Nainoa Thompson Quotes
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I believe in the Prince of Peace. I believe that War is Murder. I believe that armies and navies are at bottom the tinsel and braggadocio of oppression and wrong, and I believe that the wicked conquest of weaker and darker nations by nations whiter and stronger but foreshadows the death of that strength.
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I always played to win.
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The mystery of government is not how Washington works but how to make it stop.
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I tend to have a pattern of playing misunderstood characters.
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I've thought for a long time that my body type would have worked well in the '70s. The idea that you could be a broad-shouldered, small-breasted woman and still wear really great outfits.
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I was famous from the age of 13, and after a while you become immune to it - in a good way. You look at positives and what you can do with it.
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I'm never away from my boys for more than three days.
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From 1 till 7, when we moved to England, I spoke only Portuguese.
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In life go straight and turn right.
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I just want to continue the success and be an athlete that is shown in a good light in New York City.
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I got as much information as I could, so I wouldn't look stupid, but this is a post 9/11 world and there's only so much you can do with the FBI in terms of research.
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I went to high school in New York City. So, I grew up in New Jersey my whole life, and I was watching all the people and all the kids that I met there become so jaded.
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Thanks to my father, we were always in good horses.
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I was the family alien. Both my parents are quite creative, but I was... appalling... always putting on little shows. I was rather a shy child, not a natural performer, but there was a performative edge to everything I did.
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Look at Islam in a rational manner and without demagoguery or emotion. It is the leading religion of the world with 1.5 billion followers.
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The public has heard the stereotypical love songs a million times, and they've heard the stereotypical life-or-death songs millions of times. It's good to mix it up a little bit.
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Only in a popular war against France... do I see a misfortune.
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Women are the only 'oppressed' group that is able to buy most of the $10 billion worth of cosmetics each year; the only oppressed group that spends more on high fashion, brand-name clothing than its oppressors; the only oppressed group that watches more TV.
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The road's a tough life, but I said 'yes,' because as a kid growing up in Ohio, I never had a chance to see a Tony-winning actress in a role she won the Tony for.
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Life gives you enough hard knocks so it's unlikely you'll stay that sure of yourself.
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People are always wanting to pull me up on my shortfalls. I try to battle against those and concentrate on how good things are.
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So long as there is one pretty girl left on the stage, the professional undertakers may hold up their burial of the theater.
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People know you as an actor, and labels are so comfortable for people. That syndrome is always hard to get past.
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Life on our planet is defined by the health of our ocean.
