Paloma Faith Quotes
Sometimes people fear the truth. They'd rather not speak to you than know what you really think.
Quotes to Explore
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I think it's always best to be who you are.
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Maybe I fear things going wrong so much that I pre-empt them by not getting excited about them when they appear to be. going well.
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I have changed so much as an actor over the years.
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I was always very determined and ambitious, and I knew I would do something that would let me travel and stuff, but I didn't know really know what I would do to get there.
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Life is too short to blend in.
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Every group has its idiosyncrasies, but at a certain point we all are human.
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I'd known that the visit would be highly scripted and that genuine interactions with citizens wouldn't be possible, since it's illegal for them to speak with foreigners. Still, I'd thought I'd had a unique look at North Korea, only to discover I was wrong.
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The mind is exercised by the variety and multiplicity of the subject matter, while the character is moulded by the contemplation of virtue and vice.
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Winning a gold medal is not easy but I believed in myself, especially over the last four years.
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If I go out there and am myself, and I do what makes me comfortable and what I think is true to my artistry, and they don't like it, then that's fine. I walk off stage, and I know there's nothing there's nothing I could have done differently.
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They probably do have an Asian Barbie.
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Tennis is definitely a star for women in sports.
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Excelsior, higher and higher, but only step by step.
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Let's have some new cliches.
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Making the 'An Idiot Abroad' series, I was really dreading going to India; I thought I'd hate it. It was a nightmare, and I was really ill - just like everyone says.
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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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There's nothing interesting about seeing our characters for an hour and a half do some flashy flying in the sky and beating up on some buildings. It's boring, and people don't want that anymore. They want character, and they want story.
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Dad always explained the car engine when he repaired it, and he had many technical books, so I was making electromagnets by age eight as well as reading my mother's medical and nursing books. I suspect I was born with a boundless curiosity, and this was encouraged through my childhood.
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Things always happen in series.
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The problem in public life is learning to overcome terror; the problem in married life is learning to overcome boredom.
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What's gratifying for me and interesting is that people are picking up on exactly what I want them to, which is that this is energizing people, and making them want to make stories.
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Athletic competition clearly defines the unique power of our attitude.
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It was a battered yellow Citroën 2CV which had had one careful owner but also three suicidally reckless ones.
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Sometimes people fear the truth. They'd rather not speak to you than know what you really think.
