Tavi Gevinson Quotes
I'd like 'Rookie' to be a helpful resource, but I never want it to be too prescriptive. Hopefully, it also makes the reader feel encouraged to think for herself.
Quotes to Explore
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Indians invest more in Britain than in the rest of European Union combined. It is not because they want to save on interpretation costs, but because they find an environment that is welcoming and familiar.
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I want variety. I certainly don't want any kind of hype if I can avoid it. I'm trying to play parts which are a little more out there, but I want variety, I suppose, because - like a lot of people - I'm easily bored.
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People tweet before they think, and it becomes obsessive.
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I think the mental victory is worth it as much as a gold medal.
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I grew up in different parts of Africa. I grew up in Mozambique and places like that. I've been in South Africa many times.
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I think lots of actors are very nervous and shy. I know lots of them who are, and some who aren't of course.
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I don't like celebrities; I don't hang out with them; I don't relate to that life.
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I must be like the princess who felt the pea through seven mattresses; each book is a pea.
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The reason I hate publicists is because I think if we got rid of them everything would be on equal footing.
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Well, only Japanese may understand it, but I'm like a goat or something that likes high places.
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At the center of your being you have the answer; you know who you are and you know what you want.
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I don't think anybody steals anything; all of us borrow.
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I think that most people don't even know that I do other things. They think that Homer is all that I do.
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When I read about the way in which library funds are being cut and cut, I can only think that American society has found one more way to destroy itself.
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The only thing I've kind of missed is finding a really good western that I want to do, because I watched westerns a lot.
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I reject the insurance model. I think we should have a free-market approach to healthcare.
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When I want a long ball, I spin my hips faster.
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Whipping and abuse are like laudanum: you have to double the dose as the sensibilities decline.
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I think that a lot of guys reach for electronics first, but the truth is that you can never keep up with electronics. You buy a flat-screen TV, and then six months later, there's one that has 3D and Blu-ray and all this business, and that is just going to keep continuing.
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To me, Slow parenting is about bringing balance into the home. Children need to strive and struggle and stretch themselves, but that does not mean childhood should be a race. Slow parents give their children plenty of time and space to explore the world on their own terms.
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I was that weird eight-year-old who was really interested in Shakespeare and understood it and appreciated the language.
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I was a pretty difficult teenager.
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All graffiti is low-level dissent, but stencils have an extra history. They've been used to start revolutions and to stop wars.
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I'd like 'Rookie' to be a helpful resource, but I never want it to be too prescriptive. Hopefully, it also makes the reader feel encouraged to think for herself.
