Andre Gide Quotes
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Age for me is just a number.
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The nations of Africa, as is true of every continent of the world, from time to time dispute among themselves. These quarrels must be confined to this continent and quarantined from the contamination of non-African interference.
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With freedom comes responsibility, and I can think of no responsibility greater than putting on a U.S military uniform and standing in the gap between an enemy threat and civilian life.
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I personally think Beyonce's a strong feminist. What she's done in music and for women is unprecedented. I love her. She definitely makes me feel like more of a woman.
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It gets pretty boring when all you are is the support system for a male character.
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Painting what I experience, translating what I feel, is like a great liberation. But it is also work, self-examination, consciousness, criticism, struggle.
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Worship is a way of seeing the world in the light of God.
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The film business creates a large amount of waste, and I'm not immune to waste in the business.
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Patients who trust their doctors and have a psychological expectation of getting better could trigger a reaction in their body.
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I'd like to be an actress when I'm older. I sometimes do improv. I used to do it with my dad.
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I did improv for about 10 years professionally, and before that, I had done it in high school as part of an improv team. It was definitely a big part of my upbringing.
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It is one thing to say that there is a constitutional right to keep a gun at home for protection. It is quite another to say there is a constitutional right to bring a hidden gun into a daycare center.
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I don't believe in God, but I'm afraid of Him.
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You have to just dive over the edge. You haven't got time to mess about.
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I just want to play for Hindus and Muslims that sit together. That's all I want to do.
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The first job of a writer is to be honest.
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I'm for people bettering themselves, no matter who they are and where they are, doing all they can to be all they can be.
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I'm married to the theater but my mistress is the films.
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I never set out to work on the concept of androgyny. For me, it was more about trying to find a wardrobe that would fundamentally appeal to both men and women: Trying to find the right shirt, the right jeans, the right trouser - but on different landscapes.
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I've had the most untraumatic life a human being can have. But I've always been drawn to those who have had far more complicated histories.
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When I see that man on the telly - 'Are you thinking what I'm thinking?' No! I'm definitely not! I find most of it quite offensive!
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Don't be afraid of putting on color, refine the work little by little. Don't proceed according to rules and principles, but paint what you observe and feel.. .One must have only one master – nature; she is the one always be consulted.
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The advice I tell students is to think about the big problems. I mean, work on anything you can work on where you can make progress. But always keep in mind the big problems.
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Work and struggle and never accept an evil that you can change.
