Veruschka von Lehndorff Quotes
My parents led this double life. They were in the underground movement to bring down the Nazis. My father was hanged for being a traitor.
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I felt unhappy and trapped. If I left baseball, where could I go, what could I do to earn enough money to help my mother and to marry Rachel? The solution to my problem was only days away in the hands of a tough, shrewd, courageous man called Branch Rickey, the president of the Brooklyn Dodgers.
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Every morning I wake up and thank God.
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I breeze through Twitter - I look at the mentions, the pictures, the videos.
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I think the kind of unexpected I really love is when you open books and the actual way of writing is different and interesting. Like reading Virginia Woolf for the first time or Lawrence Durrell for the first time.
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I like to go to my simple cottage by the ocean or, really, any beach!
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I love writers. All of my best friends are writers.
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Free speech is not a bogus issue. It is an issue.
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I spent a lot of time between bars like this.
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As frightening as this may sound, what you see in the books is the way I see the world. And so far I haven't seen anything, either in Florida or elsewhere, to dissuade me from it.
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I've made these films, and I'm really proud, but my lifestyle hasn't changed.
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I would love to do some more comedy. I would love to do some silliness. I would love to do some characters that have greater vulnerability.
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My mother always told me if you write about life, you will always be in the game. Just don't write songs... write life. I decided to take her up on that.
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I was always very independent and looked out for myself. I think that ability really helped me in later years both in sports and in theatre.
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Despotism is a long crime.
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I can totally identify with the younger kids. I'll never do what Jon Spencer did to me when I was 16, though. I made a tape with my friends and I put it onstage right near his mic stand by the pedal board and he pulled it out with his foot, kicked it to the center of the stage, looked me in the eye and stomped it to pieces.
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Kevin Bacon and I went up for the same stuff, and people would say, 'You and Kevin have the same quality.' I was like, 'I do?' I remember seeing 'Footloose' and thinking, 'How do I have any kind of quality that that guy does?'
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I believe we should work to end all racism in American society and staunchly defend the inherent rights of every person.
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My observations of Japanese naval fighting men, their abilities and equipment led me to believe that they gave a better account of themselves than we did.
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I'm good friends with Lee Westwood. Bubba, Rickie Fowler. A few of the top hitters.
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Those who approach their jobs and careers with enthusiasm always find plenty of opportunities, while those who complain about no one ever giving them a chance are merely observers of life. When you are determined that you will not allow others to determine your future for you, when you refuse to allow temporary setbacks to defeat you, you are destined for great success. The opportunities will always be there for you.
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I secretly enjoy being alone - hiking alone, skiing alone, walking along the beach alone, going to movies alone. Do not get me wrong, I like sharing my life with other people, but sometimes I really enjoy being as alone as possible.
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You have to fight for your health and stay on top of it. Our bodies are meant to be healthy.
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Since I played a warrior in 'Magadheera,' my character sported shoulder-length hair and a thick beard.
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My parents led this double life. They were in the underground movement to bring down the Nazis. My father was hanged for being a traitor.
