Anna Deavere Smith Quotes
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There is no question that chemical weapons attacks are a heinous abuse of humanity and power. But to assume that military strikes are an effective retribution for the crime committed is wrong.
Basmah bint Saud -
The death of my kid made me a stronger person. There's no end to what I'm willing to do.
Carl Paladino -
I am an untrained musician and a common man's singer.
Kailash Kher -
No matter what political reasons are given for war, the underlying reason is always economic.
A. J. P. Taylor -
I have a dress-up chest at home. I love to create this fantasy kind of thing.
Kate Moss -
The women I know who have children and have careers, they seem to be very happy. They love their children and they love their jobs. But happiness comes out of being willing to do your work in your twenties to find out who you are, what you love.
Candace Bushnell
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I never felt popular as a child and never had best friends.
Rachel Stevens -
I think happiness is a combination of pleasure, engagement and meaningfulness.
Ian K. Smith -
I've always said that I benefit, as an actor, from not having the illusion of security.
Hal Sparks -
I have never looked at a child and been so angry that I flipped out.
Katee Sackhoff -
If I still lived in Russia, I'd be dead... or a really effective oligarch.
Gary Shteyngart -
I remember when the palm trees were short and Tomorrowland was modern.
Taylor Negron
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There's a tendency for the yen to strengthen because it's rated highly, but I don't think that accurately reflects Japan's economic performance.
Yoshihiko Noda -
The Cistercians do not eat meat... Yet they keep pigs to the number of many thousands, and sell the bacon - though perhaps not quite all of it. The heads, legs, and feet they neither give away, throw away, nor sell. What becomes of them God knows.
Walter Map -
I think that role model is kind of a weird thing because obviously you are, but I try to make good choices and good decisions for myself for me to have a good life. If that inspires someone else, that is great, but I think you should do good for yourself and your own happiness.
Dakota Fanning -
It's well worth making your own harissa, but there are some very good commercial varieties.
Yotam Ottolenghi -
Intimate scenes on a movie set are just dry, bizarre things; people standing around.
Daniel Craig -
It's a complicated issue, and you can't boil it down in a tweet... two sentences cannot sum up the whole gun debate... The minute you try to talk about it honestly and openly, you get raked over the coals.
Dan Carter
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Vicksburg lies on top of a bluff on the east side of a large tongue of land jutting out into the Mississippi.
Knute Nelson -
Part of your job as an artist is to push yourself and make sure your creative juices are flowing.
Benjamin Walker -
Whenever a man's friends begin to compliment him about looking young, he may be sure that they think he is growing old.
Victor Hugo -
In '82 and '83, that was the rise of the VCR. Every Friday, my brother and I would go to Crazy Eddie's - which was a video store in Manhattan - and rent five horror movies. And that's basically what we did, basically, for three years. Becoming social misfits.
Colson Whitehead -
Comedy is not something that a person can fake or learn how to do.
Lizzy Caplan -
If you think about what acting is supposed to be, my job is to disappear.
Anna Deavere Smith