Anna Akana Quotes
My YouTube channel is kind of a library of all my issues I've lived with. To process it emotionally, it's been good and bad.
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If I get involved in a charity, I really want to be a part of it. I don't want to just put my name on your pamphlet.
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Picking up a guitar brought a lot of balance into my life.
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I would convert to Judaism if the operation didn't hurt so much.
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I've always been proud that my name stands for peace.
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To have ego means to believe in your own strength. And to also be open to other people's views. It is to be open, not closed. So, yes, my ego is big, but it's also very small in some areas. My ego is responsible for my doing what I do - bad or good.
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You don't have a peaceful revolution. You don't have a turn-the-cheek revolution. There's no such thing as a nonviolent revolution.
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I think it's the director's prerogative, not the studio's, to go back and reinvent a movie.
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If America is a nation of laws as we proclaim, then our immigration laws are part of the package.
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May we be saved from evil thoughts and deed of enemies of world peace who find pleasure in creating havoc and perpetrating all forms of carnage.
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Highly functioning self-actualized people simply never imagine what it is that they don't wish to have as their reality.
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Some campaigns are not worth waging if you can't win; others have to be fought on grounds of principle regardless of the chances for success.
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One of the most interesting aspects of the film project was collaborating with so many people - directors, filmmakers, and writers - over a five-year period. I learned that there are two components to this.
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I'm not an agent from any government, even if some of you may not believe it. I'm not. I'm a peacemaker.
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I think Ali was a fan of mine, even though he never said it. A lot of fighters thought I was pretty good. Nobody every really spoke different on that. But a lot of fighters thought I was good so.
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By now it is evident that the Soviet Union must gain control of Europe to maintain its empire.
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When I was a kid, there was always food to be had on the street in Jerusalem, but anything above a falafel stand was mediocre or worse.
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Other people pull off amazing festivals and events and things like that. I think ours is a little bit different, and that's what makes us distinct.
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For gay people, we learned about our lives in secrecy and a lot of fear.
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I believe fantasy and dreaming can be made a reality. You don't have to be rich. You don't have to be a VIP.
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Support for peaceful reform by the people themselves is the right way to promote democracy, not the use of force.
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And then I went to the University of New Hampshire for two years, and then the war came along.
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What's wrong with trying hard and showing up and being good at your job? We really need to look at ourselves and say we need to reevaluate this. We need to reevaluate that women who ask for a pay raise or ask for a promotion - it's actually an okay thing. It's okay to be ambitious; it's okay to be over-prepared.
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I've just never cared what people think. It's more if I'm happy and I'm confident and feeling good, that's always been my thing.
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My YouTube channel is kind of a library of all my issues I've lived with. To process it emotionally, it's been good and bad.
