Alissa White-Gluz Quotes
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You can't be a victim and heal.
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In the twentieth century one of the most personal relationships to have developed is that of the person and the state. It's become a fact of life that governments have become very intimate with people, most always to their detriment.
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In any country there must be people who have to die. They are the sacrifices any nation has to make to achieve law and order.
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What I think happens today is that a lot of filmmakers look at other films that are retro pieces, like L.A. Confidential, and say, oh, that's period. We didn't want to do the stereotypical stuff.
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To live life well is to express life poorly; if one expresses life too well, one is living it no longer.
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I've learned that mistakes can often be as good a teacher as success.
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To do a studio film, something with Disney. My father is thrilled.
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Sometimes the knowledge you've been given in school or by an elder - 'this is just the way it is' - keeps you from accomplishing because it traps you in a box in your mind and limits your freedom to deliver.
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I confidently predict the collapse of capitalism and the beginning of history. Something will go wrong in the machinery that converts money into money, the banking system will collapse totally, and we will be left having to barter to stay alive. Those who can dig in their garden will have a better chance than the rest. I'll be all right; I've got a few veg.
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Just remember, you can't climb the ladder of success with your hands in your pockets.
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We don't know why, but there are some gradients of infection.
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I grew up in Shanghai, a big urban city.
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I never dreamed that they would ask me to do a TV show. I'm the most surprised person of all.
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In Berlin... it's important to present a concert that will change their ears... so if you present a Tchaikovsky symphony, you get almost no audience.
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In the world of British poetry, Carol Ann Duffy is a superstar.
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I don't have a saviour or a royal family.
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Me, I walk along and feel quietly defensive, a recluse in the Land of We. That's quite the loaded word, 'we.'
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The fact that I'm still constantly smiling is a remarkable thing, but I love getting out on the road, meeting my fans. I love hearing them say wonderful things and I love being able to thank them in person for reading me.
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Coming from the Midwest, I didn't know about stand-up as an art. I just thought stand-up comedians were old men in suits talking about their wives.
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The older I get, the more interest I have in writing other kinds of music.
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Conventional forms of narrative allow for different points of view, but for this book I wanted a structure whereby each of the main characters contributed a distinctive version of the story.
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It's totally natural to me to be vegan.
