Victoria Arlen Quotes
I think there's a lot of people going through different things where you feel like your whole world's imploded, and you feel like you lost it all, whether it's physical, emotional, whatever you're going through. If I can be that beacon of hope for people that need it the most through dancing and through our storytelling, then I've done my job.
Quotes to Explore
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Don't taunt the alligator until after you've crossed the creek.
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I work in the most non-Communist job. I work for 'Martha Stewart Living.'
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In a play, the director is God, and I'm a great arguer. Rather boringly so, I think, about trying different things.
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If people hate me they hate me.
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When you are at the bottom, you find beauty in such little things, and goodness in such little gestures. When I compare any struggle today to ones that I may have had in my childhood, there is nothing that can bring me down.
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You need tremendous spirituality to stop yourself falling into the abyss.
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Look, there ought to be politics in politics.
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I had this maroon 'Lion King' tracksuit that my mum couldn't take off me. I wore it until the sleeves ended at my elbows and the trousers ended at my knees.
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My mantra is: 'Good design accelerates the adoption of new ideas.'
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If you're a novelist, as I am in real life, you're usually so desperate for any kind of feedback.
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I own a guitar, a piano, a bass.
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I hope that one day when I'll go back to Pakistan, I will build a university like Harvard.
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The spirit of L.A. is untamed wilderness. It's earthquakes and wildfires and oceans and mountain lions and fog. There's great physical beauty.
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I can never believe how much time and energy and money and talent and everything else is being poured into horrible ideas.
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You think, 'You hired me because I'm a creative artist with a vision. Don't try and knock it out of me.'
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I love Paul Giamatti - God, that man is like a walking Chekhov. His connection to humanity is unbelievable, and those feelings of low self-esteem - the way that all comes together on the screen? Delicious.
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I have a very musical family from my Scottish roots.
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Intimacy is something to be cherished, and intimacy is not something to be afraid of.
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I talked to him before the game, and I asked him why in some games he is not aggressive, and some games he is. He gave me an excuse, and I didn't buy it. Andre is not selfish at all, but he has to be selfish in that sense, to try and get shots up, because we need him to.
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I take the longest to get ready of anyone. I've been going in two hours before the show every performance.
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Californians are people who insist on growing their own vegetables, but they won't dig up the pretty lawn, won't plant anything for fear of getting dirty, and they use fragrant bath salts from The Body Shop instead of smelly compost.
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You learn if you mind stay open. And once you can't learn no more, your mind must be closed. Life goes on and you keep growing, you know?
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Choreography is mentally draining, but there's a pleasure in getting into the studio with the dancers and the music.
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I think there's a lot of people going through different things where you feel like your whole world's imploded, and you feel like you lost it all, whether it's physical, emotional, whatever you're going through. If I can be that beacon of hope for people that need it the most through dancing and through our storytelling, then I've done my job.
