Vicky Krieps Quotes
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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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I have accumulated so many experiences, so much, that I want to be able to realize so many things. This is why I have basically given up most of my positions.
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Obviously it's more fun having my teammates there and having all that camaraderie, but individual workouts are not a loss.
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We here in Egypt are fed up with U.S. colonialism.
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Our house was awash in books, and my mother doled out her favorites like they were special treats - which they were.
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I'm not trying to set the world on fire; I just want to make really beautiful clothes that women want to wear, can afford, and can really see themselves in.
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Maybe we adults idealize our own red-rover days, the hot afternoons spent playing games that required no coaches, eating foods that involved no nutrition, getting dirty in whole new ways and rarely glancing in the direction of a screen of any kind.
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An artist's job is simply to take the mirror in front of your face and hold it there. It's not to give you any answers. It is simply to take that mirror and point it at you.
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It is just as important to set apart time for the development of our aesthetic faculties as for cultivating the money-getting instinct. A man cannot live by bread alone. His higher life demands an impalpable food.
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The community of masses of human beings has produced an order of life in regulated channels which connects individuals in a technically functioning organisation, but not inwardly from the historicity of their souls.
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It gets quite difficult for me when I listen to pop music. I don't often understand the words, but when someone translates them to me, I think, 'What is this song representing? That women are just there to be treated like objects?'
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Nothing is funnier than unhappiness, I grant you that. Yes, yes, it's the most comical thing in the world.
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I didn't work hard to make Ruby perfect for everyone, because you feel differently from me. No language can be perfect for everyone. I tried to make Ruby perfect for me, but maybe it's not perfect for you. The perfect language for Guido van Rossum is probably Python.
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Greater than the tread of mighty armies is an idea whose time has come.
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The best leaders don't set timid and selfish goals but instead set bold targets that may be harder to achieve.
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We are convinced that locking Russia out of Europe is not rational.
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As a rule, all relationships go through their ups and downs. It's really about how much you want it.
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I live in the moment. I can turn the page and move on.
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There are few people so stubborn in their atheism who, when danger is pressing in, will not acknowledge the divine power.
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I think today women are very scared to celebrate themselves, because then they just get labeled.
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There are four types: the cretin, the imbecile, the stupid and the mad. Normality is a balanced mixture of all four.
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The best thing about writing speculative fiction is the opportunity to satirize the whole wide world. The America in 'A Better World' isn't ours, but it's pretty close, so I could lampoon everything from partisan politics to the cult of celebrity to our general disaffection. To me, all that is the point.
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It seemed too glamorous to me to be an actress like in the movies.
