Anthea Butler Quotes
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Silence speaks so much louder than screaming tantrums. Never give anyone an excuse to say that you're crazy.
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Poetry is the art of uniting pleasure with truth.
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When I was a kid, I wanted a Chanel bob and bangs. My mom said no. I went to the salon anyway, and they said, 'No way - we are not going to do that to your hair.' So I did it myself. Big mistake. Instead of my bangs going down straight, they were sticking up like a cat. It was horrible.
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There's nothing I would love more than to host an awards show where I'm nominated for an award - that is so funny to me.
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For me, it's hard to keep up with trends. I just go for the roles and movies that I feel I could add value to, or contribute to, that I feel I could portray.
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I hate television. I hate it as much as peanuts. But I can't stop eating peanuts.
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My father did irrigation jobs, and I would sometimes accompany him, and that gave me a taste of what was going on in the innards of India.
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Let me just tell you how thrilling it really is, and how, what a challenge it is, because in 1988 the question is whether we're going forward to tomorrow or whether we're going to go past to the - to the back!
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The world depends on fungi, because they are major players in the cycling of materials and energy around the world.
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I got a psychology degree from USC, but music is just my whole life.
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The Arab Awakening or Arab Spring has transformed the geopolitical landscape.
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The hardest thing about writing, for me, is facing the blank page.
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A few honest men are better than numbers.
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During the Cold War, the United States took its friends where it found them. If they were willing to cast their lot with us, from the Shah to Gen. Pinochet, we welcomed them. Democratic dissidents like Jawaharlal Nehru in India and Olof Palme in Sweden got the back of our hand.
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I'm very pro-American - my entire family escaped poverty in Italy because they rightly believed in the American dream.
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We're homebodies. I've gotten to see my kids' first steps, first smiles, first words. Every day is a weekend.
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Clothes have memories, and sometimes you don't want to remember. People remember where they bought the clothes, who gave them, or where they stole them from.
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The man who is intent on making the most of his opportunities is too busy to bother about luck.
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I was able to participate in New York Fashion Week and walk down the runway. I participated in a pizza contest in Canada.
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I live in Italy. I visit my family in Switzerland.
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All discomfort comes from suppressing your true identity.
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God ain't good all of the time. In fact, sometimes, God is not for us.
