Vandana Shiva Quotes
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I want to do roles that take women a step farther. I don't want to be slotted into anything. But if I get a brilliant role which requires me to be a mother, then I will do it. But I want people to see that a woman could be anything at whatever age, even if she is married or has two kids.
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I don't know if foreigners will take to my novels or not. It may be that my books appeal only to a particular gender or age group rather than convey a more universal appeal.
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Whether or not we establish freedom rests with ourselves.
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I know people think that a lot of sports stars are a little bit up themselves, but they all have their heroes, too.
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'Dancing with the Stars' is awesome.
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Every song is like a kid. How can you have that many kids and have a favorite? Which one do I like to hang most with?
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As an actor, you don't want to play a one-dimensional character.
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Bombino's a super modest guy, very nice. His whole crew is a bunch of characters and he's definitely the Grand Poobah. I don't think the other guys are that much younger than him, but he definitely feels like the wise man; you just sort of get that sense when you're around him. He doesn't say that much but he's humble and well-respected.
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It would have been fun to have played Tim Robbins' role in Bull Durham.
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And the idea of just wandering off to a cafe with a notebook and writing and seeing where that takes me for awhile is just bliss.
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Watching game film motivates me a lot. It shows me what I need to work on and determines the specific workouts I do.
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Much as my Boomer friends will hate me for saying this, Kanye West is the New Dylan. Not only do Kanye's best lyrics match Dylan's prescience, highly inventive word-play and genius for storytelling, his indefatigable cockiness eerily channels Muhammad Ali.
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I can get really nervous before a race. People will think this is mad, but sometimes I have got to the start line and thought, 'What if I can't do this?' But the minute I sit on the bike, I am like a different person.
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I am about safety for the people and the planet.
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If I were a woman, I would love to have lots of kids. But for men, I don't believe in it.
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I don't wanna be preached to. Unless it's in a beautiful voice, I don't want that.
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Mum is the girliest of them all, but she ended up with me, the tomboy.
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The Arab Awakening or Arab Spring has transformed the geopolitical landscape.
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You can't really go back to where you came from. I don't think any of us can.
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I'm like the Ben Affleck of crowd surfing.
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I am so proud to be a Canadian.
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When my parents got divorced, I wanted to spend my time laying in the garage listening to the washer and dryer. Loud, immersive, changing. It was music to me.
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I say my greatest strength is my speed, and I think that I could use some work on my concentration.
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It is often too late by the time the government reacts.
