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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I think pink is one of the saddest colors in the world, and many American humans are taught not to take anything pink seriously, which is weird.
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I do have a side of me that would just love to be stuck in the woods and have to stick it out and be really resourceful.
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We didn't lose the game; we just ran out of time.
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Only by working together can we preserve those institutions of family and community, rights and responsibilities, law and self-government that is the hallmark of this nation. For, it turns out, we do not persevere alone. Our character is not found in isolation. Hope does not arise by putting our fellow man down; it is found by lifting others up.
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I do think there are trends in your life once youve been auditioning long enough. I was the angry teenager and then the sweet victim.
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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.
