Summer Glau (Summer Lyn Glau) Quotes
You know, I've always just made the choices on my characters based on my connection to them, and I've made decisions that maybe other people haven't understood; why I passed on something, for instance.
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I want to compete in the next Olympics. If I go to Rio, it will be my third time, which is a rare feat for an Indian athlete. For me, Olympics is important because it's the biggest event on earth for a sports person. I hope this time around I come back with a medal.
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In high school and college, I did not have any Christian friends except my best friend Sarah, who I actually 'brought to Jesus.'
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I've always been interested in family secrets and what happens behind closed doors. I find that fascinating and creepy - that's why I read: because I want to know other people's secrets.
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I've always thought Juliette Lewis was great.
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Having stretched the boundaries some, I'm perfectly content now to work within them. 'Doonesbury' doesn't need to become 'South Park.' You won't ever see any singing turds.
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You have to be a crazy guy and a little eccentric to be very successful.
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Startups on the inside are always badly broken.
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There is nothing more difficult to define than an aphorism.
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I love biographies. I read Patti Smith's 'Just Kids.' I'm into that time frame in New York, the '70s and '80s. In art school, I read 'Close to the Knives,' the autobiography of the artist and AIDS activist David Wojnarowicz.
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Those who live are those who fight.
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I'm for anything that lets people come here to work legally. There are more protections for workers who are here legally than for those who are not. It's also safer for the workers and employers have a more consistent pool of workers.
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Most music careers slowly but surely go down.
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Jazz scares me. I've witnessed so many incredible singers and jazz musicians. Pop and soul music have always been the things that I felt like I could do.
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The Paris Commune was first and foremost a democracy. The government was a body elected by universal suffrage.
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I will be the answerAt the end of the line.I will be there for you,Why take the time?In the burning of uncertainty,I will be your solid ground.I will hold the balanceIf you can't look down.
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The only club that could lure me away from Dortmund is Real Madrid.
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I get all dressed up with that Marianne Faithfull face, and the next thing I know, I'm blurting out things that I shouldn't, trying to get attention when, really, I've got everybody's attention already.
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I'm the smallest man in show business, and I've got the smallest bird in Britain nesting in my garden.
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But what's regret anyway? Regret, I am learning these days, is a lot of things. But mostly, it's a slippery seed of longing, of looking back and asking yourself why you didn't know better when the answers were so obvious all along.
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Gratitude is born in hearts that take time to count up past mercies. they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.
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Don't ever allow yourself to feel trapped by your choices. Take a look at yourself. You are a unique person created for a specific purpose. Your gifts matter. Your story matters. Your dreams matter. You matter.
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I could never concentrate on Sunday church services because I'd be concentrating on women's hats.
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You know, I've always just made the choices on my characters based on my connection to them, and I've made decisions that maybe other people haven't understood; why I passed on something, for instance.
