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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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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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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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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Everybody knew that I could type pretty well.
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Venezuela, given its extraordinary educational, cultural, and social developments, and its vast energy and natural resources, is called on to become a revolutionary model for the world.
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The real story is that I had unprotected sex. That's that. That's easy.
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Any powerful technology can be abused.
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After I lost my fiance, it seemed like it would be better to always be alone than to risk being hurt again.
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Creating new jobs for Pennsylvanians continues to be my highest priority throughout the Commonwealth.
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Bob Dylan impresses me about as much as... well, I was gonna say a slug but I like slugs.
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Spend time reflecting on your emotional and physical existence and how that applies to the voice. You have to apply that wisdom and experience when you sing - it's what comes through.
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I definitely felt by the time I got to grad school - which was a great experience - I was like, 'What's the difference between the teachers and the students? Why are the teachers teachers if they want to be acting?' It didn't make sense to me anymore. It's not like you learn how to set a broken bone and you get the stamp of approval.
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I think I'm lucky having parents that have been in show business for a while, and they don't care about the shiny stuff so much. They raised me in that way - to stay grounded, not to chase the shiny, pretty things.
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True zeal is connected with a holy life. It is remarkable how often the greatest zealots for God, the Church, and sound doctrine (as they regard it), have been unholy and even immoral in their lives.
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Your profession is not what brings home your weekly paycheck, your profession is what you're put here on earth to do, with such passion and such intensity that it becomes spiritual in calling.
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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.
