Lily Collins Quotes
Even in L.A., where everyone's in yoga pants, I've never been the girl to run around in sweats.
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The scramble to get into college is going to be so terrible in the next few years that students are going to put up with almost anything, even an education.
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I am a proud Zionist. I can tell you about every blossom that grows in this land. I know the history and the Bible.
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I stayed in the astronaut program until 1993. People ask me why I left. I thought I had a lot of things to contribute that would be difficult to do if I stayed. I thought I could have a stronger voice as an advocate for space exploration. So I ended up starting my own technology consulting company.
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Fundamentally, footballers don't look around a dressing room and think, 'He's a black player... he's Japanese.' They don't think like that. They think, 'He's a good player; he can help. He's not very good.' I'm not trying to defend anyone's actions, but there are going to be isolated incidents because it's an emotive, passionate sport.
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You're never going to read 'The Wealth of Nations,' and you shouldn't, really. It's 900 pages.
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I usually get my stuff from people who promised somebody else that they would keep it a secret.
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I like science fiction, I like fantasy, I like time travel, so I had this idea: What if you had a phone that could call into the past?
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I grew up in uptown Jamaica; I went to a rich school. I was raised by my mother and my stepfather; they made sure education came before anything. I had a good childhood, grew up spending time with my bigger brothers and sisters. My people are good people. I was exposed to a lot of different kinds of people and culture.
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Hebrew is the language I use to thank the Creator and, also, to swear on the road.
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The moment there is suspicion about a person's motives, everything he does becomes tainted.
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When you argue with your inferiors, you convince them of only one thing: they are as clever as you.
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Dealing with the government does not mean you have to give a bribe.
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We should like to have some towering geniuses, to reveal us to ourselves in colour and fire, but of course they would have to fit into the pattern of our society and be able to take orders from sound administrative types.
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In my lifetime, Mitt Romney is the most qualified leader I've ever seen run for the presidency of the United States.
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The sovereignty of scriptures of all religions must come to an end if we want to have a united integrated modern India.
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My sister is dyslexic, and she's so smart, so intelligent in all of the ways that matter.
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You make your mark by being true to who you are and letting that be your staple.
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It may be that Tolstoy and Virginia Woolf were sitting around fretting about their Amazon reviews or their pre-pub whatever, but I kind of doubt it. I don't think that's how the work probably got made.
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It's nice to just embrace the natural beauty within you.
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Galleries began growing in both number and size in the late seventies, when artists who worked in lofts wanted to exhibit their work in spaces similar to the ones the art was made in.
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I don't like to be out of my comfort zone, which is about a half an inch wide.
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It's a character-builder to be a fan of the Chicago Cubs.
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Like every girl, I felt amazing pressure to look like the popular girls, but no one told me the popular girls were all air brushed in magazines.
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Even in L.A., where everyone's in yoga pants, I've never been the girl to run around in sweats.
