Andre Leon Talley Quotes
I know what it is like to be brought up with unconditional love. In my life that came from my grandmother.
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The problem is foster youth don't really have this network that other kids have.
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I love doing eyes - my signature look is a cat eye. I think it's so feminine, and it reminds me of old Hollywood.
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I first read science fiction in the old British Chum annual when I was about 12 years old.
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My function is, as objectively and accurately as I can, to present reality to people out there, and doing that as quickly as we do is quite difficult enough, thank you.
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I liberate minds with my music. That's more important than liberating a few people from apartheid or whatever.
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I once went to one of those parties where everyone throws their car keys into the middle of the room. I don't know who got my moped, but I drove that Peugeot for years.
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The coolest person to yourself is yourself, and we're like nerds, and we love to be smart, and that's okay.
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Music isn't like news, where it's what happened five minutes ago or even 10 seconds ago that matters. With music, a song from the 1960s could be as relevant to someone today as the latest Ke$ha song.
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If your contribution has been vital there will always be somebody to pick up where you left off, and that will be your claim to immortality.
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On the other hand, the American public possesses a great resilience and strength, and good risk communication strategies can tap into and even amplify those assets.
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I like writing about places, about people and environments. When I create a world, it lets me go in and define the details of that world.
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There are no opportune times for a penalty, and this is not one of those times.
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I have always battled injustice. As a child, I used to fight on the side of my friends when boys terrorized them.
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I've never dreamed of a story idea. I have such boring dreams.
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When you see results, you start to wonder, 'What would happen if I had oatmeal instead of sausage for breakfast?' You start to eat better because you feel better.
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I am suspicious of writers who go looking for issues to address. Writers are neither preachers nor journalists. Journalists know much more than most writers about what's going on in the world. And if you want to change things, you do journalism.
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I don't like to take a lot of stuff since I'm really sensitive to medications.
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Any psychologist will tell you that healing comes from honest confrontation with our injury or with our past. Whatever that thing is that has hurt us or traumatized us, until we face it head on, we will have issues moving forward in a healthy way.
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The majority of work I do is in independent films, where you're lucky if you have five takes.
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I think you'll see if you look at 'Up', we've focused a lot on labor (and the forces trying to keep labor down) and have featured everything from Wal Mart workers, to on-the-ground organizers, to union presidents to restaurant workers sitting at the table sharing their experience and expertise.
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To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.
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Tea-shops were to become my favourite haunts in England.
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It's all right to cry. It's all right to hurt. It's all right to be confused, ... Hope will rebuild landmarks. Hope will outlive the broken hearts. Hope will outlive the disillusioned.
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I know what it is like to be brought up with unconditional love. In my life that came from my grandmother.
