Tarja Halonen Quotes
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Khomeini was not a puppet like Arafat or Qaddafi or the many other dictators I met in the Islamic world. He was a sort of Pope, a sort of king - a real leader.
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I like a man who looks like a bad boy but knows how to treat a woman like a queen.
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I watched a lot of soap operas like 'General Hospital' and 'Days Of Our Lives.' When it came to movies, my parents were quite strict. They would watch 'Flash Dance' but wouldn't let us see the whole film because Jennifer Beals' character was a stripper. It was so funny when I finally saw the whole film. I thought she was a ballerina!
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I had 45 amateur fights, and I was able to win two national titles in those three years as an amateur.
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I had long hair when I was a teenager.
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Born with blue spectacles, you would think the world was blue and never be conscious of the existence of the distorting glass.
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I think men, growing up, you have to go through some form of hardship. You've got to harden the metal.
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Laws are like sausages, it is better not to see them being made.
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I learn from Larry Ellison every day. I've said this before: how is it to work with someone who thinks out of the box? Larry doesn't see the walls at all; he does not see the box. He is an absolute, true visionary. And to be honest, I always find myself in a box! I'm comfy in my box. I've furnished it; it's lovely.
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I feel like I have so many middle-aged women who look up to me.
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Chris Messina is amazing, and he's so serious - he's, like, a proper actor! He's got craft! I love to watch him. But not in a creepy way.
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I've lived in New York for a really long time.
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I would say that all short stories have mystery naturally built into them.
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I actually grew up wanting to be a filmmaker. I wanted to make movies, and music was a detour, almost.
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I think it's important for an actor to see the work they've done because every time you revisit a work you come up with a new way of improving it. It's a good way to brush up your craft and your skills, so I think it's a good thing to do, keep seeing your films.
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Sometimes I'm happy - you can tell via Twitter. Sometimes I'm pissed off - you can tell via Twitter. I just think, at the end of the day, I don't want them to see me as a celebrity; I just want them to see me and say, 'He's like a regular person at his job right now who's mad.'
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Mo'Nique is so full of love. I've been describing her as the tree in 'Pocahontas.' She's so wise and loving. She is just everything.
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Women become the objects of rules; they are repressed and lose their rights in the name of religion, or they lose their freedom in the name of tradition, while the state legitimates this foolishness with laws.
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Children are apt to live up to what you believe of them.
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I am a rereader. Quality is variety if you wait long enough. Barthes, Baudelaire, Benjamin, Celine, Duras, Faulkner, Fitzgerald, Melville: There is so much to revisit. 'Ingrid Caven,' by Jean-Jacques Schuhl, is always in rotation. I used to read 'Morvern Callar,' by Alan Warner, every year - I adored that book.
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It is not length of life, but depth of life.
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I like to disappear in my roles because I don't have an assistant.
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I like 'Vanderpump Rules.' I mean, it's chaos.
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Everybody has to look after their own economy and follow the rules.
