Amandla Stenberg Quotes
I'm lucky because the most dangerous thing that could happen to me is that someone will say something mean on a computer screen miles away, and so I feel like if that's all that I'm facing, then why would I not use my platform to talk about things?Amandla Stenberg
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I think I was lucky I got into art college. That's what saved me.
Sam Taylor-Johnson -
I'm 43. I'm not ready to sit down in a chair with my name on it yet.
Damien Hirst -
Pursuit and seduction are the essence of sexuality. It's part of the sizzle.
Camille Paglia -
Today, not to take away from any of the present artists, but music has gotten a little shallow, in my opinion. Everybody's talking about the same thing: sex, money, clothes, cheating... I want to open up not necessarily better conversations, but, in my opinion, more important ones, and touch on things that are actually going on.
La'Porsha Renae -
Basically, after an ABC sitcom I did, I ended up with a holding deal with 20th Century Fox. Absolutely cool. It pays you to be unemployed. And the bigger the entity that gives you the deal, the better.
Nathan Fillion -
Success consists in being successful, not in having potential for success. Any wide piece of ground is the potential site of a palace, but there's no palace till it's built.
Fernando Pessoa
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The Chinese are brought up to believe that you should be silent in class. The teacher speaks, and you just listen and absorb what they say.
Caleb Deschanel -
People work hard.
Iain Duncan Smith -
There are constant challenges in the drawing process, especially in a period piece, and therein lay the fun.
Nate Powell -
I really love Alexa Chung's style. I really think she gets it right all the time. I've never seen a picture of her where I didn't love the outfit.
Karen Gillan -
When I started playing in bands, we had to be apologetic for what we did. We had to be apologetic because the mainstream was so bad.
Jack Antonoff Fun. -
Success is so bad for everybody, period. Especially a certain kind of success, when people practically give up their identity. They forget who they are, how they are.
Jack Dunphy
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African-Americans know about racism, but I don't think we really know the causes. I decided it's first of all a family problem.
Bebe Moore Campbell -
I think there's always been singers like that and i've done my fair share of cheese as well.
Marc Almond Soft Cell -
It is natural to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes to that siren until she allures us to our death.
Patrick Henry -
I will raise a book to Brian Thomsen.
Ed Greenwood -
I love connected culture.
Jack Antonoff Fun. -
Things look especially bleak for common killers such as diabetes and heart disease. Those ailments clearly have a genetic component. But when scientists survey genes looking for which mutations patients have in common, they come up empty.
Sam Kean
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I don't put anything in front of taking ski racing and sports seriously.
Bode Miller -
I believe the ultimate source of blessings is within us. A good motivation and honesty bring self-confidence , which attracts the trust and respect of others. Therefore the real source of blessings is in our own mind.
Dalai Lama -
I've been on the cover of 'Time' magazine three times, not for my beauty but because what I was doing was newsworthy around the world. I've worked with teams all my life, but I've been nice and I've been kind.
Cheryl Tiegs -
Something has to make you run I don't know why I didn't come
Norah Jones -
The reason why I wanted to direct is because there are personal stories that I want to tell, but also because I love every part of movie making - from the wardrobe to the set decoration to cinematography.
Jason Momoa -
I'm lucky because the most dangerous thing that could happen to me is that someone will say something mean on a computer screen miles away, and so I feel like if that's all that I'm facing, then why would I not use my platform to talk about things?
Amandla Stenberg