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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A war still rages over the legacy of the 1960s.
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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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All the best stories are but one story in reality - the story of escape. It is the only thing which interests us all and at all times, how to escape.
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Why don't we have people like Thich Nhat Hanh or Marshall Rosenberg and Nelson Mandela solving violent situations in a peaceful way?
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When I was larger, people said I was fat. Now that I've lost weight, they say I died.
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Whenever you get into a new environment, it's scary. You don't know the people; you're not really comfortable with the machine that the show is.
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One can thus state, without fear of being wrong, that every truly artistic production has been conceived and executed according to the principle of irregularity.
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Sometimes people fear the truth. They'd rather not speak to you than know what you really think.
