Lynsey Addario Quotes
The first time I visited Afghanistan in May 2000, I was 26 years old, and the country was under Taliban rule. I went there to document Afghan women and landmine victims.
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In vast parts of the world, people don't eat meat.
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Our most intimate friend is not he to whom we show the worst, but the best of our nature.
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Put simply, the doctrine of 'Fair Use' applies to content republished from copyrightable material and how much of that content is, literally, fair to use.
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Life is made up of marble and mud.
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When I find the right information, the Web is a blessing; when I don't, it's a distraction.
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I wrote music as soon as I knew notation.
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I've never been someone who needs a lot of takes or enjoys a lot of takes. I like the fast thing of it.
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We must honestly face our relationship with Great Britain.
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As an actor, you don't want to play a one-dimensional character.
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But you have to be creative on how you sell yourself and market yourself.
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I've always felt that the obligation of teachers is to have a huge, broad overview and to provide a foundation course to the students. The long view of history is absolutely crucial.
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In studio films, everything has to be boxed in, everybody needs to know beforehand - this is comedy, this is sci-fi, this is drama - and what's the point of independent film if you don't get to experiment?
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The real difference between the United States and other nations lies not in the words of the preamble to the Constitution, but in the fact that the substantive clauses of that Constitution are enforced by individuals independent of and not beholden to the elected branches.
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I had to make peace with my past because I can't change it.
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New York for a long time was a kind of conductor's graveyard.
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Sometimes, I'm very embarrassed.
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It's kind of fun to do the impossible.
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When I go home, I play with my baby dolls and strollers and diaper bags, and play with my sisters.
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The main problem in Britain is that there are too many competitions and too many games. There is no time to prepare properly for Europe or to introduce new ideas because there is far too much emphasis on domestic football.
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The women on that list are amazing, so to be on it for the first time and have this position is crazy. I’m not one to walk around and strut like Miss Thing, so I’m pretty humbled.
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I think that the first men to land on Pluto are going to make some very astonishing discoveries. But I am also sure that they will never go there in rockets. They will have to make the immense trip by some more powerful means - like the anti-gravitational drive.
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I felt that the Star Wars series became very pretentious as time went on. Just heavy and leaden.
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May Allah have mercy on him who sends me my faults as a present.
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The first time I visited Afghanistan in May 2000, I was 26 years old, and the country was under Taliban rule. I went there to document Afghan women and landmine victims.
