Mother Teresa (Mary Teresa Bojaxhiu) Quotes
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Fiction basically is a form of gossip where you want to enter other people's lives, the lives of people you don't know, and you want to know what's going to happen to them.
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And in the Second World War, you didn't just read about it in the newspapers because you weren't allowed to read it in the newspapers. It was all censored, you know? So nobody knew what we were doing.
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The blessing of being able to write music and let music speak for itself is you let the melodies and let the lyrics and the groove talk to people instead of me talking to people.
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I'm in so many videos. There was a period of about two years where I danced for everyone: Kylie Minogue, Ed Sheeran, Jessie J, Taio Cruz. It got to the point where my fees were double the other girls', and I wouldn't even have to audition. They'd call my agent directly and say, 'We want twigs to come in.'
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I would like to do a period piece. I think that would be fun.
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If Asian America exists, it is because of systemic racism.
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For six months I'd do movies and make it all about me. Then the other six months, it's not about me and it doesn't matter what my hair looks like or what anything looks like.
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As a first-time director in America, I feel I've been very fortunate.
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Advocates of 'free speech' often repeat the mantra that the best response to bad speech is more and better speech, not the suppression of the bad stuff.
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No carelessness in your actions. No confusion in your words. No imprecision in your thoughts. (Hays translation)
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I encourage women to wear color, wear stripes, wear sequins - just wear what makes you feel confident and strong. If it looks good and fits well, you'll look great and feel great, too.
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When companies are jumping on the bandwagon to do plus size, they limit themselves.
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Morals are in all countries the result of legislation and government; they are not African or Asian or European: they are good or bad.
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It's tough to work with kids. Kids are animals!
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When I was growing up, around 14, it wasn't really cool at the time to have a big butt. I would always cover it with sweaters, and I was so ashamed of it. Now I'm like, 'Why would I ever do that? That's awful!' Don't change yourself, and don't try to be anyone who you're not.
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I got everything from someone. Nobody can be original.
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The leader must aim high, see big, judge widely, thus setting himself apart form the ordinary people who debate in narrow confines.
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Twitter is a blessing and a curse at the same time.
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The American people might have a criminal syndicate running their government.
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I think there are narratives going on all the time that we think of as tangential - up until they turn out to be deciding factors in our lives.
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Why don't you start believing that no matter what you have or haven't done, that your best days are still out in front of you.
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We are the damaged heirs of a damaged cultural style which has been practiced now for about seven thousand years.
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I can be all pissed off at the oppression of the state, but what does that really mean? Well, it's the tacit consent of a public.
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We are fighting abortion through adoption.
