Lily Collins Quotes
A lot of people in my generation have dared to ask questions like, 'Who is James Dean?' And I can't imagine asking a question like that, just because it's been ingrained in me since I was so young.
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I am an American citizen born in Kuwait of Egyptian parents. I grew up in Great Britain, Malaysia, and Egypt and have lived in the United States since 1965, when I was seventeen.
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To write a good mystery you have to know where it will end before you can decide where it will begin... and I've always known where it will end.
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I don't care to be remembered as the man who scored six touchdowns in a game. I want to be remembered as a winner in life.
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Sometimes I try a Mai Tai. It's so fruity. It's a little embarrassing, but I like it.
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I get a lot of influence from pro wrestling. People are like, 'Oh, it's fake.' But it's not about whether the guy wins or loses, it's about how he entertains you the whole time you're watching.
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It's just my natural way - to be funny. I don't know why that is. But as I've said, humor is a quick cover for shock, horror, confusion. The critics hate funny writers for the most part. They think funny is not serious, but I think that funny can be even more serious than nonfunny. And it can be more affecting, too.
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At Ozon, salaries are evaluated every year based on market benchmarks which are gender neutral.
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I get a choice every time I have to open my mouth: that it can be with civility and dignity and grace - or not.
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As I grew up in that world and saw how much it affected her world and how much it affected our childhood, it made me very aware of politics. Of course, I have my own private feelings and thoughts, but I don't care to share them.
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I have been interested in fashion since I was a kid. Then I lived in London, where it was more about costume and a personal statement of who you are than about fashion.
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'Trapped in the Closet' is pretty much forever. I've got a leash on this thing now. I'm going to walk it.
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I'm addicted to food, so if you bring the cake and stuff to my house, I might walk by and take a swipe of icing and keep it moving. So what happens is I try to not keep it around.
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We are in favor of greater free markets.
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I do not fear Satan half so much as I fear those who fear him.
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To the soldier, luck is merely another word for skill.
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I just feel like whenever the team needs a bucket, I can come and get it. I feel I'm a really good scorer.
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You don't want people rooting for anything other than the team that they love and the players that they think the world of to win. We don't want there to be another agenda.
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I never had the high-paying job or the company car. It took me over a decade to pay off my student loans. I never had to worry about where to dock my yacht to reduce my taxes.
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You're not free in life until you're free of wanting other people's approval.
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Everyone you talk to in the world, whether they know it or not, because the catalog is so vast, a lot of times people have favorite songs that are Motown songs that they didn't even know were Motown songs.
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I think that emotionally, I've probably felt a little bit more balanced when I started writing again.
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A lot of people in my generation have dared to ask questions like, 'Who is James Dean?' And I can't imagine asking a question like that, just because it's been ingrained in me since I was so young.
