Warwick Thornton Quotes
Urban artist have to face the stigma not only from white Australia but black Australia too; that's horrific when people say that their art isn't "Aboriginal" if it doesn't have dots or lines or moieties in it.
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I don't do detoxes or cleanses; they don't really work for me.
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I drink a fair amount of ramen noodles.
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It's not that I don't want a fast car. I like the speed. I'm just not the type of person who finds a sports car a sexy car.
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I'm just little me, an American who wants to see his country do better.
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Washington and Congress are steeped in history and tradition, and that's been very male-oriented.
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I don't mind what Congress does, as long as they don't do it in the streets and frighten the horses.
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I've never had to pitch a movie to a studio. I usually just let people read the script, then I cast it. I always think pitching is for baseball.
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As many of you know I travel a good bit and do not get to see my friends and family as much as I would like.
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But I was very, very unhappy because my mother was very charming and generous, but to me, very dominating.
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I wish I had had a great disappointment, a real one.
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We always had money problems. Sometimes I would lie awake at night wondering how to pay the rent.
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Russia can be quite a dangerous place sometimes, but I never think about it.
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I want love, because love is the best feeling in the whole world.
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The best song is what resonates with that one person the most. It's why, if you ask a million people on the face of the Earth, they're all gonna have different favorite songs, their own best song ever, because that's the one that touched them the most.
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In my life, there have always been people who guided my path, towards the school, towards this company. I didn't know about any of it. I didn't have a plan. It's good fortune and generosity from other people that have given me all I have today.
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It was weird - writing is a stupid thing to do. I come up here in the morning to a pleasant room in the roof of my house and imagine I'm a black South American football superstar; then I have to imagine I'm a female pop celebrity who's pregnant. It's a completely mad way to spend your time.
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I was born in Iran, which has a predominantly Muslim population, and I have relatives who are devout Muslims, so I know what it means to be judged based on your appearance and what you're wearing. But your ethnicity and your clothing do not define who you are.
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The original 'Hobbit' was never intended to have a sequel - Bilbo 'remained very happy to the end of his days and those were extraordinarily long': a sentence I find an almost insuperable obstacle to a satisfactory link.
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If you keep your feathers well oiled the water of criticism will run off as from a duck's back.
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Schön war ich auch, und das war mein Verderben.
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I was born and raised in Maryland and attended the public school system.
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We approach people the same way we approach our cars. We take the poor kid to a doctor and ask, What's wrong with him, how much will it cost, and when can I pick him up?
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People, I just want to say, you know, can we all get along? Can we get along? Can we stop making it, making it horrible for the older people and the kids? A man cannot know himself better than by attending to the feelings of his heart and to his external actions, from which he may with tolerable certainty judge "what manner of person he is." I have therefore determined to keep a daily journal.
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Urban artist have to face the stigma not only from white Australia but black Australia too; that's horrific when people say that their art isn't "Aboriginal" if it doesn't have dots or lines or moieties in it.
