Lesley Lawson (Twiggy) Quotes
At sixteen, I was a funny, skinny little thing, all eyelashes and legs. And then, suddenly people told me it was gorgeous. I thought they had gone mad.
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I cannot summon up inspiration; I myself am summoned.
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I dread shooting with animals. I hope I never get a script with snakes.
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The main thing I want to do is make people feel more connected and more active.
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Though many corporations honor commitments to reduce dangerous pollution, some cut corners and cheat. The marketplace doesn't always have mechanisms to correct bad actors.
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My dad's a doctor, and when I was 8, I went to one of his medical conferences where they were demonstrating laser surgery on a chicken. I was so mad that a chicken had to die, I never ate meat again.
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When I was a kid, I had two great guilty pleasures. One was horror movies and the other was martial arts movies.
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As far back as I can remember though, I always loved performing.
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I got to write most of everything I said.
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Fiji had experienced the ordeal of two military coups.
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At the end of the day, I'd love to see children stop begging their parents to go to the circus. That's what would make me most happy.
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I've had the same barber since I was about 14 years old.
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We do not yet have the solutions to these questions, but the awareness that we live in an endangered world is present in more and more life situations.
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My great-grandchildren will not be able to enjoy the Gulf Coast of Louisiana the way I have.
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Gun owners and non-gun owners alike agree on expanding background checks, making gun trafficking a serious crime with stiff penalties, making it illegal for all stalkers and all domestic abusers to buy guns, and expanding mental health resources so the mentally ill find it easier to receive treatment than to buy firearms.
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I can't read novels while I'm writing a novel, because somebody's voice creeps in.
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Men are domineering in rural Haryana, and that shows in sport, too.
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I changed that system in Florida when I was the Speaker of the House - I was the Minority Leader; I saw for 16 years the way a power system works.
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We're all idealistic when young.
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I always say that the largest party in every country - the largest opposition group in every country - is the youth party.
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Too many people in government seem to think they are above regular folks, and I said I would expect humility in the way each member of my team served- that they would recognize that the taxpayer is boss.
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I think you can do science fiction, but you have to ground it in some realism. People need to identify with the characters, with their plights and their issues.
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I know I don't mind sharing my defects, my deficiencies, partly in the hope that someone will hear it and know that they're not alone.
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At sixteen, I was a funny, skinny little thing, all eyelashes and legs. And then, suddenly people told me it was gorgeous. I thought they had gone mad.
