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've never been far from the river. I'm sort of like a Thames-nymph.
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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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The thing that I have to stay away from is sweets. I have a horrible sweet tooth. It's just the worst.
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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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There's something that happens with the collection of a large amount of data when it's dumped into an Excel spreadsheet or put into a pie chart. You run the risk of completely missing what it's about.
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They were two very religious people. My father was a foundry worker and was a daily Mass attender, as was my mother.
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We look at problems happening halfway across the world and we think, 'Well, that's their problem.' But it's not. ... When you solve somebody else's problem, you're solving a problem for yourself because our world today is so interconnected.
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I think a lot of people of my generation are discomfited by the assertion of neutrality in the mainstream media, this idea that they're the voice of God. I think it's just honest to say, yes, you know where I'm coming from but you can fact-check anything I say.
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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.
