Becki Newton Quotes
I'm not afraid to go completely over the top. A lot of people are scared to seem silly or to embarrass themselves, and I really don't have that at all - I don't mind making a fool of myself. I like to just have fun and really go for it.
Quotes to Explore
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What brought mass innovation to a nation was not scientific advances - its own or others' - but 'economic dynamism': the desire and the space to innovate.
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No one could ad lib like Peter. You would think that it was all scripted, he was so poetic, but it wasn't.
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I never did a dirty armpit. You can look dirty, but you can't be dirty.
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Without knowing about flexibility, one cannot work out strategies to deal with the enemy and prepare for changes, and without knowing about the foundation of one's own culture, one would be contemptuous of the Confucian ethical codes.
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If you're on a road trip, you need driving music.
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The great sadness of my life is that I never achieved the hour newscast, which would not have been twice as good as the half-hour newscast, but many times as good.
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One of the biggest challenges for the MENA region is unemployment coupled with high population growth rates. The World Bank is committed to supporting infrastructure projects that will help with job creation across the region.
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I need nothing from my companion. No money, no financial security, no emotional support, nothing. All I want is the freedom to be myself.
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The crisis of black politics can only be resolved through the development of multiclass, multiracial, progressive political structures.
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The Arab spring that began in 2010 was driven by the educated youth who were connected to the outside world. They had visions of liberal politics derived from social networks. They used innovative means to spread awareness and to network among activists.
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I became obsessed with all these women who die never feeling they did anything extraordinary with their lives.
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All the audience cares about is what you put up on the screen.
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I have lived a long life, and I am proud that I spend the whole of my life in the service of my people. I am only proud of this and nothing else. I shall continue to serve until my last breath, and when I die, I can say, that every drop of my blood will invigorate India and strengthen it.
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I've always had rock star envy. Unfortunately, writing is a pedestrian, tame occupation done while sitting in coffee-stained pajamas in front of a computer rather than prowling around a huge stage in sweaty leather pants, so I have to get my kicks vicariously.
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Marriage requires a special talent, like acting. Monogamy requires genius.
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Rather than fretting about IQ scores, voters should try to determine what candidates read - other than the Bible, which they all say they read - and the kind of people with whom they spend their time.
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Any partying I did, I did at home. I didn't want to be in the spotlight... There's an easy way to get away from the paparazzi; they're not that difficult to hide from and you don't need to go out for coffee every five minutes.
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I went into the sciences very early on, but to me, economics pervades so much more of our lives and our existence.
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I grew up with a computer, and many of my friends were people I met online.
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I feel like people want there to be this mystery between film and theater, but I just kind of went where I got jobs, you know?
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I don't fear aging. It's natural, and I can't stop it!
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Anything awful makes me laugh. I misbehaved once at a funeral.
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Confession is always weakness. The grave soul keeps its own secrets, and takes its own punishment in silence.
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I'm not afraid to go completely over the top. A lot of people are scared to seem silly or to embarrass themselves, and I really don't have that at all - I don't mind making a fool of myself. I like to just have fun and really go for it.
