Fairuza Balk Quotes
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My mom really inspired me. She has always taught me it's not about us, it's about what we can give back.
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I'm a Canadian. Outside Canada I carry the flag. Canadian nationalism isn't as insidious as American nationalism, though. It's good natured. It's all about maple syrup, not war.
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The first movie my dad ever showed me was 'Predator' – I was five. And I think the second one was 'Jaws.'
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Some day you will be wheeled in for a heart bypass operation, and a surgeon will be the person who is now behind the counter when you renew your car registration at the department of motor vehicles.
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If your work requires you to travel, you will understand that there's no vacation destination like home.
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My father was a factory worker, and we were really poor. But everything I earned peddling papers and working in stores, he made me put aside for education.
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I don't spend a lot on holidays, but have been very fortunate to travel extensively through doing various challenges around the world. The best place I've ever been is Argentina.
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Contrary to rumor, sometimes I can be quite a laugh.
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Winning the peace is harder than winning the war.
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I really wanted to break the mold of what modern touring is right now.
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I was real into Devo, Pavement, Captain Beefheart, and the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion.
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There are 309 million people out there that are trying to improve their lot in life. And we've got a system that allows them to do it.
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Religion is the possibility of the removal of every ground of confidence except confidence in God alone.
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The English had hit upon a splendid joke. They intended to catch me or to bring me down.
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I have yet to see a drama that puts forward women who are successful and also have a family... they are nearly always seen as victims.
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Before Booker T. Washington, we have small business owners but we do not have a philosopher of black entrepreneurship, and that's what Washington was.
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I like to act with people that know what they're doing.
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Every time we moved on, I joined a different class in a different school with different girls until, aged 13, my father had taken the decision to pull me out of school altogether. Everything I needed, he reasoned, could be found within the rich language of Shakespeare's plays at which, by then, I was something of an old hand.
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One of the most notable traits of the Mexican's character is his willingness to contemplate horror: he is even familiar and complacent in his dealings with it.
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Rushdie is a hostage.
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My head was full of tidying tips, and I had complete, albeit misguided, confidence that I could tidy any place.
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The world is better because of Coretta Scott King. She affected countless lives and her voice will be deeply missed, especially by those who carry on her incredible undertaking.
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I have photographed sharks in waters around the globe, and I always want more and yearn to peer deeper into their world. To feed my passion and to raise awareness, I developed a story about sharks for 'National Geographic' magazine.
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I want love, because love is the best feeling in the whole world.
