Malala Yousafzai Quotes
My story is the story of thousands of children from around the world. I hope it inspires others to stand up for their rights.
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Since the moment I could hold a pencil, I have spent nearly all day every day writing. And there is not an age group that I have not written for. You can read me from birth 'til death.
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When I was in the running for the role of Elphaba, I knew it was important to research and study as much background information as I could, so I got my head stuck into 'Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West' by Gregory Maguire, and I believe I lost many days, weeks, and months reading it - I was captivated!
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It is something where I think that people need to take a step back and realize how bad these things we are doing really are for our ears. But nobody really thinks about it. We're playing shows every night with music in our ears. That's just the industry.
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I spent half my life being hurt. The leftovers of hurt are an automatic gesture, like a dog that salivates.
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For every athlete, it is very important to be able to engage in their favorite thing, give all the best in training, performing in competitions, defending the honor of the motherland.
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In Bollywood, if you work with a superstar, even if you are a newcomer, you become a superstar. That didn't happen with me.
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Creativity runs across many categories in life, from the arts-and-crafts project a mum or dad does with their kids, to the bestselling author's manuscript, to the designs of the hairdresser, to the creations of the computer programming genius.
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I'm not denying that it's exciting to have a play on Broadway.
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It would make everything I worked for meaningless if baseball is integrated but political parties were segregated.
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Sandy Koufax went to the same school as me. I graduated two years ahead of Sandy.
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I don't care about how much other actors get.
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I did every job under the sun from bartending to ushering to temping.
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I studied the lives of jazz singers who would tour Europe, and... what I learned was life was big ride for them. They'd seen the dark side of humanity... but touring the world playing jazz, it was a truly carefree way of living. A great escapism, if you like.
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All too often, the pitchmen are selling the notion that if you gain 'control' over your financial destiny - pick your own stocks and execute your own trades - it will be the first step on a short road to riches.
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There might be 1 finger on the trigger, but there will be 15 fingers on the safety catch.
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Before every show, we get into a circle, hold hands, and someone makes a speech. Most bands are too cool for that.
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There are a lot of musicians in my life. But movies came first for me. That was my original passion.
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I wrote my first book when I was in my late thirties.
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The well bred contradict other people. The wise contradict themselves.
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Never follow somebody else's path; it doesn't work the same way twice for anyone... the path follows you and rolls up behind you as you walk, forcing the next person to find their own way.
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Where I grew up, in Des Moines, Iowa, there is hardly any downtown economic activity now. Everybody shops in malls - you don't find a sense of community in malls.
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Be committed to whatever you're doing. That's something I've taken to heart and tried to do with whatever activities I take up.
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My story is the story of thousands of children from around the world. I hope it inspires others to stand up for their rights.
