Vanessa Kirby Quotes
So many times, you pick up a script, and you think, 'OK, so she's the sexy one,' or, 'She's the ex-girlfriend.'
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The problem is foster youth don't really have this network that other kids have.
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In my opinion, all relationships between people have some sort of violence, and it is central.
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The networks are not some chicken-coop manufacturing lobby whose calls nobody returns.
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I try to do the right thing at the right time. They may just be little things, but usually they make the difference between winning and losing.
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I don't get bothered by fans.
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I learned so much in Zimbabwe, in particular about the need for humility in our ambition to extend mental health care in countries where there were very few psychiatrists and where the local culture harboured very different views about mental illness and healing. These experiences have profoundly influenced my thinking.
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In some ways, my most comfortable feeling has been that of being an outsider coming in, but over the years I've tired of that and I'm ready to feel at home. That's what music gives me: a feeling of absolute home.
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I think as long as I have a creative outlet, I'm happy.
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Plus, I am paranoid by nature. I need to be in control.
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World-building is my favorite pastime, so with me, I'm always about reining myself in. I don't want to lose too much of the mystery by hammering every detail to death. I did fiddle with lots of maps for 'Glass Sword,' as the second installment sees Mare, Cal and company traveling throughout their country, and that's always fun for me.
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The single most important thing we can do to protect our communities from climate change is to reduce dangerous carbon pollution.
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My choosing Islam was not a political statement; it was a spiritual statement.
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I had a peace all day. I knew it was a tough golf course. I probably prayed more the last three holes than I ever did in my life.
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I'm not very bright about money. I'm not domestic either. If I don't learn how to cook, maybe I won't have to.
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We suffered a terrible blow on 11 September 2001. We responded with fear and anger. A fight-or-flight response is adaptive in any species. For us, given our power, fight was the only response we could imagine.
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My parents worked in the art world. They were really supportive of my music in that they allowed me to drop out of school and move out of our home, which not many parents would do.
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Overall, we had about 50 meetings where the brothers would say that I couldn't do any solo records, I couldn't write for other people, I couldn't do this and I couldn't do that. These guys were trying to nail my feet to the ground.
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A real patriot is the fellow who gets a parking ticket and rejoices that the system works.
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And let me tell you, you boys of America, that there is no higher inspiration to any man to be a good man, a good citizen, and a good son, brother, or father, than the knowledge that you come from honest blood.
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Bullying has been around forever, and so it became one of these issues that as an adult we look back on and say, 'Yeah, it's just one of those unfortunate parts of growing up.' You know you're not going to stop it, so it just became easier to call it one of those things that 'just happens.'
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The way that I grew up, we ate very whole, real, natural foods.
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Without the oceans there would be no life on Earth.
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So many times, you pick up a script, and you think, 'OK, so she's the sexy one,' or, 'She's the ex-girlfriend.'
