Courtney Milan (Heidi Bond) Quotes
It’s a paradox. If I’m not strong enough to say no to my dad, I’m surely not strong enough to run the company. If he manages to break me down, I’ll know I can’t do it.
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My interest in secret societies is the product of many experiences, some I can discuss, others I cannot.
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Local innovation and initiative can help us better understand how to protect our environment.
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When I was a child - in wartime, pre-television - books were my life.
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I take nothing away from my existence in the 'hood, because it sharpened my instincts. We had a different way of living that developed our survival instincts, and I use those to this day when I make films. You can't buy that.
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My optimism is not based primarily on the successful march of democracy in recent times but rather is based on the experience of having lived in a fear society and studied the mechanics of tyranny that sustain such a society.
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Even within the last three or four years, I have a greater ability to communicate, I think. I have more courage to show the stuff... And it does take courage.
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I once interviewed my grandma for a class project about the Second World War. After 70 years filled with marriage, children, grandchildren, death, poverty and triumph, the thing about which she was unquestionably the proudest and most excited was that she and her family did their part during the war.
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Our plan is what the Scottish government had with the U.K. It's an agreement to consult over the independence of Catalonia. And we will not abandon this plan until the end.
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I hate jealousy, I hate possessiveness. I'm nobody's possession.
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There is a valid nationwide sentiment of concern over public pensions, and poor funding ratios are viewed negatively by financial markets.
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YouTube was really good for building a kind of core, loyal fanbase. I didn't want to be a YouTube artist as such. I mean, there are people who are able to release albums and live off YouTube, but I felt - and not in an arrogant way - that I could be commercial and credible if I really put my mind to it.
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I come from the hi-tech world - you don't survive if you don't constantly reinvent yourself every few years.
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My mother would give my brothers and me a pile of catalogues and let us pick what we wanted for Christmas.
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To keep something around just because it is already on the books, I think, is wrong.
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The United States and Mexico are trapped - economically, culturally, politically and because of drug crime - in the same continent.
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I was just an ordinary student. I'd always gotten along with authorities quite well.
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Most writers are drawn to what is unknown, rather than what is clear in any tale.
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I hope the BWF (Badminton World Federation) will seriously do something about the Olympic qualifying format or risk getting badminton dropped from the Games.
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Great opportunity for technology/media companies to meet the movers and shakers in the broadcast and media industries.
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If I tried to flirt with a woman and she didn't know who I was, she would run away.
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Scientists do stand on the shoulders of giants, just as do writers. Conversely, in the arts we do make discoveries. We do refine our tools. So I am arguing with, or at least playing with, the idea that art never improves.
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I think the motion picture industry is a stupid business and I despise acting the scenes in short snatches, one at a time. I hate this film work. I am disgusted with myself. On the stage I could never play a part unless I felt it with all my heart and soul.
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It’s a paradox. If I’m not strong enough to say no to my dad, I’m surely not strong enough to run the company. If he manages to break me down, I’ll know I can’t do it.
