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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The investigation into the possible effects of cosmic rays on living organisms will also offer great interest.
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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 believe it's easier to be an actor. Somehow, interviewing seems to be intrusive on people's lives.
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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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I was raised to believe that excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism. And that's how I operate my life.
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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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Reading was not just an escape or a Band-Aid; it was a deep form of feeling seen and recognized, and being able to see and recognize other kindred spirits. My dad was a writer, too, which also likely had something to do with that.
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I was with my grandmother, while one of my brothers lived with my dad, and one lived with my mom. It wasn't a great situation. Acting was the one good thing I was involved in.
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We need to get this done. This is the only way in the short run to get it done.
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I'm really a cook. I used to be the opposite - I used to go out a lot - but now I primarily cook.
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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.
