Vita Sackville-West Quotes
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I don't see myself only as a Somali character. I think of myself as an actor, and if the job fits me and I like the story, I will go for it.
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You want to find out what it is about you or what it is about your past and your lineage that's in you now, and whether you carry those traits and maybe what one's mission is to take it to the next level.
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A mortgage transaction is very complex, very complicated, and very localized - the rules are not just by state but by county, sometimes even by municipality.
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I like to have fun, but I don't think of myself as being funny. But I'm a big jokester, so I make fun of myself a lot!
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It is better to be beautiful than to be good. But... it is better to be good than to be ugly.
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I literally don't think about Oscar.
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I love adventure sports. And, I love cooking.
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Save for minor ailments and accident, my battalion is practically immune from sickness; colds come and go as a matter of course, sprains and cuts claim momentary attention, but otherwise the health of the battalion is perfect.
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If we do a little bit of insight into history, how many times have there been people doing hate discourse, blaming everything on a certain group of people. That really is the genesis of genocide, where it kind of sparks.
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I've lived my life the way I wanted to, whether scaling the mountains, partying long into the night or having fun playing soccer.
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I don't have a caustic sense of humor. What I find funny, that humor comes from a much gentler place.
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Don't use words too big for the subject. Don't say 'infinitely' when you mean 'very'; otherwise you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite.
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All Hollywood corrupts; and absolute Hollywood corrupts absolutely.
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There is one thing stronger than all the armies in the world, and that is an idea whose time as come.
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When I go home, I play with my baby dolls and strollers and diaper bags, and play with my sisters.
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I think often the West does not understand the history and the privilege of wearing a hijab. They always think of oppression.
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New York felt to me like what America should be - a representation of the world in this small pocket.
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As a kid, I always felt connected to Africa; it was something I was very proud of.
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It's hard to explain to my parents what's going on. You can't compare Hollywood with Cuba. I didn't even know I could dream this.
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The only way to avoid age discrimination in Hollywood is to die young.
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Jung fiercely resented the implication that he was a hypocritical, self-seeking Judas, a 'rat'. Yet there was just enough truth in it to strike home. He was undoubtedly a man who liked his own way, no matter what the cost to others.
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I like Australia less and less. The hateful newness, the democratic conceit, every man a little pope of perfection.
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The method of 'postulating' what we want has many advantages; they are the same as the advantages of theft over honest toil.
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I worshipped dead men for their strength, Forgetting I was strong.
