William S. Burroughs Quotes
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I've worked so hard since I was 18 years old, and I'd hate for the memories to be boiled down to being a Melania Trump impersonator.
Laura Benanti
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Sometimes I play cricket, and I play badminton.
Malala Yousafzai
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Wong Kar-wai and Ang Lee are two Asian directors I'm really fond of.
Bai Ling
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Those men who, in war, seek to preserve their lives at any rate commonly die with shame and ignominy, while those who look upon death as common to all, and unavoidable, and are only solicitous to die with honour, oftener arrive at old age and, while they live, live happier.
Xenophon
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I was a big fan of Indiana Jones; then I realized he was kind of a fake hero. The real heroes are the people who work hard and do their stuff right, like firefighters and policemen.
Nathan Gamble
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I had decided that if I was going to be a singer, I had to earn it. I had to learn how to play an instrument.
Madonna
Breakfast Club
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Sound-wise, I'm really limitless in the way I write songs. Whatever comes out, comes out. Every song is completely different.
Sam Smith
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Loss of hope rather than loss of life is what decides the issues of war. But helplessness induces hopelessness.
B. H. Liddell Hart
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I'm an outsider.
Jack Levine
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I'm always thinking, 'My goodness, I got booked again!' So I am really happy to still be working.
Kate Moss
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Climate change - for so long an abstract concern for an academic few - is no longer so abstract. Even the Bush administration's Climate Change Science Programme reports 'clear evidence of human influences on the climate system.'
Zac Goldsmith
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Movies don't look hard, but figuring it out, getting the shape of it, getting everybody's character right and having it be funny, make sense and be romantic, it's creating a puzzle. Yes, having been a writer for so long, I have an awareness of when things are going awry, but it doesn't mean I know how to fix them.
Nancy Meyers
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I think that the power of the Silent Minute lies in its inherent lack of external direction: what participants actually do during that minute - prayer, contemplation, focus - is up to them.
Liz Williams
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I would start drinking something terrible if I were in a situation where I was surrounded by lies or quiet or secrets. It's just not a real life.
Angelina Jolie
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After the atomic bombs were dropped, the war ended and we went into Tokyo Bay with the rest of the fleet, the Missouri and the rest of them, while they signed the terms of surrender that ended the war.
Barney Ross
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It was funny being at high school and also grocery shopping and having a job. Other kids were going home to their parents, who were doing their laundry, and I was like, 'Wait, what?' I was super isolated. I was 16, alone in New York, and modelling.
Margaret Qualley
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You may think having a cluttered desk isn't that big of a deal. But that couldn't be further from the truth. Disorganization can stunt your professional growth and decrease your productivity.
John Rampton
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Like Spain, I am bound to the past.
William S. Burroughs
