Alicia Silverstone Quotes
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The essential relationship across American history between black people and white people is one of exploitation and one of plunder. This is not, you know, necessarily about, you know, whether you're a good person or not or whether you see black people, you know, on the street, and you're willing to shake their hands and be polite.
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It's always humbling, knowing where we came from. From being friends with the janitor in the bar and being friends with the waitress - because they were some of the only people that were listening when we finished playing - to this, we are able to appreciate every single person and every single piece of it, because we came from nothing to this.
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People are like, 'What's Game of Thrones about?' I'm like, 'It's in the title.' For real, this is a game for the Iron Throne. No matter what character you are, you're sucked into that at some point.
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Some people thought I'd be on the PGA Tour, that I'd win tournaments, play in majors, contend in majors, win majors. I thought they were crazy.
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I love London, I love the British people.
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It's always convenient for certain people to heap accusations on Israel.
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Something like 'The Matrix' would be ideal, something where it's super agents and wire work and special effects - not necessarily running from bombs and shooting people. Something more sleek, like an assassin.
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I've lived most people's dream by playing football.
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I don't want to privatise part of the parliament, like some people in Russia.
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You know, it's a really adult thing, for some people, to choose to not be with the one that you love.
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I think it would be funny for people to read in obituaries of me that my major contribution to the arts was the popularization of the phrases 'neutral facial expression' and 'screaming in agony.'
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I do things, and other people laugh at them. I rarely know what the joke is supposed to be or why they're laughing.
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I'm just very pleased and thankful that there was a receptive audience of people that I was able to connect with.
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For as long as our people are held hostage by controllable socio-economic forces, we cannot afford to be indifferent to the ravages of poverty in all its dimensions and ramifications.
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If you stop and think about who was in the 'Lassie' movies, it's difficult to think who was in them, apart from Elizabeth Taylor. You remember the dog, not the people! So if you're going to be in a movie, and it's called 'Gremlins', it's going to be about Gremlins, and what people are going to remember are the Gremlins.
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I've always ignored the labels people put on things.
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People don't just love mysteries. They are obsessed with them - especially the kind that are never definitively solved.
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The world's greatest city - New York City - deserves a government that works for all New Yorkers. That starts with a mayor who is independent from party bosses and special interests, who isn't afraid to be honest with the people, and who is focused on the issues New Yorkers care about most.
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I have always said that, more than 'big bang' reforms, it is every day what is happening, changing on the ground.
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To me it's all about textures, and that's the side of music that I'm finding really exciting. I feel like it's one of the only parts of music that mankind hasn't fully discovered yet.
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I have no connection with Hollywood. I'm not interested. I don't care.
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I had to groan a bit on the couch when my brow was mopped-as it is when you've been shot across the chest.
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Irony is an insult conveyed in the form of a compliment.
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I think people want love in their lives.
