William Morris Quotes
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Even when something sad or tragic happens, I find a way to look at it in a positive light. People who don't have a sense of humor must be so sad all the time.
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You can't go around hoping that most people have sterling moral characters. The most you can hope for is that people will pretend that they do.
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I know someone from growing up who is in jail right now for the rest of his life, but he was one of the sweetest people I ever knew.
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I feel like I'm a natural-born playwright, but the prose thing has always mystified me. How to keep it going? How do people do it, for years and years?
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My fear is that people associate Rand Paul's social conservatism with libertarianism, when it's not.
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I believe that architecture is fundamentally a public space where people can gather and communicate, think about the history, think about the lives of human beings, or the world.
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I want to be in control of how my music is released and how I create it. What people don't talk about when they talk about major labels is how many artists get dropped or funding gets dropped when they don't recoup quick enough.
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People only see what they are prepared to see.
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I'm not saying that Sam J. Jones was Flash Gordon - there's no such thing. No actor can be the person, that's a bunch of crap. People pay to see an actor be himself, whether he plays Hamlet or whatever.
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I wish people would be a bit more aware of how their actions affect everyone around them.
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When I was growing up as a little girl and as a teenager, I loved designing and making dogs' clothes and wanting to be a fashion designer. I took art and ceramics. I loved dance.
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I'm attracted to playing people who aren't necessarily straightforward.
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I've seen a couple white girls coming to my concerts wearing head wraps, and I think they look so cute. It's kind of sad to see that people are really into separation, trying to separate everybody and making a clear division of 'us against you,' even with fashion. That sucks. It's not the way the world is supposed to be.
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There's consciousness in my music, and my music comes from a conscious place. And when people say that, I certainly take it as a compliment. But my job, in terms of selling my music, is to be universal and to try to get it to everybody.
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People going into the cities for the opportunities and the towns are getting older, no young people.
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I dance. A lot. I work grief and sadness out of my body when I dance, and I bring in joy and rhythm.
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Most people know Muslims in their community but don't realize it.
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So certainly, if we can tell evil stories to make people sick, we can also tell good myths that make them well.
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I think, as an artist, I wear a lot of different hats, and people have to join all of the dots.
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I'm really not for famous people who design a line for a company, when you know it's not really them creating it but a team of designers, especially when there are so many talented people who've taken the time to go and study fashion.
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I think as an actor, you're constantly putting yourself out there, and a lot of times failing - and failing in front of a bunch of people - and sometimes you have a good moment and something clicks.
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How much self-knowledge is limited to presenting other people with a more precise and exact description of our weaknesses.
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Soccer is the most widely played sport in the U.S.
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Art made by the people for the people, as a joy to the maker and the user.
