Shailene Woodley Quotes
The reason I keep acting is that it fuels some kind of passion in me, but the day that those butterflies stop, is the day that I'm gonna quit because I could care less about the magazines or being famous or the money or the awards.
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Everywhere I go, I will make a good payday. But we got to choose the right opponent and the right time and the right venue.
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The Palestinian Authority gets money from the American taxpayer.
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We are perverse creatures and never satisfied.
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The end of secrecy would be the end of the novel - especially the English novel. The English novel requires social secrecy, personal secrecy.
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Public opinion polls are rather like children in a garden, digging things up all the time to see how they're growing.
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An art aims, above all, at producing something beautiful which affects not our feelings but the organ of pure contemplation, our imagination.
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It feels nice to be loved, but let me tell you there are 10 times more better looking, stylish and talented guys than me. So there's no solid reason for me to be proud! I don't think I have done anything extraordinary to change people's lives.
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We all go to the theater and cinema to be inspired and moved on an emotional level, sometimes to laughter, sometimes to tears. Once I discovered that acting could have such an effect, I was sold. It has been one of the most rewarding discoveries I have ever made.
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A car is a killing machine. It's like waving a loaded gun. People don't realise how dangerous they are.
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That was my challenge as an actress: to be a necessary part of the office without being too aggressive.
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Pain is never permanent.
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I want people to come away from my book with questions. Questions about virtue and goodness. Not answers.
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Sometimes in this game it's as good to be lucky as it is to be good.
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Constant attention by a good nurse may be just as important as a major operation by a surgeon.
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Unfortunately, writing and reporting the truth is not allowed under Castro's tyrannical dictatorship.
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For a terrifying moment I thought he was going to hug me, but fortunately we both remembered we were English just in time. Still, it was a close call.
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It's not always expected of filmmakers to do stereotyped stories. But one has to be willing to travel to festivals and hook up with people, engage people intellectually about your passion and the kinds of films that interest you, and sooner or later you find people that have the same affinity that you have.
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Of all things I liked books best. My father had a large library and whenever I could manage I tried to satisfy my passion for reading.
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A superior man in dealing with the world is not for anything or against anything. He follows righteousness as the standard.
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The reason I keep acting is that it fuels some kind of passion in me, but the day that those butterflies stop, is the day that I'm gonna quit because I could care less about the magazines or being famous or the money or the awards.
