Andra Day Quotes
My style was established in the Forties and Fifties, then got dragged through the decades and picked up a couple more things on the way.
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Comedy's really subjective, you know; that's why it's so hard.
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Many people thought I would never succeed, because I am so Russian. So Russian, hundred percent.
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I think success is very hard work, so, you know, if you work hard and you have some success, you have to give up something.
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I'm half-black, half-white, so I basically put it like this: I can fit in anywhere. That's why I write so many stories from so many different perspectives, because I've seen so many.
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I want to help middle-school girls stay interested in math and be good at it, and see it as friendly and accessible and not this scary thing. Everyone else in society tells them it's not for them. It's for nerdy white guys with pocket protectors.
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I've personally backed off from direct political involvement.
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Prior to the United Nations even being formed, Palestine was a country. But the right of the Palestinian people were trampled, and unfortunately, international organizations contributed to those rights being trampled.
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Visit a typical science classroom and you will discover far more than empirical facts being taught. The dominant worldview among scientific intellectuals is evolutionary naturalism, which holds that humans are essentially biochemical machines.
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Most big popcorn movies are 'bad guy does something to good guy, good guy gets revenge on bad guy, sets the world right, and moves on.' And 'Ender's Game' is just not that simple, so it's an exciting challenge. It's a little terrifying, and let's see how audiences respond.
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For all its flaws, 'The Hands of Orlac' really is a seminal film, and if you're partial to that particular B-movie subgenre of Demon Body Parts, you really ought to see it.
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I wasn't interested at all in doing a documentary. I was not a public figure.
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I am from Karnal, India.
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My music is based on melody and when I play the piano, it's as if I'm singing with them. When you try to transform that into a vocal, there was very little adjustment.
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I write to please me, and I've been very lucky. It's like playing baseball. You just keep swinging, and eventually you get a hit.
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No matter where I am in the world, I will always be back home for Christmas.
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I am my own sanctuary and I can be reborn as many times as I choose throughout my life.
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I had a lovely, feral, free childhood - out and then come back when you're hungry or it gets too dark. I feel slightly cruel that I'm not offering my children the same.
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I'm going to say my favorite thing is to eat salads, and I'll be like the altar boy.
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I don't think you can cry if the script is rubbish. I have to feel it; it's as simple as that. It's just like if you're watching something moving, and you feel yourself welling up. It's the same thing. You're just being carried along with the story. There's nothing magical about it. I think I'm in touch with my emotions, and I can't help it.
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Our relationship to reality and to our experience is all based upon the ideas in our mind that we're always trying to live up to.
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Perhaps His experiment went spectacularly wrong, sir. Perhaps He's just baffled. Seeing the mess, not knowing how to put it right. Perhaps not wanting to put it right. Perhaps He only had enough power left for one final intervention. So He made it. Whoever He is, whatever He is, I hope he burns in His own Hell.
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My favorite travel pastime is writing music, either with my guitar or on my computer.
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Getting money is not all a man's business: to cultivate kindness is a valuable part of the business of life.
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My style was established in the Forties and Fifties, then got dragged through the decades and picked up a couple more things on the way.
