Alexandra Fuller Quotes
In retrospect, I have come to recognise just how astounding my mother was during our childhood. She kept a woodwork shop and made beautiful furniture, as well as raising the pair of us in a society dominated by men. There really is nothing like war to reveal the power of patriarchy, but she always retained her independence.
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I think that the mistakes that anyone can make going on dates is probably not being themselves because you can only trick people for so long.
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I always played to win.
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Like life, peace begins with women. We are the first to forge lines of alliance and collaboration across conflict divides.
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Perhaps if we all subscribed to the African concept of Ubuntu - that we all become people through other people, and that we cannot be fully human alone, we could learn a lot. There'd be less hatred and more harmony.
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As far back as I can remember though, I always loved performing.
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Running back was always my favorite position.
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Of the blessings set before you make your choice, and be content.
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Prayer is man's greatest power!
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I've fondly dreamed of becoming the face of an important brand since I was a child, in the same way that others dream of becoming an astronaut. I dreamed of this as I first and foremost dreamed of becoming an actor and would look up at these huge posters of celebrities while driving along motorways or crossing under bridges.
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Jessica Lange was my biggest crush when I was a kid.
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Ale, man, ale's the stuff to drink for fellows whom it hurts to think.
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I grew up around old stuff that was not necessarily valuable, but certainly unusual.
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There's plenty of days when I don't want to eat chicken breast and broccoli and rice, but I know what I have to do, and I know the sacrifice I have to make.
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No one's ever happy with their position in Hollywood. You hear that from people you'd never dream would complain.
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Everything I want to do in my life, I want to be at the top.
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My 2020 Vision for India is to transform it into a developed nation. That cannot be abstract; it is a lifeline.
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I consider myself West African, among other cultural identities, and a writer, among other creative ones.
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We condemn any kind of abuse of Muslim women or women anywhere in the world.
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I see a 16-year-old now, and to ask her to take her clothes off would feel really weird. But they were like, 'If you don't do it, then we're not going to book you again.' So I'd lock myself in the toilet and cry and then come out and do it. I never felt very comfortable about it. There's a lot of boobs. I hated my boobs! Because I was flat-chested.
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Tattoos exude pain and pleasure all at the same time.
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We can do nothing ourselves; God must do it. To speak to Him thus is easier by nature for woman than for man because a natural desire lives in her to give herself completely to someone.
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I'm just singing what I feel in my heart.
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The Negro, however, has been tested on an extensive scale.
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In retrospect, I have come to recognise just how astounding my mother was during our childhood. She kept a woodwork shop and made beautiful furniture, as well as raising the pair of us in a society dominated by men. There really is nothing like war to reveal the power of patriarchy, but she always retained her independence.
