Olivia d'Abo Quotes
I think one's history and past is important at a certain time in your life, especially as an artist, just to try to hone in on that.
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It's been clear for some time that FBI Director Comey has lost the confidence of Republicans, Democrats, and broader institutions, and his removal as FBI Director was probably overdue.
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I kind of just want to look like a cool French girl in the Sixties most of the time. Or TLC.
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I still think reading something like 'Ulysses' takes a tremendous investment of time, but it repays all of it with so much interest.
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Black people were very angry with me for writing the book. A lot of people didn't believe me, or didn't want to believe me, and that used to really bother me. It was a very painful and difficult time.
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You get to bring your own sound system when you play an arena, all the lights and visual stuff, which I think is really cool. There's something about those old arenas, where it feels larger than life.
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My biggest bits of advice are, write as much as you can, finish what you start, get a thick skin, don't take crap from anyone, but also live your life and have fun. The stereotype of a writer holed up alone all day is really unhelpful. You can't write real people and real emotion if you don't let yourself experience them.
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I never worked in an office in my life.
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One cannot spend one's time in being modern when there are so many more important things to be.
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You must learn to take life less seriously and to laugh.
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Good governance, safety, a chance to grow economically and professionally - those are important things.
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Who has connections to Connecticut? That's where rich people go to live the rest of their life in the woods.
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We do hear perhaps too many accolades generally aimed at people like Steve Jobs. We have to remember that there are other classic things in life that we undervalue and take them for granted. If you think of the classic lines of the modern jet aircraft, it's really been there since early World War II.
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I think it's important for people of colour to have similar opportunities to white people; that's what is most important.
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I do not rule out the possibility of being prime minister of India one day, but there is still time.
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When you come across someone colorful and vibrant maybe in the present it isn't so interesting, but, in the past, it sheds a wonderful light onto living life.
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My mission in life is to preserve craftsmanship.
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Back in 1968, when I was 30, my entire life blew up. I had a life plan, and it collapsed for no rational reason.
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Reason is like an open secret that can become known to anyone at any time; it is the quiet space into which everyone can enter through his own thought.
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No God without a world, and no world without God.
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I have a lot of hope for the Constituent Assembly.
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I'm involved in music and fashion a lot more than I used to be, so my style has definitely changed - for the better, of course. It's given me greater insight into what colours work, what looks good on camera, and what I feel comfortable in.
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It is high time that the Palestinian people restore their freedom and independence. It is high time that the decades, the long decades of suffering and pain would stop.
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Religious traditions are easy to lose sight of in today's marketing frenzy. Make sure you take time to gently usher your little ones into the rituals that have special meaning for you.
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I think one's history and past is important at a certain time in your life, especially as an artist, just to try to hone in on that.
