Lorde (Ella Marija Lani Yelich-O'Connor) Quotes
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I would not, under any circumstances, try to impose my personal faith and belief on the rest of the country. I don't think that's right. I don't think that's appropriate. But freedom of religion doesn't mean freedom from religion. And I think that anything we can do to promote the idea that people should express their faith is a good thing.
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I probably have a higher opinion of my writing than the average person, at least when I'm in a good mood, but I don't really think of my plays as only being relevant to a particular month or year.
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I went to the premier of 'Stardust,' which starred Michelle Pfeiffer. I nearly died when I saw her on the red carpet – she's so beautiful.
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You look at science fiction and look how often it talks about being alien, being alienated about the other. Look at the number of blue people - 'Avatar,' I'm looking at you. And it is now easier to find people of color in science-fiction literature and media, but the issues of representation are still really, really troubling.
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Was Sen. Barack Obama a Muslim? Did he ever practice Islam? The presidential candidate officially rejects the claims, but the issue of Obama's personal faith has re-emerged amid conflicting accounts of his enrollment as a Muslim during elementary school in Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim nation.
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The Backstreet Boys were so ten years ago. Whatever.
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In some ways, technology keeps on enhancing us, and we embrace it.
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The U.N.'s impartiality allows it to negotiate and operate in some of the toughest places in the world. And time and again, studies have shown that U.N. peacekeeping is far more effective and done with far less money than what any government can do on its own.
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I am into nature and seeing whales. I went whale-watching, and I was really looking forward to that, but when you see it on TV and you see other programs do it, you're seeing close-ups of these massive creatures, and the music that's added gives you a certain feeling.
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'Shadow Souls' pushes probably every border that you can.
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There's something so quirky and fun and nerdy about the Tony Awards... We're dorks being silly up there.
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Imagine a libertarian president challenging Congress to repeal the PATRIOT Act.
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Our lives improve only when we take chances - and the first and most difficult risk we can take is to be honest with ourselves.
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I was put on a pony as a kid at some birthday party when you're all led around.
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I feel like comedy is important, and I think political satire can be really important.
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I used to work for an SOE. The wealth I created didn't belong to me. In other words, I was only managing money for the country and the people.
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A deal is like chasing a girl. You work on it until she says, 'Yes,' for a date.
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Let me just worry about me. I'm not worried about anyone else. If you're doing fine, great; if you're struggling, I hope things get better for you. But I've got to be worried about my career.
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Twenty is a wonderful age for things to be sparked.
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I actually don't invest in anything that is social, mobile, deals or ad networks simply because those are areas where there are so many players and so many other smart people in the space, I feel like I don't have a competitive advantage. So I tend to go after things that are e-commerce, like healthcare.
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I feel like my songs are very relevant and very meaningful, but I literally have to get rid of the nostalgia for shows because I would just be mess on-stage otherwise.
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It's time for us all to step up. We've been extremely successful, but to be honest it's a reality check for everybody.
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We're bigger than we ever dreamed, and I'm in love with being queen.
