Taissa Farmiga Quotes
I'm a perfectionist, so it's hard for me to just accept that that I can't keep working until it's perfected. But I'm learning, I'm growing as a human in that way.
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I think you can say anybody uses anything as a gimmick. Is Adele's not having gimmicks her gimmick? It's hard to say, isn't it? Really, I think that everybody has something that people like or that's great about them.
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I think success is very hard work, so, you know, if you work hard and you have some success, you have to give up something.
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Young people do not watch television; they are on the Internet.
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There has to be a global mission of human progress.
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I'm not afraid to be lonely at the top.
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I am really glad I was raised Catholic. I like the fundamental aspects of that religion. I think they give you great grounding in terms of having a moral code. But I do not subscribe to any religion specifically now.
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Tragedy is like strong acid - it dissolves away all but the very gold of truth.
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I had all the fame anyone could want, and I ran away from it.
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Every university in America teaches 'Clockwork Orange.' I get fed up with it.
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Kosovo today is closer to Europe than other countries in the region of South Eastern Europe.
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I normally don't endorse in Democratic primaries.
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Since 1987, when I got my first one, I've been wearing a clock around my neck 24/7. You feel me? 24/7.
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Auditions make me nervous; any time I have to perform, I get stage fright.
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For all of the continued awareness of systemic violence and oppression, there isn't a lot of talk about that psychological toll of racism, at least in white circles and white media.
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The tongue is the only tool that gets sharper with use.
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Generally, I find a lot to be grateful for.
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At the age of 16, my father's father dropped dead of a heart attack. And I think it changed the course of his life, and he became fascinated with death. He then became a medical doctor and obviously fought death tooth and nail for his patients.
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No matter where I am in the world, I will always be back home for Christmas.
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In this quest to seek and find God in all things, there is still an area of uncertainty. There must be. If a person says that he met God with total certainty and is not touched by a margin of uncertainty, then this is not good.
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When I was growing up, Mandela's name was synonymous with terror. We were scared of him. You couldn't see any photos of him. A photo of him could have gotten you in jail.
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Greatness of name in the father oft-times overwhelms the son; they stand too near one another. The shadow kills the growth: so much, that we see the grandchild come more and oftener to be heir of the first.
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Whenever someone like a plumber or a mechanic tries to explain something technical to me, I listen for about three seconds before it all just becomes white noise, like Charlie Brown's teacher.
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I'm a perfectionist, so it's hard for me to just accept that that I can't keep working until it's perfected. But I'm learning, I'm growing as a human in that way.
