Andrea Martin Quotes
But I am Armenian and I understand what it is to lose a country and lose a family and have massacres and genocides and everything against my people.
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When people first started watching UFC, it seemed like a no-holds barred event... early on it looked like all the fighters were crazy. Actually, there are a lot of techniques, and the reality shows have let people see the fighters behind the scenes.
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It's a luxury to not have to just be performing with other people to have my music heard.
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Iranians defend and present their Islamic and Iranian identity to other people worldwide.
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Our society needs to recognize the unstoppable momentum toward unequivocal civil equality for every gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered citizen of this country.
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People are really talkative in New York. Someone always comes up to me and says 'Hi' during the day.
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I had a world of people who were raising me; it was like a little village.
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I used to sit in front of McDonald's and ask people for dollars to get me a cheeseburger. It was bad.
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In New York, you walk everywhere, so you're amongst people all of the time, and everybody is in a hurry and going somewhere or has something on their minds. And in L.A., it's still much more of a laid-back life, at least in my experience.
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If you're having a down time at school and people are bullying you, they don't know you. They don't have the right to have an opinion on you.
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I don't want to let the rest of this country drift into the abyss. I want to fight for it.
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All my stories are about the action of grace on a character who is not very willing to support it, but most people think of these stories as hard, hopeless and brutal.
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Our young people look up to us. Let us not let them down. Our young people need us. Saving them will make heroes of us all.
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I do get recognized, but I must say Edinburgh is a fantastic city to live if you're well-known. There is an innate respect for privacy in Edinburgh people, and I also think they're used to seeing me walking around, so I don't think I'm a very big deal.
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I am always surprised people are surprised that people haven't read things.
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Some people seem to see compassion as being mushy.
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People have different takes on clothes and what to wear and colors and all that stuff, so why make a big deal about uniformity? It took me a long time to grasp that particular concept, simply because I was coming from the James Brown thing. Again, I wouldn't trade that experience for anything.
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Some people are born strong or stretchy, or with a tungsten will.
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Seeing family is what brings me peace. If I'm not traveling home on my day off, I love going to Central Park to be around trees and throw a Frisbee with my boyfriend.
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I have been listening to people's advice. Being a parent, you need all the advice you can get.
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Why is America such a great country. It is because we stand united.
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Well, 'They Live' was a primal scream against Reaganism of the '80s. And the '80s never went away. They're still with us. That's what makes 'They Live' look so fresh - it's a document of greed and insanity. It's about life in the United States then and now. If anything, things have gotten worse.
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There's a lot of great things to see here in the United States. Those times spent together with maps and old cups from the diner you went to, those are really important as a family.
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When it comes to scary-ass religions, extremist Muslims are like Godzilla and we're like, Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.
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But I am Armenian and I understand what it is to lose a country and lose a family and have massacres and genocides and everything against my people.
