Taylor Swift Quotes
I didn't want to just be another girl singer. I wanted there to be something that set me apart.
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The collusion of big business, big labor, and big government threaten the spirit of small business that makes America great.
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If a Chinese student does not know Chinese learning, it's like a person without a surname, a horse without a bridle, a boat without a helm. The more Western learning he possesses, the more hateful of China he will become. Even if he becomes a capable man of vast learning, how can he be of any use to the state?
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The last suit that you wear, you don't need any pockets.
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What can I know? What ought I to do? What can I hope?
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I always wear the same thing at home. I can't be bothered with jewelry. My pants have elastic waists. I like to be comfortable. There are so many more important things to worry about.
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I have been a judge for 15 years and I've made up my own mind during all that time.
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It angers me when sustainability gets used as a buzz word. For 90 percent of the world, sustainability is a matter of survival.
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We begin to change the world when we stimulate long-term prosperity using technology. There is not a problem that's large enough that innovation and entrepreneurship can't solve.
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I've been around tennis, and I have a feeling for the sport. I still play tennis, and I can still do a lot of harm to a lot of people.
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I suppose I am one of life's naturally clumsy people; I don't drop stuff all the time, or break things, but I'm just generally a bit flustered.
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I was a dancer first, which made me realize how much I loved performing.
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I come from a poor family, I have seen poverty. The poor need respect, and it begins with cleanliness.
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I don't really approach stories to make them different from other stuff I've seen, I just try to get into the character, into his or her head. Try to make it as funny, as scary or as wild as I can so that I really like it.
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We can overcome evil with greater good.
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I think everybody wants to redeem themselves after they've done something that might be considered negative. I don't think anyone wants to go to the grave negative.
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Some minds seem almost to create themselves, springing up under every disadvantage and working their solitary but irresistible way through a thousand obstacles.
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There's always hunger to create because I believe that's what I do. I believe that's what I'm supposed to be doing.
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In Hollywood they're getting younger, but believe me, it's not the food. It's the plastic surgery.
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There is a real problem with the lack of diversity, specifically in genre films and the superheroes our kids grow up watching and emulating, they can't really identify with. When you see the same thing, over and over again, and it seems not to speak of you and your heritage and your culture, it leaves you out of this world, a little bit. It gives a certain social distance with your world.
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Mysticism is the art of union with Reality.
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If you want to get to the top, there's always the risk that it will isolate you from other people.
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I am no proponent of a theocracy. I am a secularist. I want an independent Iraqi government, not a lackey of Tehran.
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My mother had heard all about miniskirts but had never seen one so I took her for lunch at Alvaro's [in Chelsea]. We walked down the King's Road and waited 10 seconds for our first miniskirt and a girl came along with her skirt tucked round her arse. I said: 'What do you think, ma?' And she said: 'If it's not for sale, you shouldn't put it in the window!'
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I didn't want to just be another girl singer. I wanted there to be something that set me apart.
