Ayn Rand Quotes
Man is the only living species that has the power to act as his own destroyer-and that is the way he has acted through most of his history.
Ayn Rand
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I always wanted to be an actress. And it wasn't ego. I felt so little about myself, considered myself such a sparrow. Not just my size. I thought I was so plain... I did plays not to show off but because if I did that - I didn't realize it at the time - I would be somebody other than this person I didn't really approve of.
Frances Bay
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With this business, you have to learn to go with the flow. Not being able to grow in comfort is a beautiful thing when you're uncomfortable, so just embrace it and roll with it, and you'll come out stronger.
Madison Marlow
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I live for my work, apart from my family who come first. And I live to tell stories and pretend to be other people, it's something I've been doing since I was 3 years old. Maybe it's because I'm intrinsically bored with myself, and I find other people more interesting.
Jacki Weaver
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All I want is an education, and I am afraid of no one.
Malala Yousafzai
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But I've always attracted attention, it's true, ever since I was very young.
Beatrice Dalle
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I remember once I read a book on mental illness and there was a nurse that had gotten sick. Do you know what she died from? From worrying about the mental patients not being able to get their food. She became a mental patient.
Ornette Coleman
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I like egg white omelets with veggies, or oatmeal with almonds and fruit.
Vanessa Hudgens
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Design needs a new relationship with the world, one that is more focused on our planet's needs.
Yves Behar
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The Palestinian election is something that was really a turning point. It's a mandate for peace.
Warren Christopher
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I've always been a bubbly and energetic and happy person, but when I get upset, I get frustrated; when someone makes me mad, I definitely have a temper, and I've had to deal with having a temper my whole life.
Paige VanZant
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As a writer, one is always a little blind to what one writes.
Patrick Modiano
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When you're lucky enough to get paid a nice chunk of change to write a movie or a TV show, you have no right to complain, really. I guess it's more of an appeal to the powers that be that the less they interfere, the more likely, actually, they are to get something that works, I think.
Beau Willimon
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There is one thing you have got to learn about our movement. Three people are better than no people.
Fannie Lou Hamer
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Never take your eye off the ball. Always remember that you and everyone on the team is the servant of the cause - in our case, girls' education and young women's leadership in Africa.
Ann Cotton
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Poetry is not an art or a branch of art: it's something more.
Joseph Brodsky
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There is an outdated belief that girls are not as good at science and math subjects as boys. But according to the report 'Generation STEM,' high school girls earn more math and science credits than boys do, and their GPAs, aggregated across math and science classes, are higher than boys'.
Padmasree Warrior
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If you look at other countries, you see they have different values: defend more, pass the ball out more, winning is holy. In England, you could say that sport itself is holy. They say, 'Look, guys, it's about more than just winning.'
Johan Cruyff
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Man is the only living species that has the power to act as his own destroyer-and that is the way he has acted through most of his history.
Ayn Rand