Stephanie Perkins Quotes
The more you know who you are, and what you want, the less you let things upset you.
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Films are meant solely to provide entertainment. There are no lessons to be learnt and and inferences to be drawn. Has anyone become dutiful and law abiding after seeing a film that espouses these very virtues? Films can do no more than influence fashion, decor, and hairstyle trends.
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We are all souls, and what I have learnt so far is that while God is male, the souls created by Him are female, so I always had women as my theme, as they are dedicated to Him.
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When I was starting out and had to cut my teeth and build my resume to get in, I had to basically work for free on a lot of things.
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They're like a weird couple. If you were to personify the artichoke and the oyster, they would have a great date. They would totally get along.
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I always wanted to do things on my own terms, and unfortunately in this industry, that's not something that is easily given. You're at the mercy of other people, but then you still have that drive to continue on. That's an equation for a lot of heartbreak.
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I don't set out to win awards. I don't think any musician does, but when you receive an award, it's an affirmation: it means that people appreciate what you do. Every award I have received is a confirmation of something I have done, and that motivates me to push a little harder.
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The mob spirit has grown with the increasing intelligence of the Afro-American.
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I would wish for any one of my colleagues to have the experience of working with Martin Scorsese once in their lifetime.
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The most influential thinker, in my life, has been the psychologist Richard Nisbett. He basically gave me my view of the world.
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Our goal is to build this up as a knowledge base that anyone can look at. We're not just interested in people answering their friends' one-off questions.
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It doesn't matter that the way of life shown by Hollywood was phony. It helped you hope.
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Ideas? My head is full of them, one after the other, but they serve no purpose there. They must be put down on paper, one after the other.
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I should like to know if, taking this old Declaration of Independence, which declares that all men are equal upon principle, you begin making exceptions to it, where will you stop? If one man says it does not mean a Negro, why not another say it does not mean some other man?
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My mother is massively into sailing, so we always had Musto clothes, and it went on from there, really. I wouldn't say it's a career in fashion. The range is all day-to-day stuff that I'd put on and use myself.
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Nothing sickens me more than the closed door of a library.
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Celebrities are just like us and like any of your friends. I love working with people.
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Most women find a man with good manners sexy.
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My dad believed in scaring us as we were growing up. Scaring the boys who wanted to date us more.
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I like to have fun, but I also try to make time for my son.
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The Chinese are really good at diplomacy - and even at making their interlocutors feel very uncomfortable.
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A feeling of alienation existed in India about life in Pakistan because most of what was known was negative. So, everyone used to believe things in our country are always bad, and we don't lead a happy life. But this has changed to some extent. After watching our dramas, people now know that we lead our lives similar to the way they live.
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I'm really interested in playing my age.
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Life has become a compromise.
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The more you know who you are, and what you want, the less you let things upset you.
