Edith Wharton Quotes
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J has told me about his past. I know what happened and why. But he is the one person who made me believe in my talent and whatever happened in the past, he's been a wonderful manager to me.
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I understand that the nature of politics sometimes involves fending off frivolous, anonymous allegations.
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Passion is one great force that unleashes creativity, because if you're passionate about something, then you're more willing to take risks.
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I'd like to do more acting.
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This love is silent.
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You have to work hard for what you want to achieve and you have to set goals and dreams and really go for them.
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There was a girl who messaged me and said she was on the verge of taking her life, then 'Battles' came on just in the nick of time.
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When I graduated college, I had a fairly successful weekly club gig and was buying more studio equipment and writing my own music. I realized I didn't want to work.
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I hope that the families will understand that the contribution of women is important and can be more powerful for building a greater country.
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To suggest that you can't be both a mother who is completely in love with her babies, and a professional who is tough and tenacious, is ridiculous.
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No flying machine will ever fly from New York to Paris.
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If in 1989 I said, 'I have an idea: Bottle water and sell it. And charge more than a beer,' they would have chased me around with a giant butterfly net. The same with paying to watch a television station.
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I love comedy because I'm naturally a very silly person.
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Not all lies are harmful. Sometimes we're willing participants in deception for the sake of social dignity, maybe to keep a secret that should be kept secret, secret. We say, 'Nice song.' 'Honey, you don't look fat in that, no.'
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This solution may not appeal to our human pride, but the problem is that our human pride in itself is sinful.
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It is not enough just to wish well; we must also do well.
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That was my challenge as an actress: to be a necessary part of the office without being too aggressive.
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The very essence of the creative is its novelty, and hence we have no standard by which to judge it.
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Being an actor, in and of itself, is just hard. You have to just do it for its own sake.
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The United Nations has been in the Great Lakes Region and Sahel for 50 years, mostly investing in peacekeeping. NOW is the time to invest in young people!
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Perfectionists are their own devils.
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I was a dancer, and it's not really cool for a boy to dance, so it was inspiring to see a movie like 'Footloose' where a guy is dancing masculine and had a proper reason behind it. It made me feel cool, and when these kids would make fun of me, I'd be like, 'Oh, didn't you see 'Footloose,' man?'
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True originality consists not in a new manner but in a new vision.
