Aleksis Kivi Quotes
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The lunch in a normal American restaurant is very problematic for me. I don't like to have hot food for lunch.
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Actually, I am a golfer. That is my real occupation. I never was an actor. Ask anybody, particularly the critics.
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I don't do fake. That's the first thing you should know about me. I'm not one to put on airs or change my demeanor depending on where I am or who I am talking to.
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Jane Austen's characters for women are always very strong, opinionated and elegantly written, so they're always great for an actress to have a chance to do.
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I always used to watch 'Labyrinth' and 'The Neverending Story.' Those were like my two favorite movies that I would watch over and over and over again.
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I'm a fighter, and I don't take no for an answer.
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My grandparents lived in Hollywood, and I was surrounded by the romanticism of movies ever since I was a child.
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A transposable aphorism is a malaise of the urge to be witty, or in other words, a maxim that is untroubled by the fact that the opposite of what it says is equally true so long as it appears to be funny.
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I am so excited to extend myself behind the scenes as a designer and to - as my father puts it - finally have a real job.
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I'm married to the theater but my mistress is the films.
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Yeah, I don't necessarily like endings that contrive an artificial moment of completion.
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It's possible to look really cute and still be comfortable. You don't have to kill your feet to have a fashionable look.
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God primes the pump of obligation.
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It's the thing I struggle with every day: the mental diligence and stamina needed to sit in front of the computer, open the file, start writing and to keep doing so, word after word, until I've created the next story. A combination of learning disability and chronic health issues make that the hardest thing for me.
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People need to know, before I'm associated with any party, I am an American, and that's what I want to drive home at the RNC.
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Many people believe that determining who is 'black' is rather easy, a task simplified by the administration of the one-drop rule. Under the one-drop rule, any discernible African ancestry stamps a person as 'black.'
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I don't claim to be a great vocalist, but I know how to work my voice with its limitations. My talent is I know how to work what I have. It might not always be a picture-perfect performance, but what we look for is the emotion.
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When prosperous the fool trembles for the evil that is to come; in adversity the philosopher smiles for the good that he has had.
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My favorite book is 'Million-Dollar Throw.' It's about football, which is one of the main things I like watching and reading about.
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Whatever you do, you do out of a passion.
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We have to always look ahead enough moves to be well prepared, even for victory!
Garry Kasparov -
'Cold?' Reacher said. 'This is nothing.'
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A strong desire derives a person straight through the hardest rock.
