Vladimir Nabokov Quotes
A change of environment is the traditional fallacy upon which doomed loves, and lungs, rely.
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I think women are really self-analytical in a way that men aren't.
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I tend to lean toward strong female stories. I want to make things that don't already exist out there.
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I'm not a writer; I'm an actor. My job is to take whatever character I'm given and - especially because I have the responsibility of being a black actress, and I know young black girls are looking up, and everyone's looking to what's on television - to just try to give whatever character I'm playing as three-dimensional a portrayal as I can.
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I have learned to know God. I have recast my social belief... All my admirers are married; most of my friends are dead; and I stand with all the world before me, where to choose a path to make in it.
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My parents were ordinary people; we lived in a small apartment.
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I'll always be into sports. Sports is part of my life forever. My TV stays on ESPN all day long, I'm one of those. I don't even listen to music in the car; all I listen to is sports talk.
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Pakistan is alarmed by the rising Indian influence in Afghanistan, and fears that an Afghanistan cleansed of the Taliban would be an Indian client state, thus sandwiching Pakistan between two hostile countries. The paranoia of Pakistan about India's supposed dark machinations should never be underestimated.
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That's double-edged: it's amazing that they're bringing me in and showing people new ideas, and at the same time it's a little hard because seventy percent of the time or even higher I'm not going to get those roles.
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Time is important to me because I want to sing long enough to leave a message. I'm used to singing in churches where nobody would dare stop me until the Lord arrives!
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A marriage contract to me is as binding as any in business, and I have always believed in sticking to an agreement.
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Because there is something helpless and weak and innocent - something like an infant - deep inside us all that really suffers in ways we would never permit an insect to suffer.
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I love the produce section at the grocery store.
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Commercials on television are similar to sex and taxes; the more talk there is about them, the less likely they are to be curbed.
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I don't believe in murder.
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You should take notes whenever you hear interesting or original language.
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That's the kind of motif I bring to the books - that people take charge of their own lives.
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I would never wear anything too revealing. I'm not a fan of dresses where you look nude... I think that looks a bit desperate.
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The anti-Darwin movement has racked up one astounding achievement. It has made a significant proportion of American parents care about what their children are taught in school.
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The past is prophetic in that it asserts loudly that wars are poor chisels for carving out peaceful tomorrows.
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The reason that I like to use classical myths as models is because African American writers and African American stories are usually understood as occurring in some kind of vacuum - because of slavery.
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Sometimes we look at gay being a bigger sin than being proud or not telling the truth. I don't think God categorizes sins.
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For the U.S., as the largest player in the global environment, unintended consequences are magnified.
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The swim at Deception Island was by far the hardest swim I've ever done. Antarctica is a very unforgiving environment. If you don't train properly, you'll die.
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A change of environment is the traditional fallacy upon which doomed loves, and lungs, rely.
