Shailene Woodley Quotes
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We keep, in science, getting a more and more sophisticated view of our essential ignorance.
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On my mother's side, I'm English, so that's where the freckles come from. On my father's side, I'm German, and he has the fantastic olive hues... I was given mum's skin, whereas my brothers and sisters were given my dad's skin. I do tan up quite well, but it takes me a bit longer.
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I think that people need an adrenalin rush. Folks need something aspirational; they need to do something that is hard. That's what ignites the imagination.
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If I do something caring for a friend, I have no doubt in my mind they would do it for me.
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I'm under pressure with all my films. And the reason we are always under pressure is because it's only in our profession that months and even years of hard work is judged by the first show on Friday.
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One of the problems with posing a 'bold new plan' is that you can't just extrapolate from previous plans.
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Years ago, I noticed one thing about economics, and that is that economists didn't get anything right.
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My mother didn't set out to surround us with white students or colleagues. My mother just sought a quality education. People have these expectations of who they think you should be. And I say it's because they don't really understand Malcolm X - or his wife.
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No person, not even a congressman, is above the law.
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Hip-hop isn't as complex as a woman is.
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It's really a misconception to identify the writer with the main character, given that the author creates all the characters in the book. In certain ways, I'm every character.
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I think a book should be judged 10 years later, after reading and re-reading it.
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I've written a screenplay that is a series of monologues and songs; they form this sort of human tapestry across time and place. The form is strange, but I find it really fascinating.
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I am thankful to the Nobel committee for recognising the plight of millions of children who are suffering in this modern age.
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My success has got so great, it's like I'm trapped, almost, within it.
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You learn from the things that happen in your career. You get up and down. You never give up. All the things that happened in my career, thank God it happened early rather than late in my career.
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The main characters for 'The Seer and the Sword' made an appearance one night and then haunted me for over five years before I began to write them down. Does that count as inspiration? For me, characters tend to show up, stay on to help with the work of writing their stories, and then occasionally deign to visit after a book is finished.
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You know, a lot of things changed. What never changed is the illusion to keep playing tennis, the illusion to keep doing well the things, and the illusion to be in a good position of the ranking and play these kind of matches.
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The place of the expert is on tap not on top.
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Too many women in too many countries speak the same language, of silence.
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I've been obsessed with doomsday for a long time - the idea that different cultures respond to it differently, and religions will change people's outlook on it.
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Unless I am very much mistaken...I AM very much mistaken...!
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It's hard to talk about politics in a Hollywood world.
