Miep Gies Quotes
I have never wanted special attention. I was only willing to do what was asked of me and what seemed necessary at the time.
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I don't think anyone should write their autobiography until after they're dead.
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When I'm making music, I can hear all the parts, all the instruments. I can hear what it should be.
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I can get a better grasp of what is going on in the world from one good Washington dinner party than from all the background information NBC piles on my desk.
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Freedom and opportunity are precious gifts and the purpose of our politics is to expand them, for all our people.
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Honestly, I find writing to be a very lonely job.
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I don't have kids, but I know that you want them to follow their dreams, while at the same time, you don't want them to be sitting around, hoping that dream is just going to come. I'm sure that's hard to tell your kids.
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The only shoes that look futuristic are Crocs, but they would be terrible to use in a futuristic movie.
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I'd rather be just a Korean musician as opposed to, you know, a K-Pop musician.
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I like to read in the bathtub. Ideally, that bathtub would be located on a small Greek island.
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The biggest thing I learned from losing? Winning's better.
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As a child, as a cinemagoer, I think there is nothing better than being in a cinema or watching a film. I think it's just a while magical... it almost feels like you're at a big party in India, where you're singing, you're dancing, you're laughing, you're crying, you feel like you're at a wedding because our films invariably cover all emotions.
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I often feel that life is about to begin, only to realize it is almost over.
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I love getting people's opinion of what I'm doing.
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The song that's affected me the most profoundly is probably Michael Jackson's 'Thriller,' or, more specifically, the couple seconds of instrumental break before Vincent Price starts 'rapping.'
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When I sit down to write a novel, I am exploring my own relationship with God, with the struggle between good and evil, my own purpose.
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It's always hard to deal with injuries mentally, but I like to think about it as a new beginning. I can't change what happened, so the focus needs to go toward healing and coming back stronger than before.
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I've traveled around the world.
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I do wear weaves and I do wear wigs.
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I Love children, especially when they cry for then someone takes them away.
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I strive to make movies I would enjoy.
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Ché tutto l'oro ch'è sotto la lunae che già fu, di quest'anime stanchepoterebbe farne posare una.
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Where in the world have you seen construction people who do everything on time, with good quality and at minimal prices? Just give me one country like that. A country like that doesn't exist in the world, you know. There's not one such country anywhere in the world.
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I have never wanted special attention. I was only willing to do what was asked of me and what seemed necessary at the time.
