Alessia Cara Quotes
Singing was something I always did. I really don't remember a time when I wasn't singing, even as a little child.
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I've never been able to understand what they mean by 'Pinteresque,'. I'm sure it's indefinable.
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M.G.M. never really gave me a break. They loaned me out for leading roles but cast me in programme pictures.
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I kind of found a niche for myself after 'Firefly'. I found something that I enjoyed doing and that I did well, but as far as how I seek out a part, it's always different. It's always something that lights you on fire when you read it. It might be just one scene, it might be one line that defines the character for you.
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Sometimes I like to watch TV, though I never get to watch any of the shows in real time. I'm a fan of 'Downton Abbey,' 'Boardwalk Empire,' and 'Boss.' There's a British series called 'Luther,' but in England, they think a series means four episodes. And I like 'Mad Men.' Otherwise, it's always good to unwind with a book.
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Our fresh technical resources have furthered the disintegration of solid masses of masonry into slender piers, with consequent far-reaching economies in bulk, space, weight, and haulage.
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When I'm not touring, I hardly ever leave my house. Part of it is I get to do what I'm most passionate about, which is work on music and make new songs.
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Confidence is contagious. So is lack of confidence.
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I used to have the very standard worldview. I can easily identify with people who see computers getting faster and smarter, and technology getting more and more beneficial, without seeing the other side.
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I feel fine about getting older because I'm in good shape. I'm 64 and I feel good.
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No person is just one particular emotion.
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People did not even then like to eat dirt, if they could see it.
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When I was on a major label I felt obliged to say yes to every interview, tour and whatever else. The label is always telling you, 'This ain't going to last,' so I worked myself half to death. I learnt from that and I like to pace myself now.
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I like that Barack got that job.
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When I was young I had an apprenticeship as an engineer.
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There are moments to indulge and enjoy, but I always know when it's time to go home and wash my knickers.
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I can get obsessed by anything if I look at it long enough. That's the curse of being a photographer.
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Although labor income is by far the largest component of gross national product, a job is not just a commodity. For many, work is an important reason for living. Even for those who are less fortunate in their allocation of work, being unemployed is a miserable state.
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I was actually deputy headboy at my school. And everyone around me was very supportive of what I wanted to do. There's no romantic story about how me and my brother got to where we are.
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What is the natural reaction when told you have a hopeless mental illness? That diagnosis does you in; that, and the humiliation of being there. I mean, the indignity you're subjected to. My God.
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I was very careful to cast guys who were very good-looking and very fit and who had a certain sense of privilege about them, because with that sense of privilege comes contempt.
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The problem of a painting is physical and metaphysical, the same as I think life is physical and metaphysical.
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I am completely open to doing a romantic comedy, but I will never do something just for the sake of doing a specific genre or because it's the time or place to do a different type of movie. I think that would be a huge mistake.
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Singing was something I always did. I really don't remember a time when I wasn't singing, even as a little child.
