Stephen Lawrence Quotes
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Too often, we think that, when we have a problem with our lives or our country, that the way to fix it is to take an eye for an eye. That doesn't help anything or anyone.
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I was a dancer when I got discovered, and I started working immediately. I started being in commercials and doing guest star roles. My first big thing, which happened maybe six months after being discovered, was 'Bring It On: All or Nothing.'
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Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence.
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Pigeon racing is a lousy, greedy, and often unlawful activity. One thing that it is not is kind to birds.
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Life isn't fair, and it isn't government's job to make life fair. But if you're not willing to give up on yourself, then we shouldn't give up on you, either.
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I read secular fiction, but also enjoy novels with a Christian worldview.
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I did not realise that I was so loved. It can't just be for the films. I must have done something else, but I can't remember what.
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I don't feel like I have to apologize for being a technophile, ever. Technology is awesome and lets me do so much. Nor do I feel like I have to apologize for loving my work.
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I've established myself as a proper artist. And it's ridiculous when anyone questions my credibility - I've had four number one singles and I've also sold over two and a half million albums. I shouldn't have to convince people that I'm credible, but I'm glad people are now taking me more seriously.
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So it took an eight-year-old child to bring 'em to their senses.... That proves something - that a gang of wild animals can be stopped, simply because they're still human. Hmp, maybe we need a police force of children.
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My first paid role was my first job out of drama school, which was 'Just William.' It was a BBC TV show. I played Ethel.
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I wasn't really fashion-conscious earlier.
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Naturally, my body language changes given whatever environment I'm in.
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I don't design houses with the nuclear family idea because I don't believe in it as a concept.
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Artists rarely do the same thing over and over again. Art is about the new, doing things in a new way.
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When I was a teenager, I worked on a show that was about a family.
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Of what use were wings to a man fast bound in chains of iron?
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There's beauty and darkness in everything: Sorrow in joy, life in death, throns on the roses. You can't escape pain and torment anymore then you can give up joy and beauty...
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It's hard to write a good plot, it's very hard.
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I would rather die than be a serious artist, or a fake artist.
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I owe it to my fans to be who I am. There's nothing fake about me.
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But there's the paradox of fiction - why do you cry when a fake character dies? It's the basis of art. You engage with people who don't exist and care about them as you would your friends and relatives.
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Santa was a fake.
