Sara Willis (Fanny Fern) Quotes
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I rarely stay at home when I'm in New York. I'm always doing things. It brings you so much energy.
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That's what everybody calls me, 'Cheat Code,' because they just throw the ball up to me.
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I went to college, though I didn't take many writing courses.
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There's a way in which you can look at clothing as your outer skin. And because you were discriminated against because of your complexion, the way in which you could overcome that was through the way in which you presented yourself with your clothing.
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Random chance plays a huge part in everybody's life.
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The Islamist ideology took decades to incubate within our communities, and it will take decades to debunk.
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I'm not the girl next door.
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There aren't that many things left that haven't already been done, especially with music. I'm interested in ideas that can shake us all up.
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Make yourself comfortable in everything you do.
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PETA's campaign should be included in school curricula. If we can open children's hearts and minds to animals' needs, teach them to treat a dog or a chicken as if they feel fear and love and pain - as they do - then they will grow up to understand that we are all worthy of respect.
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Worship is a way of seeing the world in the light of God.
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I could probably name thousands of albums that I want.
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I am only interested in bad taste if I can enjoy a gruesome tango or watch a movie that makes me cry.
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The presumption that an extant mode is efficient if the expected net gain is negative can nevertheless be rebutted by showing that the obstacles to implementing an otherwise superior feasible alternative are 'unfair.'
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Ask Mother for advice on breaking into show business.
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I got nominated for a Tony in my Broadway debut, which was fascinating and thrilling and sort of unbelievable all at the same time.
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Being on 'SNL' gives you a unique experience that almost no one else has. It's like Harvard for the comic actor.
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I love all the attention, people noticing me. 'There's the gymnast. There she is!'
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It was a slow process. You gotta remember I hadn't recorded a song sober in seven years. So it took me awhile to even feel like I could record a song sober.
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It's very disincentivizing to have others take care of your needs.
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To me, truth is the big thing. Constantly you're writing something and you get to a place where your characters could go this way or that and I just can't lie. The characters have gotta be true to themselves.
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Sometimes people think that that you are going softer, or you are going mainstream, but that's not true. It's way more true to change your style.
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From film to film, I realize my strengths and my weakness, and I realize how much better I get. I learn the lingo, I ask questions and I'm on set trying to figure out which shots they're going to use. For me, it's exploring the art. It's not just making a movie.
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How strong sometimes is weakness!
