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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Jadakiss is not no walk in no park. Nas is not no walk in no park. These are dudes that could have ended my career.
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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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I'm boiling about the rainforests being chopped down to make disposable chopsticks. I'm boiling about the fact that we have palm oil put into every single one of our substances.
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I don't want to be put on a pedestal. I just want to be reasonably successful and live a normal life with all the conveniences to make it so.
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I think everything I've tried to do, whether or not it's come off that way immediately, is for the greater good. I'll take the jabs I need to in order to help us all in the long run.
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It's true, Christmas can feel like a lot of work, particularly for mothers. But when you look back on all the Christmases in your life, you'll find you've created family traditions and lasting memories. Those memories, good and bad, are really what help to keep a family together over the long haul.
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In America we have big issues with education - in impoverished communities especially. I work with Teach For All, and so we're encouraging more people to get into teaching.
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Housework is work directly opposed to the possibility of human self-actualization.
