Lilly Singh Quotes
Honestly, I just wear what makes me feel good. So many people come up to me, and they're like, 'Did you know you're a tomboy? You should try wearing dresses.'
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Since 9/11, there has been a huge leap in people wanting to get personally involved in public service and international affairs.
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At college, I wanted to be a poet. I liked the extremely concentrated language, the atmosphere of otherworldliness.
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When I show a film at a festival, I am showing myself. Everything is at stake for me.
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I've always thought that I'm sexy in my own right, but not in a way that people thought was bankable.
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I learned that we can do anything, but we can't do everything... at least not at the same time. So think of your priorities not in terms of what activities you do, but when you do them. Timing is everything.
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The only thing documentary filmmakers have to work with, at least the way I make films, is trust. That's been true of everyone from James Carville and George Stephanopoulos to the kids in 'American High' to the soldiers in 'Military Diaries' to Anna Wintour to Dick Cheney.
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My big love was the Beatles. I was more into music.
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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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If you get something like 'Avatar,' it opens up a lot of big blockbuster doors.
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I feel like my competition is everything else that's competing for people's attention, not just other print magazines, newspapers and cable. It's your kid's report card and the games you want to play, all the things that compete for people's time.
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If money was being invented now, it wouldn't be designed to look like cash or credit cards. It would look more like Bitcoin.
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Ringside seats mean you hear the breaking of ribs, the splattered cartilage of what was once the boxer's nose, the dislocation of the jaw, the horrifying 'ugggh' that the boxer utters milliseconds after receiving a crushing left hook to the solar plexus or kidneys or head.
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I never dreamt, in my dream, I'm Dalai Lama.
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I really want to play a superhero. I want to take the role-model thing up a notch. I've always been a fan of movies and TV, and to be able to play the ultimate TV superhero would be awesome.
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We need to address our Nation's mounting garbage problem by generating less garbage, particularly paper waste.
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The kids are not brought up to have minds of their own as individuals.
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I spent most of the '60s, when I was starting to try to write novels, living and working in Greece and Turkey. These are countries where the ancient past is interfused with the daily present, and I remember being struck with wonder at the constant sense of continuity and connection, the reminders that lie in wait for you at every turn.
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Deepen your existing spiritual commitment.
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I love to fly so much.
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I'm honestly all over the board. I think if I had to pick one, I'd probably say it's country first, but I listen to literally everything: country, pop, rock, rap.
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I love grey. My mom told me that when I was younger, I would get mildly depressed when it was grey all the time. I'd be darker when it was dark out. But as an adult, I really love it.
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I think I am less self-assured when I write English than I would be if I were writing in my first language. I have to test each sentence over and over to be sure that it's right, that I haven't introduced some element that isn't English.
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Science isn't just for scientists - it's not just a training for careers.
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Honestly, I just wear what makes me feel good. So many people come up to me, and they're like, 'Did you know you're a tomboy? You should try wearing dresses.'
