Lianne La Havas Quotes
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Let's judge a man on what he's done.
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We learn martial arts as helping weakness. You never fight for people to get hurt. You're always helping people.
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I just can't get used to the idea of being somebody unreal in people's minds. I can't live my life like that. And it's just anathema to being a writer. It's not healthy.
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The first book I sat down to write was an historical romance. It was really bad and thankfully no one ever saw it.
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I love so many styles of music.
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Television can be a little tricky in terms of finding roles that feel fully flushed out, which is why I love being in the theater so much, because the roles tend to be really on the page.
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I was considered an ugly duckling.
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When something is at risk or in danger or about to be lost, those are the moments you start to realize how much it means to you.
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The more laws and order are made prominent, the more thieves and robbers there will be.
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I was not emotionally mature enough to accept any kind of success when I was young. I needed to go that long route.
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I will end the history of division and conflict through reconciliation and fairness.
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The test is to recognize the mistake, admit it and correct it. To have tried to do something and failed is vastly better than to have tried to do nothing and succeeded.
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I guess I am sometimes over the top on stage, but then, that is my personality. I'm over the top in real life, too.
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What I love about jazz is that it's full of legends, full of myths. It's an oral history because it started in New Orleans and Kansas City, under the radar.
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Admitting the force of these contentions, nevertheless, the custom of meeting together in public assembly for the consideration of the most serious, the most exalted topics of human interest is too vitally precious to be lost.
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Who'd give up sunny California for the grey old Earls Court Road? I'm looking out at blue skies and the mountains and trees, and it's so beautiful.
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I know what it feels like to be a victim of domestic violence.
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For an actor, you're rejected eight or ten times a day. All you've got to sell is yourself. You're not selling products, they're not turning down a car, they're turning you down. Most people can't handle that. Most people are essentially not set up that way.
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I enjoy writing and promoting my books. I enjoy the feedback. But all this is because I don't depend on it commercially. I don't need that money. I have a career.
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Don't you think it astonishing that, at 58, I am still working at improving my career?
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I'm not one of those people who is not looking forward to getting old. I'm happy with my life.
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You always try to do your own thing. One of the things I wanted to do was to write a book that combines some of the best traits of contemporary fantasy with some of the traits of the historical novel.
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I wish when I was 15 that I realized my voice was important and that even my thoughts and my opinions had value. Had I known, I probably would've spoken up more. I probably would've found my activism sooner and become a writer sooner.
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It's the love you have for yourself that's most important.
