Lily Allen (Lily Rose Beatrice Cooper) Quotes
People in this day and age are still under the illusion that every woman who is successful must be being controlled by a man... I'm the boss.
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I see my daft surname as a positive thing. It first dawned on me that I had a comical name when someone called me 'Fishface' on my first day at school. I've heard all the fish jokes since then, many times over.
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There is no button that you push and the next day you become independent.
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I'm just little me, an American who wants to see his country do better.
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Europeans know the importance of the Resistance; it has been the shining example of the modern conscience.
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There's a difference between being posh and being rich.
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St. Louis sprawls where mighty rivers meet - as broad as Philadelphia, but three stories high instead of two, with wider streets and dirtier atmosphere, over the dull-brown of wide, calm rivers. The city overflows into the valleys of Illinois and lies there, writhing under its grimy cloud.
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I know about the sweet home. I went to school with 'em boys, what became Lynyrd Skynyrd; I knew Allen Collins, the skinny girl-beautiful guitarist. I put Allen Collins in every travel piece I do. Travel writing is harrowing, going to Bermuda with a banjo on my knee.
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In sailing, I single-hand, and I want to do the Horn. The Horn is the maximum expression of sailing, the way the Iditarod is the maximum expression of running dogs. It's not to write about it; it's to experience the maximum thing.
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But we cannot rely on foreign help indefinitely.
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Before and after emancipation, the Negro, in self-defense, was propelled toward the white employer. The endowments of wealthy white men have developed great institutions of learning for the Negro, but the freedom of action on the part of these same universities has been curtailed in proportion as they are indebted to white philanthropies.
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All growth depends upon activity. There is no development physically or intellectually without effort, and effort means work.
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But one man never laughed. He was a giant among men. He was Bobby Darin and he was my friend.
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Two hundred channel choices in most homes certainly gives you the world of choice. And so slicing it, dicing it, and offering someone their favorite thing - by the way, if it's not good enough, make it yourself and post it.
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I enjoy money.
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For me, being a writer was never a choice. I was born one. All through my childhood I wrote short stories and stuffed them in drawers. I wrote on everything. I didn't do my homework so I could write.
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I had never danced all my life until I shot for my first song in 'Chirutha.'
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Merriment is always the effect of a sudden impression. The jest which is expected is already destroyed.
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I know your kind, he said. What’s wrong with you is wrong all the way through you.
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Why are so many companies stuck in this factory model of working?
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I definitely don't feel flawless. I felt strong and I made it happen. I tried to believe in myself. You don't know how strong you are until you test yourself.
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I only knew classical music, which to me was the only true music. The only way I could survive at the bar was to mix the classical music with popular songs, and that meant I had to sing. What happened was that I discovered I had a voice plus the talent to mix classical music together with more popular songs, which at the time I detested.
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Part of me feels that I'm letting people down by not being as interesting as my books.
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I know I probably offend some people. I have been talking a little too much so I'm trying not to talk as much.
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People in this day and age are still under the illusion that every woman who is successful must be being controlled by a man... I'm the boss.
