Lily Collins Quotes
I couldn't handle the pain and confusion surrounding my dad's divorce, and I was having a hard time balancing being a teenager with pursuing two different grown-up careers.
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When I was 11, I realised that I did not have to live the life my mother had: school, marriage, children, apartment, summer house.
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You go to a theater now and you literally see parents watching the movie and they suddenly cover their kid's ears. I figured I'd make one movie where they didn't have to do this.
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Working as a musician, I have to constantly generate new material, so school keeps me sharp. Reading and writing all the time helps me to be a better songwriter.
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The camera fails to capture the 'business' in show business! We typically will give 10 percent of our salary to the agent, 10 percent to the manager, and 5 percent to the lawyer, plus the publicist gets a flat fee, which needs to be budgeted for.
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I'm more like an animalistic rock chick.
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To be at ease is better than to be at business. Nothing really belongs to us but time, which even he has who has nothing else.
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Reducing carbon emissions is important, but it is shortsighted if not coupled with reducing the toxic emissions from our heart; and that is something spiritual leaders are supposed to teach and something all thinking people, regardless of their beliefs, should practice.
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I hadn't learned to read by third grade, which wasn't unusual for some kids. I knew something was wrong because I couldn't see or understand the words the way the other kids did. I wasn't the least bit bothered - until I was sent back to the second-grade classroom for reading help after school.
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Acting is exciting. It is different every time you do it.
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The first thing I read was of my character on the phone talking to Sydney's fiance. Though short, it was so beautifully written, and it made me laugh. I thought if I wanted to play a character, this would be it.
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It has been said that the love of money is the root of all evil. The want of money is so quite as truly.
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If people hate me they hate me.
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Any job very well done that has been carried out by a person who is fully dedicated is always a source of inspiration.
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I don't talk in ifs.
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I love being a father. It's one of my big jobs is just being a parent. It's one of my favorite things I do.
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We need to get the corporate money out of the political system and return democracy to the people.
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I do comedy to give people an ephemeral escape from the tragedy that permeates everyday life.
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Common Core isn't a test, but for some people it is, because they don't like the testing piece of it.
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I just think if you're 44 years old and you're not smarter than you were when you were 35 years old or 25 years old, just stay in your room.
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Love should dare everything when it has everything to fear.
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My dad grew up in Banbridge, Northern Ireland, desperate to get to London. I grew up in London, so I don't know what it's like to yearn for the big city from a small town.
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Before I did 'Rush Hour,' I was a big fan of Jackie Chan movies and I had seen all of them.
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What is the good of drawing conclusions from experience? I don't deny we sometimes draw the right conclusions, but don't we just as often draw the wrong ones?
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I couldn't handle the pain and confusion surrounding my dad's divorce, and I was having a hard time balancing being a teenager with pursuing two different grown-up careers.
