Lauren Potter Quotes
Like so many other kids with special needs, I have been bullied. Kids in elementary school made me eat sand, and those same boys would walk behind me, teasing me. Finally I had enough, and I told them to grow up.
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I came up from growing up with a lot of Catholic guilt, a lot of punk rock, hipster guilt in the later years where I think people have thrown a lot of things on me. Where I always felt like I'm not supposed to tell the horn section what to play or I don't want to come off egotistical.
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America tends to worship the modest talent because it doesn't put us in an uncomfortable position vis-a-vis the artist.
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I converse with my dog through ESP.
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Every good movie I watch, the hero becomes my favourite. I start blushing every time a hero romances a heroine.
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In a family of all girls, I was always the 'boy' in my mind - the protector, the masculine one. No one would ever have to worry about me.
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In a democracy, allegations will never improve situations. So, I'm against allegations, but I always welcome criticism.
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The people of South Africa are ready to stand up to the oppressions of the Pretoria regime, and they are ready to fight back.
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MTV didn't call. I guess I wasn't hip and groovy enough.
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When I was a child - in wartime, pre-television - books were my life.
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A long iron rod rocketed straight through the very forefront of Phineas Gage's brain. It's kind of an unusual part of the brain: you can suffer pretty severe injuries to it and often walk away from the injury. It's not a part of the brain that's necessarily vital for your biological self. But it is very important for personality.
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I think, the people around home are very supportive to us.
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My biggest influences as an actor were Marlon Brando, and I really dug James Dean.
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Part of what made 'The Bling Ring' such a fun, freeing experience was that we got to wear these really over-the-top clothes we'd never pick in real life - like for the nightclub scenes, we'd have on these really short, really tight dresses. But you know what - I actually learned how to walk in heels on that set!
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I know when I go and see a writer, the first thing I think to myself is, 'Are they the character in the book?' You just can't help it; it's the way people are.
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I did absolutely grow up in a world surrounded by people who were always performing and being flamboyant.
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Yes, I've kissed a lot of guys. I like to kiss, but that's it. I don't go home with anyone. I sleep with my animals, like my baby monkey, Brigitte Bardot.
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Things said by political parties are different from the decisions of the government which are taken to uphold the rule of law. The government takes decisions that are best for the country.
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All wisdom does not reside in Delhi.
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The loneliness of the man is slowly being borne in upon me. There is not a man aboard but hates or fears him, nor is there a man whom he does not despise.
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There's always a sense of tragedy with icons. It happened to both the Princess of Wales and Diana Dors. A lot of people had grown up with them, and everybody loved them. Then, when they had at last found happiness, they were taken in the most dreadful way.
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The worst sin toward our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them: that's the essence of inhumanity.
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At five years old, I became the man of the house. When he left, my dad let me know that. It put a certain drive in me that I can't explain.
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Learning to celebrate success is a key component of learning how to win in the market.
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Like so many other kids with special needs, I have been bullied. Kids in elementary school made me eat sand, and those same boys would walk behind me, teasing me. Finally I had enough, and I told them to grow up.
