It's past time for all his talk. It's time for action. It's what I've been doing my whole life.
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There is a statistic I heard a number of years ago: if you know somebody who is 85 years old, that person was born into a world that had a third as many people as the world does today. The population has tripled in the past 85 years.
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I've had this theory for a while, but I think there needs to be a message with the end of 'Game of Thrones.' You know? I think what needs to happen is ice and fire are going to go to war, a huge war between those two factions, and I think, in that war, they will destroy themselves. There will be complete chaos, complete destruction.
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I always like to preserve my freedom. I've never really been attached to any place; that's probably why I kept moving. I like to evolve.
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It's funny, when bands or younger musicians ask me: 'So, what does it take to make it?' Well, first explain to me what you mean by 'making it': Do you want to be a rock star or do you want music to be your livelihood?
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I finally learned that doing what I want isn't love. I don't want to hurt him again by acting childish.
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They say marriage will change you but it didn't change me. Being in love changed me.
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I don't see any change in fiscal policy.
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Change happens at the level of the individual
