Olivia Williams Quotes
The best Christmas present I got from my husband was a week to do whatever I wanted.
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My idols are Janis Joplin and Annie Lennox, who are neither of them from the typical pop culture.
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When you commit to something and have fun with it, it appreciates you, the gift, and it starts to help you out.
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Most of us, if we're not careful, tend to dehumanize the enemy.
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No matter how you cut them, paste them, rotate them, or distort them, lip syncing and air-guitar playing are fundamentally foolish activities, and anyone seen to be engaging in them with anything approaching a straight face is, by definition, taking herself or himself much too seriously.
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There are a lot of people in Congress who would never have made a great career or fortune in any other profession. But after they spend a while hanging out with the rich guys, they begin to feel they've been undervalued, and that an eventual seven-figure income as a lobbyist isn't just an opportunity, it's their due.
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I went to this little performing arts school in downtown Phoenix. You had to dance or act, and everyone sang in choir. I started out playing the saxophone, but I always wanted to be in an orchestra. That was a dream as a kid, and there aren't a lot of saxophones in an orchestra.
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I am not in the business of suppressing books.
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It works both ways: there are victims of tragedy who come to me who have experienced grief of such magnitude that they cannot reconcile. Likewise, I cannot change the mentality of those who committed the crimes or the fools who followed them.
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If the white man gives you anything - just remember when he gets ready he will take it right back. We have to take for ourselves.
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Strong limits on carbon pollution will save Americans money, create jobs, improve our health, and help defuse climate change.
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I'm the most Colombian of the Colombians, even though I've lived 47 years outside of Colombia. I've lived 13 years in New York, and I never did a painting about New York. I've lived in France more than 30 years, and I've never painted Paris.
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I don't care about revenues.
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I rolled up my sleeves and said, 'I want to make a mark on this world.'
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I love make-up and the process of transforming my face for a night out, but I definitely don't believe in wearing it every day. I think it's really important to be comfortable with the way you look without it.
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I'd be kidding if I said that I predicted the financial collapse.
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What I discovered in Auschwitz is the human condition, the end point of a great adventure, where the European traveler arrived after his two-thousand-year-old moral and cultural history.
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You know what a champion is? A champion is someone who's ready when the gong rings - not just before, not just after - but when it rings.
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I didn't intend to introduce food so early, but she became very interested at about 5 months, and I just gave her whatever sort of nutrient-rich food I had. Her first food was smoked trout.
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You didn't hear anything about 'Celtic Pride' when they had Sidney Wicks and Curtis Rowe and they were only winning 32 games a year.
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The prima ballerinas who taught me were far more scary than Gordon Ramsay. They'd scream at me and pull my legs and arms, so after them Gordon was a piece of cake.
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You have to believe in something strongly enough that you would lose your seat over it.
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Hubble showed us the marvel and majesty of stars being born.
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Your agent should be invested in the success of your book past the contract stage. After all, if it sells well, she's going to be getting 15 percent of every dime you make. She can be your best advocate in fighting for your book - not just with editing and the cover, but with marketing and sales as well.
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The best Christmas present I got from my husband was a week to do whatever I wanted.
