Victoria Arlen Quotes
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We have groups that do that, but I can't rap with the mentality of an 18 year old when I'm in my 30's.
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I'm profoundly lucky. I really like it. I really like my work. I've liked it since I was 5 years old.
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I just got to hear every note. After I left Birdland, I started working at the Jazz Gallery. In the end, I still couldn't play, but I knew how to listen. I was probably the world's best listener.
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A physician's physiology has much the same relation to his power of healing as a cleric's divinity has to his power of influencing conduct.
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The mantra from the Obama State Department is 'smart power' - the not-so-new idea that all elements of national power should be utilized to influence other countries.
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If the Soviet Union and the United States have not experienced direct military confrontations, on the other hand, they supported, armed and trained Africans, to fight other Africans.
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We work a lot, and we have a lot of discipline because we are really tired that people know Colombia as a violent country. We just want to change that face of the country, and the music that we're doing is the music that people want, that people love.
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I played didgeridoo from a young age - on the vacuum cleaner, initially.
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Let me be the first to say I can't remember ever having a conversation about the definition of consent when I was a kid. I knew that 'no' meant 'no,' but that's it.
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What you wear onstage is a reflection of your artistry.
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You have to find ways to relate to the characters you get to play. Put it in terms and in a context that speaks to you.
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I've always considered myself to look like a rather plain-and-exhausted bluestocking, so it's rather odd to read Tweets commenting on my appearance.
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I think every business, really, has a unique reason for being, unique assets, unique attributes, a unique history. And that can be turned into a very attractive design story, essentially, that consumers can relate to.
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The thing of which the act of perception is the perception is experienced as something not mental.
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Nothing ever turns out the way people expect it to.
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I don't even know how people read new fiction anymore because there's so much old fiction that exists that seems great that's unread. It's overwhelming to me. But, I mean, I do read. But there probably haven't been many people less literate than me that have been in 'The Paris Review.'
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Fashion is a completely international business.
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War is, in fact, an extension of politics, and in any war, military operations have to be conducted in such a way that they contribute to sustainable political outcomes consistent with vital interests that are at stake in that war.
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Hema ji is a dedicated artist and a perfectionist who continues to rehearse on her lines till she gets them right.
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Selling his new book about this phony baloney war on Christmas, John revealed a very ugly side to himself. He is one of those people who think all religions but his are mistaken. You know, the way a lot of these religious nut bag terrorists think.
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I definitely learned to appreciate there is something about looking good. I think it's been sort of lost in the last 50 years, this idea of looking very nice and very put together.
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The safest thing to do was get rid of the second breast. I just want to give myself the best chance possible to live.
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The best band in the world is Queen, definitely.
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I was written off as a lost cause. But I'm living proof that miracles can happen.
