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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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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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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My husband cooks fancier food for himself than I've ever cooked on-air. I call him from the road, and he's making champagne-vanilla salmon or black-cherry pork chop. Half of me is feeling unworthy. Not only am I not a chef, I'm not a better cook than my own husband!
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I admired the work ethic of the cowboys I read about. The idea of these young people taking on this much responsibility was impressive. I would like modern readers to have an appreciation of this.
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And so it fell upon a day, (That is, it never rose again)
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A pilgrim is a wanderer with a purpose.
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Charm is often despised but I can never see why. No one has it who isn't capable of genuinely liking others, at least at the actual moment of meeting and speaking. Charm is always genuine; it may be superficial but it isn't false.
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It was a very emotional dinner... Everyone shared personal stories about her and gave her words of encouragement and inspiration. Everyone tried to remain positive.
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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.
