Sergio Leone Quotes
America is so varied and exciting that after six months, you go back and find it completely changed.
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As kids, we spontaneously sing and dance and tell stories, and along the way, someone comes and says, 'No. You shouldn't be doing that.' And we slowly begin to unlearn our passions. I think you have to hold on to those things.
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Seeing people who are actually reading your book and listening to the wide variety of reactions they have to it, is really special.
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I've stopped reading about the death of books because it's wasteful and morbid and insulting to the authors, agents, publishers, booksellers, critics, and readers that keep the world community of fiction interesting.
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I came across 'The Song of Achilles' by Madeline Miller in one of the most romantic ways one can find a story. I was digging through a pile of used books at my local library when my hand gravitated toward its brilliant teal and glistening gold cover.
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I think we're socialized out of being women, and then we have to find our way back to it. That's hard to do.
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As a queen, I speak about unity and respect. I think that is the most important thing.
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My mother had an illegal abortion in 1960, which was the year the birth control pill came out, but I guess a little late for her, but - and I never knew. I found out when my father, after her death, got her FBI file.
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Music is something I can't stop. Whether people are going to hear it or not, I'm still going to make music.
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The way to resumption is to resume.
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Great wisdom is generous; petty wisdom is contentious. Great speech is impassioned, small speech cantankerous.
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I didn't want to kill a man. I'm not capable of killing a man. I wanted to kill a tyrant.
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Without literature my life would be miserable.
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I am not the most courageous guy in the world outside of the court.
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If you carry joy in your heart, you can heal any moment.
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For me, 'Rent' was all about coming out of myself, finding out who I was, learning the power I could have as a performer.
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I completely admire my mother for raising a child with cerebral palsy at home.
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Do not suffer any man to baptize or minister unto you, unless God has spoken unto him by the voice of his servants, and authorized him to minister in his name.
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I never did steroids in my life. I know all the fighters; they are all on steroids.
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I have a weakness for treating people's economic interests as their only interest, ignoring things like belonging and pride and the desire to send a message to those who ignore you.
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I like a bohemian floral dress, but then I'll throw on a leather jacket or a pair of lace-up boots to give it an edge. My mom is always trying to get me to wear really sweet clothes. Something pink. But that's not really my look.
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My earliest acting memory is making up a play for my mom and dad called The Lonesome Baby. I have no idea what The Lonesome Baby was about. I just remember the title. But I'm sure it was an epic.
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Progress does not compel us to settle centuries-long debates about the role of government for all time, but it does require us to act in our time.
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America is so varied and exciting that after six months, you go back and find it completely changed.
