Andrew Denton Quotes
I have deep respect for people's individual faith, but when faith gets connected to the machinery of state, or the machinery of hate, I find it very confronting.

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I am not content to entrust our free-speech rights to the good graces and whims of Congress and hope that politicians don't abuse their power.
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I refuse to accept other people's ideas of happiness for me. As if there's a 'one size fits all' standard for happiness.
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I'm beginning to get pigeonholed as the girl who plays the crazies and weirdoes - and that's not the entirety of who I am. Hopefully, the whole point of being in this profession is that you change into anyone you want to be.
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I was always very determined and ambitious, and I knew I would do something that would let me travel and stuff, but I didn't know really know what I would do to get there.
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My mother wrote a couple of romances when I was a kid, and I always saw books in our bookshelf with 'Schroeder' on the spine.
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Cross-cultural marriage is difficult, especially when one person has to live in another country. But I thought there was a very good chance of it working because people grow together if they have a common passion.
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Working with Bruno Mars would be really awesome. I'm such a fan of his, and I love that he's a real artist.
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I began to understand my sensations, to know what I wanted, at around the age of forty - but only vaguely.
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I looked at Mick Jagger and Keith Richards and the boys up there thinking, I want to be that.
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The world is indeed a mixture of truth and make-believe. Discard the make-believe and take the truth.
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I know it sounds weird, but the food that I eat, it doesn't make a big difference, and it never has. So, I've saved a ton of money not buying a lot of alcohol, not going out to restaurants too much. So, I think it's part of our culture, and it's part of a social activity more than anything else.
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Only amazing designers think of the truly new.
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I make the music my ears want to hear, I wear the clothes my body wants to wear and the ones boys call me back for, and I generally make the songs that my feet dance to.
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Human behavior in the midst of hardship caught my attention very early on, and my first stories were all pictures, no words.
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The world expects India to be one of the leaders in solving the problems of politics and economics. India sits at the high table in most major multilateral deliberations. What India says is heard with attention and seriousness.
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You don't realize how much you use your credit card not even to buy things. It's a card you get so you can navigate society.
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On the issue of abortion, I'm ever on the fence, or, at most, an inch or two to either side.
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I definitely like wearing leotards.
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Give your dog or cat respect, patience, understanding and love. And if you just change to one vegetarian day a week, that's a wonderful step that will save animal lives. It means you have chosen something kind instead of something cruel.
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The people of England have been led in Mesopotamia into a trap from which it will be hard to escape with dignity and honor.
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No one can ever heap enough insults upon me to suit my taste. I think we all really thrive on hostility, because it's the most intense kind of massage the ego can undergo. Other people's indifference is the only horror.
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I've wanted to write comics ever since I figured out it was a job.
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He has a heart of gold - only harder.
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I have deep respect for people's individual faith, but when faith gets connected to the machinery of state, or the machinery of hate, I find it very confronting.