Candice Swanepoel Quotes
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I belong to a specific category of writers, those who speak and write in a language different from that of their parents.
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I'm not running for state Senate because I wanted to become a politician. I'm running because I wanted to serve.
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I'm a Muslim. I don't try to hide it. I'm also a girl who loves music.
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To be honest, proper recognition has only come from the fans. I don't want to be hard, and I don't want to be negative, but I want to be honest.
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I have a baby that is 21 months old, and I watch Disney Junior with him. A lot of those shows are about pirates. Even the T-shirts and pajamas I buy for him have pirate themes like, 'Aye-aye, argh and mate.' But, I definitely grew up watching pirates.
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I spent half my life being hurt. The leftovers of hurt are an automatic gesture, like a dog that salivates.
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I do small things. I try to do good things every day.
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I would love to direct one day. I value the relationship that I have with a director so much, and I would be really excited to be on the other end of that relationship.
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In December 2004, I travelled on the road from Uzbekistan across the Oxus River on which the first Soviet convoys had rolled into Afghanistan 25 years before.
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Human beings are a social species. We like to hang together in groups, just like wildebeests, just like lions. Wildebeests don't hang with lions because lions eat wildebeests. Human beings are like that. We do what that group does that we're trying to identify with.
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'Vanity' means worthlessness.
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Honestly, I find writing to be a very lonely job.
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When I cook a meal, I like to serve things one by one and keep them separate. I get that from my father - he's such a purist. Some people even put their desserts on the main plate. It's just wrong.
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You don't have to have a great voice to sing, just a distinctive one. But make sure you say the words clearly and tell a story.
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I grew up pretty much with nothing.
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A man that ain't willin' to cheat for a poke don't want it bad enough.
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I just try to write entertaining books that are easily identifiable.
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We have these old fashioned ideas. For instance, here in America, we talk about democracy - but we don't have a democracy. There are elements of a democracy.
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My three husbands were afraid of me. I am a very powerful woman.
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If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or objects.
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A lot of my characters are people who are, in essence, lying to themselves. They present one thing, when in reality they're another thing. Maybe they're not as tough or as cool as they want to be.
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There is no fair use to take something that doesn't belong to you. That's not fair use.
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Rrummpff tillff toooo?
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I was a ballet dancer growing up and that's what I was convinced I would be.
