Ann Oakley Quotes
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I have to be on such a strict diet constantly.
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The first 10 years of my life, I lived as 'Matangi.' When I came to England in '86, my first week of school was terrible because I would put my hand up to answer things, and no one would choose me because they couldn't say my name. My auntie came from Europe to visit us, and she was like, 'Just call yourself something else.'
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To be honest, I think, for me, the power is always with art. The art world clearly couldn't happen without art.
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Every time you work, you have to do it all over again, to rid yourself of this dross. I suppose for a person who is not an artist or not attempting art, it is not dross, because it is the common exchange of everyday life.
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I don't want anybody to dictate to America how to decide our lives.
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My grandmother impressed upon me the importance of family, and my grandfather encouraged my hunger for learning.
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There is a very thin line between confidence and arrogance.
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I already had high blood pressure. I have hypertension. And I think the chemo was just too much for my kidneys. And they went into failure. And that was September 12th of 2008. And the doctor rushed me right to the hospital.
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I choose parts because I don't want to be embarrassed when the movie comes out. What if my friends were to see the movie? What if my niece or nephew wandered into the theater and saw the movie? I don't want to be too ashamed of it.
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If you actively do something, it will stop making you feel like a victim and you'll start feeling like part of the solution, which is just a huge benefit to your body and your psyche.
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I think what probably happens when you put two awkward/clunky people together is that their awkward/clunky world seems like a normal world.
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There are always three speeches, for every one you actually gave. The one you practiced, the one you gave, and the one you wish you gave.
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We will fiercely challenge those forces within the education establishment who impede innovation in our schools and who protect and defend inequality and institutional failure.
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There are so many stories from the Midwest that should be told. L.A. tells one story, and it's often about itself.
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I am all for everyone having a voice; I just don't think everyone has earned the microphone. And that's what the Internet has done.
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People think computers will keep them from making mistakes. They're wrong. With computers you make mistakes faster.
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Lotteries, a tax upon imbeciles.
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Find and use your passion, and you'll have a great career. Don't do it, you won't. It's as simple as that.
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I love curves; I'm all about curves. I don't have many, which is really sad, but I think the more the better.
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The original 'Hobbit' was never intended to have a sequel - Bilbo 'remained very happy to the end of his days and those were extraordinarily long': a sentence I find an almost insuperable obstacle to a satisfactory link.
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A son could bear with great complacency, the death of his father, while the loss of his inheritance might drive him to despair.
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Have a hand in your own treatment. I have nothing but praise for our doctors, but I think they could help us better, and we can help them if we work together.
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Housework is work directly opposed to the possibility of human self-actualization.
