Yo-Yo Ma Quotes
There's a part of me that's always charging ahead. I'm the curious kid, always going to the edge.
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I hired a personal trainer to help me lose 25 pounds and get from obese to fat. My next step will be to get from fat to chubby.
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It's up to God to do the judging. You haven't walked in my boots, so how are you going to judge me?
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I'm constantly trying to find something that's different from me, whereas some actors do the same thing, again and again. That's not for me.
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I always watch the work I do.
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As a kid, I got teased about my unibrow. Now I love my brows.
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I was always told at school that you had to have a back-up plan, but all I ever wanted to do was act. There was no plan B for me.
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I always wanted to be honest with myself and to those who have had faith in me.
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As I'm writing, certain things become clear to me and certain things begin to feel right and make sense. The pieces start to fall into place.
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I have to say, sushi freaks me out more than almost anything.
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People always say I'm a legend, but I'm not. Not until I've defended my Olympic titles. That's when I've decided I'll be a legend.
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I hear a lot of 'Top Model' girls say they are dismissed by clients because they recognize them, but it never happened to me.
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If you tell me I can't eat something, I'll obsess over it and end up overeating!
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My dad named me Dakota and my mom came up with my first name Hannah. So it's Hannah Dakota Fanning.
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I feel totally French – I don't feel half-French because of my dual nationality. For me, dual nationality just means I don't deny my roots.
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It's dangerous to read the Internet about yourself when you're me. Or when you're anyone in the public eye.
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Send me one hundred francs on our future deals, otherwise I will disappear in a cataclysm.
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Anybody who dedicates himself to exploring the human condition, there's always a detached eye that's watching. In any situation, a little part of me is observing it, to see if there are any raw materials to create something else later.
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The look of being too deliberately dressed, with everything cautiously matching, always bores me.
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Bob Dylan has a way with words that simply blows me away. When he forgets his lyrics he just makes up new ones on the spot, that is what I called talented!
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I've had a lot of voices tell me what I should be making. Personally, I would much rather live and die by my own hand. If my stuff sucks, then at least I made it suck. I didn't allow some person, some old dude in a suit, to make it suck for me.
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I have always appreciated designers who dare to reinterpret fabrics and proportions, so I follow the Japanese and Belgian designers. The pieces are so animated. When they lie still, they are one thing, but once you stand them up or wear them, they become something else.
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I was anxious before I decided to go back to acting about what I wanted to do with my life. Once I realized I was sort of interested in acting, I've been pretty lucky and had all these great parts. And I feel pretty much like, 'What will happen will happen.'
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I have teenagers, so I listen to a lot of music. They turn me on to great music.
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There's a part of me that's always charging ahead. I'm the curious kid, always going to the edge.
