Leila Janah Quotes
I think what travelling has done for me and for many generations of my family - my grandmother was a great example - it's really highlighted for me how similar we all are and how many values we all share as people on this planet.
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In 'A Boy's Own Story' and 'Jack Holmes and His Friend,' my idea was to take someone totally different from my real self and, at the same time, to assign to him my own life trajectory.
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Architects create spaces that accommodate human activity. As opposed to many of its contemporary counterparts, Dune'is not so much focused on the styling of that activity, as on the supporting of it.
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The way you personally communicate is 90 per cent of how you will be evaluated by any future employer.
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I know I said I wanted to live forever and I would never be bored, but the reality is, it's probably kind of sad to live forever if you're the only one sticking around.
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When you want to fool the world, tell the truth.
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We must all learn to adjust with our surroundings.
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I think, for the majority of my twenties, I was always so concerned with what I didn't have, or what I still wanted.
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There's a policy now of opening the doors to the outside world.
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Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go.
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I want to expand the compassionate conservative agenda. I believe life begins in the womb, and we should protect it. But it extends to a child in Darfur or someone living in poverty.
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Any powerful technology can be abused.
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You think, 'You hired me because I'm a creative artist with a vision. Don't try and knock it out of me.'
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Disease is the tax which the soul pays for the body, as the tenant pays house-rent for the use of the house.
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A will finds a way.
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What we find is that if you have a goal that is very, very far out, and you approach it in little steps, you start to get there faster. Your mind opens up to the possibilities.
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Poor people have more fun than rich people, they say; and I notice it's the rich people who keep saying it.
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In the '70s, my playing was completely untutored, but it sounded good to me, and I tried to find ways to make those very simple things work in more ambitious contexts.
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My first time coming over to North America was to New York around Christmastime when I was 7. My mom was a flight attendant, and she got put on to the Trans-Atlantic route over Christmastime, so she brought the whole family.
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It was very clear to me I wanted to be an actor when I got out into civilian life.
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Most Americans actually need to have both people working, and it's a luxury and something to celebrate if you can make a choice like this. And this choice isn't for everyone. But it's nice to not have to worry about what time does daycare close.
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One who doesn't throw the dice can never expect to score a six.
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Getting on stage and performing and standing under lights is such an unsettling experience - in a good and bad way - but it's the only place I can go to feel comfortable.
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I think what travelling has done for me and for many generations of my family - my grandmother was a great example - it's really highlighted for me how similar we all are and how many values we all share as people on this planet.
