Simone Manuel Quotes
I want to be an inspiration, but I would like there to be a day when it is not 'Simone the black swimmer.'
Quotes to Explore
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If I can help and influence girls who are going through body-image issues then I think that's amazing.
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I'm an actress, not a pinup.
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Cornwall bears a certain resemblance to Italy: each is like a leg or boot, but Italy stands a-tiptoe to the south, whereas Cornwall is thrust out to the west. But, whereas Italy is kicking Sicily as a football, Cornwall has but the shattered group of the Scilly Isles at its toe.
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In high school and college, I did not have any Christian friends except my best friend Sarah, who I actually 'brought to Jesus.'
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I would dodge, not lie, in the national interest.
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A cat is never vulgar.
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I am slightly fascinated by the question of whether humanity is capable of change. I may have come to the conclusion that we're not, but we keep trying.
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My uncle was the first brown person to have a market stall on Petticoat Lane in the 1960s. He worked his way up from the street. He was homeless, but eventually he got a car so he could sell from the boot. And by the 1980s, he was a millionaire wholesaling to companies like Topshop. So in a way, fashion put me in England.
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The voters of Colorado deserve honest, straight-talking elected officials.
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So long as the Zulu people are here, clearly I will still have a role to play in this country.
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I play on the left hand side, and I try to do the best I can.
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What we want to do is put a price on greenhouse gases. Because if they're more expensive, businesses will find a way to be more efficient or switch to solar or hydro or wind power. So that will reduce emissions.
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I had a passport where I wrote 'artist' under 'occupation' and I remember thinking, 'That's it, it's proved!'
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I've learned so many things from directors in my acting career. There are even some things I've learned that I didn't want to do. There are those directors who've really made me shine and others who've made me opaque.
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If we have the intent to use the military only when needed, then that also becomes, then, therefore, a credible deterrent.
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When it comes down to music, I have no balance. I am 100 percent. It is like full throttle. Five hundred miles an hour.
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I hate to look at the stuff I've written and consider what it means or why I do it.
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People are supposed to fear the unknown, but ignorance is bliss when the knowledge is so damn frightening.
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When I'm painting, I'm not aware of what I'm doing. It's only after a get acquainted period that I see what I've been about. I've no fears about making changes for the painting has a life of its own.
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We know longer live in a homogenous society, it is not black, white, Asian or Latin, it is a melting pot. Until we learn to assimilate and learn about other cultures, we will continue to have racism problems. Of course, there are other '-isms' as our ills. We have sexism, ageism, elitism, homophobia-ism, there are many -isms we have to overcome.
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I'm a moron because I don't want to lie in a gutter puking over myself... yeah right
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Fashion is in the sky, the streets, fashion has to do with ideas, the way in which we live, the events surrounding us.
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I want to be an inspiration, but I would like there to be a day when it is not 'Simone the black swimmer.'
