Liya Kebede Quotes
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It is the job of our military to protect America and to hunt down and kill those who would threaten to murder Americans.
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When I first came out, country wouldn't touch me because I was way too rock, and rock wouldn't touch me because I was definitely country.
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Olympics for me is love, peace, united.
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If we want to make a statement about a man's nature on the basis of his physiognomy, we must take everything into account; it is in his distress that a man is tested, for then his nature is revealed.
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Fixity is always momentary. But how can it always be so? If it were, it would not be momentary - or would not be fixity.
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At one time if you were a black writer you had to be one of the best writers in the world to be published. You had to be great. Now you can be good. Mediocre. And that's good.
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I had a very famous trainer tell me once, 'You can usually train a wild animal but never tame a wild animal, ever.' They are always going to be wild, no matter what anybody says.
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A lot of technologies in the world were unusual in the beginning, and became standard. That's the beauty of bottom-up entrepreneurship and innovations.
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My fashion statement depends on my mood. I am more of a tomboy when dressing up, and I have never worn pink in my entire life.
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I liked Dallas better because it was more deceptive, you could do more with it.
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In London I feel free; nobody bothers anyone and everyone is free to express themselves.
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A style is not a matter of camera angles or fancy footwork, it's an expression, an accurate expression of your particular opinion.
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I wrote a great deal about the Civil Rights Movement when I was writing for 'The Nation' in the '60s, and also for Esquire magazine. Reading the biography of Coffin, it just reminded me that in those days, when you saw the term 'Christian,' it usually meant people for civil rights and for justice.
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Most safely shall you tread the middle path.
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There have been few things in my life which have had a more genial effect on my mind than the possession of a piece of land.
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I will be working with David Lynch when I'm 80.
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Quincy Jones' autobiography 'Q' is very good. Because he's a master at music, he's one of our greatest composers, and its good for him to have a book and tell the good ole days when he was with Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Sarah Vaughan and Ray Charles.
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I would never be fearful of any character.
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Books are something social - a writer speaking to a reader - so I think making the reading of a book the center of a social event, the meeting of a book club, is a brilliant idea.
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China needs a currency that reflects underlying economic fundamentals.
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From the age of four, I was a huge comic fan and still am. When Lost in Space came along it was like being in a huge comic so we jumped at the chance of being part of that project and it proved to be a good choice.
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I think people think filmmaking is fun, but I've never thought that. For me it's always been a lot of work and pain and stress.
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One thing modeling taught me is that the spotlight can change everything.
