Tavi Gevinson Quotes
It brings me no joy and not enough comfort to dwell too much on things I've said or written or made or worn in the past.
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Oh wow, you know what's wrong with all these families on TV? All these kids say stuff no kid would say. Stuff grown-ups want them to say. Man, I'd make a really realistic family. Where kids get spankings. On TV parents say, 'Oh, you shouldn't do that ever again. Now you can have ice cream.' Forget it.
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One of the achievements of the reform movement is that people realize that they can be democrats and remain faithful Muslims. Democracy is now an established idea.
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I was quite nervous about meeting William's father, but he was very, very welcoming, very friendly, it couldn't have gone easier really for me.
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The collusion of big business, big labor, and big government threaten the spirit of small business that makes America great.
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Thousands of years and many civilizations have defined a marriage as the union between one man and one woman. With few exceptions, those civilizations that did not follow that perished.
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My father really told me, seriously, if you want something, you can have it, but you may have to work harder than anyone else around you.
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I would like to see more Bollywood films! The more stylized musicals are a new trend in the U.S. We are beginning to make musicals again after a long break, practically since the days of the studio structure, so perhaps we can learn a few things from Bollywood about this fun style of film-making.
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The best way to remember your wife's birthday is to forget it once.
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Throughout U.S. history, national crises have been used to suspend constitutional protections and attack basic rights. After the Civil War, with the nation in crisis, the promise of 40 acres and a mule to freed slaves was promptly betrayed.
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I think George Bush is the most dangerous man in the world.
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I'm not afraid of failing. I don't like to fail. I hate to fail. But I'm not afraid of it.
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The ANC party from time to time comes with legislation which, if accepted and if not nullified by the constitution of court, would have the effect of undermining the constitution and eroding its values.
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With my gift, I can pretty much write a song out of anything.
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If you don't have liberty and self-determination, you've got nothing, that's what this is what this country is built on. And this is the ultimate self-determination, when you determine how and when you're going to die when you're suffering.
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Usually, it's the guys who want to get better so they can get more playing time who are always in the gym.
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I do like the research part of writing, I must admit.
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The only real indulgence was buying a house. That was a pretty big step.
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The United States is going to be a rich country, it is going to be prosperous, but it is not going to be able to take the lead in the next phase of global economic development.
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To work without attachment is to work without the expectation of reward or fear of any punishment in this world or the next. Work so done is a means to the end, and God is the end.
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We would accomplish many more things if we did not think of them as impossible.
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There is no more sombre enemy of good art than the pram in the hall.
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I do believe the potential for ConnectU was as big as Facebook's, absolutely.
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It brings me no joy and not enough comfort to dwell too much on things I've said or written or made or worn in the past.
