Rachel Platten Quotes
I'm so grateful that anyone has connected with my songs, let alone millions of people.
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I joined the Army at 19 as a soldier and spent about four and a half years with them. Then I broke my back in a freefall parachuting accident and spent a year in rehabilitation back in the U.K.
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In my town, and especially in my area, there were people from everywhere: Algerians, Senegalese, French people, Asians, all kinds of immigrants and natives, and everyone circulated.
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This identity, this mind, this particular cast of speech, is nearly over.
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To the best of my judgment, I have labored for, and not against, the Union. As I have not felt, so I have not expressed any harsh sentiment towards our Southern brethren. I have constantly declared, as I really believed, the only difference between them and us is the difference of circumstances.
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You should only have so many accessories. You have to make sure you have the right ones at the right time.
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When I was in school, there was no such thing as girls' athletics.
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It used to hurt me that people thought I didn't have the technique and the temperament to play Test cricket.
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Being at the Apollo, I was always starstruck.
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The words of truth are always paradoxical.
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Remember this: classics never make a comeback. They wait for that perfect moment to take the spotlight from overdone, tired trends.
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Forethought we may have, undoubtedly, but not foresight.
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I think back to the 1990s, when I joined the Army, and all those peacetime years that we had, thinking, 'Will we ever go into combat?'
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When the word 'morality' comes up in connection with economics, income distribution and financial stability are usually the issues. Is it moral for rich countries to use such a high proportion of the world's resources or for investment bankers to earn large bonuses?
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Everything that has happened to me has been amazing and surprising.
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I had seen birth and death but had thought they were different.
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There was a long time where I was an 'artist' in quotes, who had no money. But I guess back then I also never had a girlfriend.
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I am not a hound; I am an attention-seeker. Very different animal. My kind of attention requires greater finesse.
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In the British Special Air Service, combat fitness is all about running.
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Extremism is always potentially dangerous, but in Hungary's political reality, Jobbik and the other far-right parties have no chance of having a major influence.
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There are no limits to our future if we don't put limits on our people.
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I don't think you need a particular day to dedicate to your dad or to make your father or parents feel special. A child should make his or her parents feel special every day and vice versa.
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What I've discovered from working with my father is that I'm still learning. I'm just a kid in this business. And I've seen from my father transitioning into being a director, that's where the power lies. And, like he says, it's feast or famine for an actor. If you're not creating your own material, then you're just fighting for whatever's out there. I definitely have the desire to go to the other side.
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I'm so grateful that anyone has connected with my songs, let alone millions of people.
