Alia Shawkat (Alia Martine Shawkat) Quotes
Yeah, I've worked with a couple of female directors, now, and I think that they're amazing. As good or better than guy directors.
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If it weren't for the Internet, WWE probably wouldn't even know my name. If I had to rely on 'Pro Wrestling Illustrated' to get my name out there, it would have been a much more difficult road.
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What is freedom of expression? Without the freedom to offend, it ceases to exist.
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I was incredibly determined - I wrote short stories, I wrote the beginnings of novels. I wrote a little children's book and sent it to the editor-in-chief of the children's division of Simon and Schuster and she asked me to write a little children's book for a series she was doing.
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There are a lot of films that are drug dramas, and we didn't want to tell Scarface again.
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The Harvard Law states: Under controlled conditions of light, temperature, humidity, and nutrition, the organism will do as it damn well pleases.
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In the '70s... there were rock players, and there were jazz players.
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Today, for the first time - and the Obama campaign showed us this - we can go from the digital world, from the self-organizing power of networks, to the physical one.
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Here we were, corrupting all those Russians toward communism.
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I feel like, as a celebrity, I have a responsibility to tell important stories.
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I had those kind of parents where I watched all of these very sophisticated movies: 'Five Easy Pieces', 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.'
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All I ever wanted to do is make music.
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I love puppies, and I love animals in general. Besides that, I do martial arts: extreme martial arts. I also play real guitar and drums, and sing. And I'm taking some college classes, hoping to major in English and creative writing.
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Item numbers are not my cup of tea.
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You think, 'You hired me because I'm a creative artist with a vision. Don't try and knock it out of me.'
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I'm married now, so I have a life. I had to get a life. That's one thing I really had to do, you know. You do that kind of work on television series after television series and you don't have a life. So, that's part of what I did while I was gone, I got a life.
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I never dreamt, in my dream, I'm Dalai Lama.
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My dad is always there for me, and no matter how busy, he always makes it a point to answer my calls. I think he knows what is best for me better than me and is very involved in planning my career. Feel blessed to have a dad like him.
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I just want to be really clear about this: Anyone who has read Colin Powell's biography - there's an entire section where he talks about experiencing segregation. Colin Powell did not appear when he became head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. That's not how it happened.
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New markets could be created by rural potentials, which could lead to rise in the employment.
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I was dating a guy that was a huge wrestling fan and I'm embarrassed to say it now but I used to make fun of him for watching it.
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I think the worst part about a breakup sometimes, if one could choose a worst part, would possibly be if you get out of a relationship, and you don't recognize yourself because you changed a lot about you.
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Hanson plays music that is very much a part of everything.
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If you're lucky enough to experience love, what you find is that it can sustain you through the most difficult times.
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Yeah, I've worked with a couple of female directors, now, and I think that they're amazing. As good or better than guy directors.
