Kate Adie Quotes
Hair is also a problem. I remember once, when I was reporting from Beirut at the height of the civil war, someone wrote in to the BBC complaining about my appearance.
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I sort of write onstage. I'll throw an idea out there, like Home Depot, and just start talking about it.
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Tyrannies not only want to control your mind and thoughts but your flesh as well.
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I don't like to be out of my comfort zone, which is about a half an inch wide.
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Peruvian food is so simple yet amazingly flavored with their traditional spices.
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It's like why people read scary books or go see scary movies. Because it creates a distance. They're scared, but they're not going to get hurt.
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I think I happened to work with sort of a bunch of slightly difficult male directors when I was a kid. I've since worked with lots of male directors that I love, so I no longer see the distinction gender-wise.
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Let me die because I do not want to see the sun again.
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War is not merely a political act but a real political instrument, a continuation of political intercourse, a carrying out of the same by other means.
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I also didn't consider myself a huge baby person.
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I played violin and got into that Suzuki program in the second grade.
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China - if you think about what is the character of China, it's enormous scale. It's bigness.
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I'm tired of fighting. I've always known that I can't be an action star all my life.
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I kept hiding my smile in pictures throughout middle school and most of high school until picture day came my senior year.
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Capitalist systems function less well without state protection of investors, lenders, and companies against monopoly, deception, and fraud.
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The great accomplishment of Jobs's life is how effectively he put his idiosyncrasies - his petulance, his narcissism, and his rudeness - in the service of perfection.
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If you speak to anyone who's ever done time, the fact that you make it out of there alive is a miracle.
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If you've got cockles, those nickel-size, heart-shaped mollusks, and you want to get fancy, steam them, then toss the meat in finely ground cornmeal.
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I grew up wanting only to be an illustrator. I studied art at Laurel School in Cleveland and at Smith College.
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On a big film, there's almost no way you can meet everyone. On an indie, there are 30 people and no trailers to duck into.
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Overall, America's math scores on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) have risen since the 1990s though remain disappointing when compared to the rest of the globe.
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Remember, there was no Palestine as a state. It was part of the Ottoman Empire. I think that we've had an invented Palestinian people who are in fact Arabs and who were historically part of the Arab community.
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I wasn't cut out to be an opera singer, but it was a nice fantasy for a teenager growing up in Hungary during the Stalinist era.
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Computer : a million morons working at the speed of light.
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Hair is also a problem. I remember once, when I was reporting from Beirut at the height of the civil war, someone wrote in to the BBC complaining about my appearance.
