Georges St-Pierre Quotes
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Other families who are poor do what they can to get out of it. My mother did not. She did not utilise her resources. She had a degree. There was something she could have done, but she actively, purposely refused that so we could have this absolutely authentic experience of the worst of capitalism: 'See? Look how bad capitalism is.'
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Pity is the deadliest feeling that can be offered to a woman.
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I saw 'The Devil Wears Prada.' I don't think it's a reality.
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A few years ago, I found out that there's a lot of Gypsy blood on my mother's side. I'm wild in that way - I've been brought up to do my own thing.
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Sexuality is one of the biggest parts of who we are.
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Growing up on a mountain in Tennessee, I spent most of my childhood outside.
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Carving out an identity for yourself is important so I'm trying to do that as well.
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Sometimes I worked with just a background of a rock or a tree or black velvet, and just had to imagine the whole thing.
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I think that in today's world, by nature, we are all self-centered. And that often leads to selfishness.
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A schoolmaster should have an atmosphere of awe, and walk wonderingly, as if he was amazed at being himself.
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For me, 'risky' is revealing what really happened in my life through music. Risky is writing confessional songs and telling the true story about a person with enough details so everyone knows who that person is.
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Sometimes if you expose your vulnerability, someone else will feel comforted. It's like we're all in this boat together.
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When I design a wedding dress with a bustle, it has to be one the bride can dance in. I love the idea that something is practical and still looks great.
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Matthew Broderick and Megan Mullally were unbelievable to work with in 'How to Succeed.'
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If you're Irish, it doesn't matter where you go - you'll find family.
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Anybody who speaks quietly and shrivels up in company is unbelievably arrogant.
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When the Jewish people, after nearly 2,000 years of exile, under relentless persecution, became a nation again on 14 May 1948 the 'fig tree' put forth its first leaves. Jesus said that this would indicate that He was 'at the door,' ready to return.
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I remember my first show was a live TV show in Ireland, and I was just petrified. It was horrific.
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In his Philosophy of Style, Herbert Spencer gives two sentences to illustrate how the vague and general can be turned into the vivid and particular: In proportion as the manners, customs, and amusements of a nation are cruel and barbarous, the regulations of its penal code will be severe. In proportion as men delight in battles, bullfights, and combats of gladiators, will they punish by hanging, burning, and the rack.
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If you weren't a risk-taker, you were always going to be a step behind. You could be the best cyclist in the world, but if you weren't a risk-taker, you weren't going to win the Tour de France.
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So many refugees want to find their feet in Germany and do something in Germany. We should take up and support this drive, then integration will be successful.
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To be one's self, and unafraid whether right or wrong, is more admirable than the easy cowardice of surrender to conformity.
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I know that isn't always easy and that there is self-harm in the world. Sometimes it's hard for people to rise above things.
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It's easy to talk, it's harder to fight.
