Ally Brooke (Allyson Brooke Hernandez) Quotes
Nicki Minaj is definitely somebody that we love. She is such a powerful, strong woman, and she's so talented.
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I was taught from a very early age that I had to work twice as hard to get half as much. That was the world I grew up in - a very strong work ethic.
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Would I describe myself as new Labour? I'm Labour, organised Labour. I think labels have a limited use and that's where you really get into boy stuff sometimes, just sticking on labels.
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I think comedy is one of the hardest things to do.
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The existing U.N. can be found in the writings of early Communist leaders.
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It would have been fun to have played Tim Robbins' role in Bull Durham.
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In a democracy, power is not permanent.
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Spiritual practice should not be confused with grim duty. It is the laughter of the Dalai Lama and the wonder born with every child.
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My father's death from prostate cancer in 1993 was tragic. He never complained about pain. He was a fighter. By the time he was ready to die he wasn't able to die in the way that he wanted to, which seemed an outrage to me.
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Until I went to rehab, I didn't understand what it did.
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I'm trying to have some longevity in this business. If that means not working for a while and just picking the right job, so be it.
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When I started studying tenor saxophone as a kid in Belfast, I did so with a guy named George Cassidy, who was also a big inspiration.
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'Moonlight' is a story that hasn't been told. Whether placed as queer black cinema or urban male cinema, the lack of coming-of-age films featuring people like Chiron and set in places like inner-city Miami is pronounced and unfortunate.
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Motherhood is so sentimentalised and romanticised in our culture. It's practically against the law to say there are moments in the day when you hate your children. Everyone actually has those moments.
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When you're going through a breakup, you should just let yourself feel everything so you can get over it as opposed to pretending everything's okay and dragging it out.
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The sound principle of a topsy-turvy lifestyle in the framework of an upside-down world order has stood every test.
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Publishing is a business, and I completely understand it. But when you don't have to depend on writing for your identity or your income, you can do whatever you want.
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Stepping away from Fun. was both exciting and terrifying.
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I've discovered all kinds of music and done all kinds of music over the past 40 years, from playing tango with Piazzolla to all the different bands I've had.
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Marketing is what you do when your product is no good.
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I think Alma Reville was the only one Alfred Hitchcock trusted. When it came to issues of taste or what the audience wanted, down to editing, script and casting, he would turn to her first. She was his partner.
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I went to a state school in Christchurch, New Zealand, and then straight on to the University of Canterbury. But I worked part-time all the way through high school: first with a paper round, then at a fast-food outlet, a video store and a hardware store.
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If a woman gets tough in negotiations, she's difficult, whereas a man would be considered a brilliant businessman.
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When you meet powerful men or just read about them in the newspapers, you see that they don't have a sense of boundaries.
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Nicki Minaj is definitely somebody that we love. She is such a powerful, strong woman, and she's so talented.
