Ally Condie Quotes
The beauty of dystopia is that it lets us vicariously experience future worlds - but we still have the power to change our own.
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You need a routine, to be able to spend some time with a person, and my lifestyle is constantly on the move.
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I personally do not drink. To drink or not to is one's own choice. So long as it doesn't affect others, it is okay.
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I love to see women who are comfortable in their skin and dress to suit their body - that looks fabulous because it's authentic.
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In 1995, the Chinese government picked a 6-year-old child to succeed the Panchen Lama, the second highest figure in Tibetan Buddhism.
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I like hip-hop, but I don't like concerts. There's, like, sweat on people's backs.
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I don't know who Little Richard is.
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I think great players can play in any year, that's why they're great. A lot of it is down to the mental approach.
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History is the present. That's why every generation writes it anew. But what most people think of as history is its end product, myth.
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But I've always attracted attention, it's true, ever since I was very young.
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My work has always been the thing that justifies my life.
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I was the first actress who branded her own line at a time when everyone just lent their name to a product. Everyone said I shouldn't do it, but it was probably the best thing I've ever done.
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A lot of West Virginia is untouched. It doesn't have as many strip malls, it has these old towns that feel like it used to be how it looked. Charleston has this river that runs through it, and it's really beautiful.
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Travel in all the four quarters of the earth, yet you will find nothing anywhere. Whatever there is, is only here.
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My parents are divorced, and seeing that was really painful for me. Really painful for me. But that's also a big part of why I'm intrigued by the dynamics between people – because I was close to something that fell apart.
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I love Jen Meyer - she's a dear friend, and Tabitha Simmons as well.
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Adele's like a beacon of honesty. Doesn't compromise, goes to America and she's still the same sweary cockney.
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I had a career that was very short, but it had a lot of thrills.
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I can't go into a mob scene and sense the mood and the attitude of the crowd. I can't conduct man-on-the-street interviews or even get reactions that I can be sure are honest, because they know who I am.
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Trying to predict the future is like trying to drive down a country road at night with no lights while looking out the back window.
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Your desire or beliefs will literally be reaching back into time, teaching the nerves new tricks. Definite reorganizations in that past will occur in your present, allowing you to behave in entirely new fashions. Learned behavior therefore alters not only present and future but also past conduct.
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Once I know people know who I am, it gives me a lot of licence and freedom to behave in ways I wouldn't normally.
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Everybody just told me from the day I went into high school that I looked like Carol Burnett.
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The value of a story like 'Deadline' is kids get to look at death at the perfect distance. They can put the book down. They can experience the story, rub up against it, but it's not real life.
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The beauty of dystopia is that it lets us vicariously experience future worlds - but we still have the power to change our own.
