Nadine Labaki Quotes
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When I have people around, I'm a chatterbox. But when I'm alone, I never speak. I don't talk to myself; it's just not my schtick.
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The Constitution isn't written in Chinese, Swahili or Sanskrit. It's in plain English.
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If there's one thing that I've done on purpose it's to take whatever job, so long as it's interesting and challenging, whether it's theatre, radio, TV or film.
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Anytime you have a tight race and you lose, it's not pleasant.
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The impact of any particular writer on your own work is hard to discern.
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I know my corn plants intimately, and I find it a great pleasure to know them.
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I wanted life to be episodic. I wanted to be a magazine photographer and I was willing to do what it took to become that.
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It is the spirit and not the form of law that keeps justice alive.
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Privacy is not explicitly spelled out in the Constitution as freedom of speech is in the First Amendment.
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I couldn't speak well. I went to speech therapy for 10 years. And I was sort of frustrated in that sense.
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After the atomic bombs were dropped, the war ended and we went into Tokyo Bay with the rest of the fleet, the Missouri and the rest of them, while they signed the terms of surrender that ended the war.
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The problem of telling contemporary history is that your message gets outdated.
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Names, once they are in common use, quickly become mere sounds, their etymology being buried, like so many of the earth's marvels, beneath the dust of habit.
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I wake up every morning and I wish I were dead, and so does Jim.
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I was the only Christian on the cast, but that was cool because we all respected each others talent and mostly they respected me a lot even though I was the only Christian.
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Women just love to shop.
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E. Klimov's 'Come and See,' about partisans fighting the Germans in Byelorussia, is the greatest anti-war film ever made.
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Played tennis for years. But you can't improve at tennis after you're 50. You get to be in your 40s, and suddenly you're a doubles player.
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Applause is the most powerful thing... people talk about the sound of it, but what I hear is glee.
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Young readers have to be entertained. No child reads fiction because they think it's going to make them a better person.
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Here's what I've learned about eating healthy when you're busy: It's all about preparation. Make your snacks on Sunday, and you will be good to go until Thursday or so.
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I'd like to know that your love Is love I can be sure of.
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I want to keep talking about my people and my country in my own language.
