Virginia Woolf Quotes
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Basically, I have a gift as an actress, and I want to present the sophisticated side of me as an actress and a person.
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The words of truth are always paradoxical.
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Self-discovery is above all the realization that we are alone: it is the opening of an impalpable, transparent wall - that of our consciousness - between the world and ourselves.
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I had two things I could do: I could run over you, and I could put a good stiff arm on you. That was about it.
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We're so marriage-obsessed, we think that only married people are families.
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I'm obsessed with media and the way audiences can become creative participants.
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I'm always writing. I'm an obsessive. It's not because I'm a disciplined person. It's because I'm crazy about it.
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Know what suits you. Now I understand proportion and recognise the shapes that look good on my figure.
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Well, for one, I don't judge my characters.
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There's plenty of people who've never gotten the opportunity to wrestle at WrestleMania. To perform there and do that, I never thought it would ever happen. I had learned to live with it. So to say I did, that is a big notch in my belt.
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I fear my enthusiasm flags when real work is demanded of me.
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I don't think that 60-70 percent of working-class white voters would have supported a Muslim ban before Donald Trump said something about a Muslim ban.
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The chances of Israeli science competing with big American science are small. For almost 15 years, we had no competition.
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I'm just considering myself extremely lucky. All I wanted is to have 'Paranormal Activity' be released and become successful. And everything that's happened since then is just an enormous bonus.
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There are two books that impressed me when I was very young. One was 'The Adventures of Augie March' - the idea of having something so generous, and so adventurous and improvisatory. The other was 'The U.S.A. Trilogy,' by John Dos Passos.
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My mom got me into some commercials, and I basically, I guess, just got out of my shell I was in at the time because I can't remember. I've just been blessed ever since.
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In the mind of Bill Clinton, political considerations outweigh even life-and-death matters of great concern to his own law-enforcement officials, not to mention the nation.
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I learned to listen and listen very well. It helped me athletically and in the classroom as well. The person who talks a lot or talks over people misses out because they weren't listening.
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What's important is that people realize that I can't be put into a box musically. I've studied all forms of music; I know probably more Jay-Z songs than the biggest Jay-Z fan. I've studied R. Kelly to the Isley Brothers to Stevie Wonder to Sting and Sade. You don't have one personality every day. You don't have one mood.
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Kenny Dalglish was the greatest to play for Liverpool and Scotland, so for someone like that to sign me was an honour.
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If there is a good will, there is great way.
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Any city in America would like to get a museum built if they didn't have to pay for it.
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If I'm feeling down in the dumps, or like I need a pop of colour, I'll put on MAC's Lipstick in Lady Danger. I discovered red lipstick when I did the Oscar season: Chanel sent me one and I realised how classic and glamorous it can be.
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I am in the mood to dissolve in the sky.
