Alia Shawkat (Alia Martine Shawkat) Quotes
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Loyalty will not permit envy, hate, and uncharitableness to creep into our public thinking.
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I don't care whether people like me or dislike me. I'm not on earth to win a popularity contest. I'm here to be the best human being I possibly can be.
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I was supposed to be a doctor. I was supposed to go to Princeton. And everything I was supposed to do I didn't.
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The term 'personal ambition' immediately puts me off. It feels like finding a sliver of onion in my ice cream. There's nothing wrong with a sliver of onion, but I don't want it in my ice cream.
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Oh, I find it very easy to fall in love.
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If there's a will, prosperity can't be far behind.
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I feel I will always have that spirit bear with me, so I will always feel protected.
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I am not gay; I don't have a relationship with Ricky Martin.
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I could probably name thousands of albums that I want.
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Not all offers I get are exciting and inspiring. I would rather sit at home and not work than jump into mediocrity for the sake of just moving ahead. If it's a good script, I would sacrifice my personal time and grab it.
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Anytime you spend 15 or 16 hours a day with someone, five days a week for six months, that's more time than some people spend with their own families, so it does affect the dynamic between the actors.
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Blackbeard is probably the most infamous pirate who ever lived. He's one of those characters for which most of your work is done before you start.
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It's really hard not to fall into that trap of insecurity when you're a model. Beforehand, I never looked at myself in a huge monitor with 30 people around it every day.
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I have already reached out to the janata, and I am only trying to acquaint myself with people's problems.
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I always wanted to be an actress. It's been very high up on my list of passions, and I did a couple of short courses, and I've studied at school.
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With kiting, you have to land a trick, and in that instant you know whether you won or lost - I knew I could become the best in the world if I trained. But with acting, there are different variations; there's not a right or wrong way. It's so hard because it's so out of your hands. I have no idea what's going to happen!
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Some of the senior people, the very senior astronauts, shook my hand and said, 'K.C., you did a great job. Don't let anyone tell you different.'
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I went to small liberal schools my whole life, and I was also a bad girl in high school; I went to, like, five schools.
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Your own creations are your own children; you gave life to them, so you’ll always have, if not more passion to them, more connections to them.
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When someone you love dies you pay for the sin of outliving her with a thousand piercing regrets.
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I think U.N. organizations are important organizations. They exist for good reasons. And we also admit that there is room for us to improve the way we do business. The WHO will be a very positive and proactive partner in the overall U.N. reform, which is also important.
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My whole life is waiting for the questions to which I have prepared answers.
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Mitch Hurwitz was like a father figure to me. He was so sweet, and he's just so smart.
