Will Durst Quotes
You can't kill America. We're more than a nation. We're a notion. We're an idea. The American Dream. You never heard of the Afghanistani Dream have you. Except by bearded hermetic recluses with a fetish for uneducated women dressed as giant shuttlecocks.
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There is no such thing as a little freedom. Either you are all free, or you are not free.
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I was interned in Auschwitz for one year. I didn't bring back anything, except for a few jokes, and that filled me with shame. Then again, I didn't know what to do with this fresh experience. For this experience was no literary awakening, no occasion for professional or artistic introspection.
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English is really free for me; there's no limits to the music and the imagination. And French, it's just I live in Paris, and it's really a poetic language where you can really play with words.
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You can't take yourself too seriously; it's important to poke fun at yourself. Once in a while, it is great to show your inadequacies, too.
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I always put my fantasies in the realm of goals.
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The symbolic value of having an African-American president has certainly eased some racial tensions in America, but they're not gone.
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The Yale group was doing the Harold. So by our senior year we were trying to do the Harold. Again, we had no idea what we were doing. We had one guy in the group who was pretty experimental; he would kind of push us to do weird things. It was really fun, a great experience.
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My favourite book in the world is 'Neuromancer' by William Gibson.
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My parents always say I have really good legs. I've worked really hard for them. They always insist that I show my legs.
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When I gave a talk at TEDx, I thought that if I did a good job, the video might go viral.
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I am always friendly with my co-actors and even other actresses, too.
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'There is no living thing that is not afraid when it faces danger. The true courage is in facing danger when you are afraid, and that kind of courage you have in plenty.'
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Obama does not like the issue of where he was born.
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The content has to be good; medium doesn't matter to me.
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There's an ethical dimension to my life and all of our lives, from the time we get up in the morning to the time we sleep, including what we sleep on. So I don't separate my choices from ethical choices at any time.
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The terrorist action of 9/11 gave birth to President Obama's entry to the White House. Not directly, but indirectly.
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I wake up with the story in my head, so I really like to be at my desk about five minutes after I wake up. So I don't get dressed. I put on a bathrobe, I make tea and sit at my desk.
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India has the best opportunity ahead of us.
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From the streets of Los Angeles to the public schools of the Bronx, there is no state of the Union where Latinos are not becoming local leaders and responsible politicians.
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Frankly, I don't trust any diet that doesn't allow sugar.
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I just want people to take a step back, take a deep breath and actually look at something with a different perspective. But most people will never do that.
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I usually do get to play the very sweet, charming roles... but I'm not an obvious kind of villain.
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Winning a gold medal is not easy but I believed in myself, especially over the last four years.
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You can't kill America. We're more than a nation. We're a notion. We're an idea. The American Dream. You never heard of the Afghanistani Dream have you. Except by bearded hermetic recluses with a fetish for uneducated women dressed as giant shuttlecocks.
