Angela Featherstone Quotes
I was 16 when I entered the foster system, and know firsthand the statistics for 'aging out.'
Quotes to Explore
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I think studies are really important and shouldn't be compromised.
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Up until 1995, I still had a day job that I hated. I was still personally involved in things in the 90s.
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I love rap because it talks about pain that comes authentically from the ghetto. It moves me.
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I am sure that the party system is right and necessary. There must be some scum.
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I can't even be around children. It's a problem. My ovaries start screaming.
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We are all afraid for our confidence, for the future, for the world. That is the nature of the human imagination. Yet every man, every civilization, has gone forward because of its engagement with what it has set itself to do.
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When 'Midnight's Children' came out, people in the West tended to respond to the fantasy elements in the novel, to praise it in those terms. In India, people read it like a history book.
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For me, juicing isn't about binging and cleansing; I try to incorporate it into a balanced diet.
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What scares me? Oh, now that's a big question. I don't know what scares me – cockroaches, nuclear apocalypse. Fear is an interesting thing. It has a place in all of our lives. I try to be as fearless as possible. I don't always succeed, but I like to think I try.
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I sometimes think I was born to live up to my name. How could I be anything else but what I am having been named Madonna? I would either have ended up a nun or this.
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The chi of a room is important to me. If I walk into a hotel room and it doesn't feel right, I ask to change.
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The really magical things are the ones that happen right in front of you. A lot of the time you keep looking for beauty, but it is already there. And if you look with a bit more intention, you see it.
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I've sorta learned that I'm so tired of taking myself so seriously. It's so great to show up at work and truly enjoy every word you say.
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Is it right to shoot the poor prostitute or a woman who is unfaithful to her husband, or a man who loves another man?
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It is sometimes hard to grasp the difference between identifying with one's own roots, understanding people with other roots, and judging what is good or bad.
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As a comic, it's anti-comedy to be known. I think a lot of comedic actors get lost in this world of Hollywood and all this stuff. They lose what brought them there in the first place. I'm very trepidatious about it.
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I just wanna hear my own voice.
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I like boring golf. That's kind of what butters my bread.
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EXCISE - A hateful tax levied upon commodities, and adjudged not by the common judges of property, but wretches hired by those to whom excise is paid.
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Take love when love is given, But never think to find it A sure escape from sorrow Or a complete repose.
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Do you think that we're products of our environments? I think so, or maybe products of our expectations. Others' expectations of us or our expectations. I mean others' expectations that you take on as your own. I realize how difficult it is to seperate the two. The expectations that others place on us help us form our expectations of ourselves.
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I was blessed to grow up in really interesting times and to go back to a home where I was very safe.
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You're the prettiest when you're happy. Don't use all your energy being sad.
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I was 16 when I entered the foster system, and know firsthand the statistics for 'aging out.'
