Andrea Hirata Quotes
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For many children, the library represents their only access to books, reading, and the Internet outside of their home. If you think about how far behind a child would be without access to these fundamental tools - tools that are vital to successful employment later in life - it's a travesty.
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My parents played the radio, but music was never an obsession or something that I thought I could call a career.
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I passed the Bar on the first shot, But I have never practiced law.
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Each morning I do my ballet class for one hour; after that, it means one hour less to get ready.
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That was a huge part of my training, doing improv in Chicago.
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I am thankful to the Nobel committee for recognising the plight of millions of children who are suffering in this modern age.
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Deep breaths are very helpful at shallow parties.
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Well, for us, in history where goodness is a rare pearl, he who was good almost takes precedence over he who was great.
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I guess you kind of got to realize that once you in a marriage, whatever it is, you gotta deal with it. Not necessarily that you got to accept it, but you have to deal with it and try your best to make it work for you, for the both of you.
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Our culture in India is not a culture where we grudge each other.
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Naw, it - it never stops, man... You gotta be doing what you're supposed to be doing - whenever, however it's coming down, you know. If you're getting your butt kicked - you still gotta do what you gotta be doing.
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For people to even think that I'd be considered or a good candidate for a supporting actress nomination is mind blowing to me.
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I am shy to admit that I have followed the advice given all those years ago by a wise archbishop to a bewildered young man: that moments of unbelief 'don't matter,' that if you return to a practice of the faith, faith will return.
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You can't fake being able to cook well.
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I think about my parents all the time, especially on Sunday when I'm at Mass. My mother always said, 'We do not pray to win elections. We pray for people's health, we pray that God's will be done, we pray that we do our best. But we do not pray to win elections.'
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To find a form that accommodates the mess, that is the task of the artist now.
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I've always basically done everything that's been offered to me. I'm one of the few actors who enjoy working a lot.
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I don't any longer make any quality judgement between theater and cinema. They are different experiences for the audience, and they also are for the actors - although they have a lot in common.
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America says we are a great democratic society and other people should follow our example. Well, I say we benefited from slavery, and as a nation, we never faced that because the people in power chose not to.
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There's no learning without trying lots of ideas and failing lots of times.
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Who doesn't like money? I love money. Why not. My subject matter will change when I get to that point.
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I had this feeling everybody thought I was dead. I didn't quit. I did some films and theater in London. I went to New York. But I had been on television so much, people thought [if I wasn't on television] I wasn't around.
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He who is attached to things will suffer much.
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It took me six novels before I felt confident of my voice as a writer.
