Anna May Wong Quotes
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As a black actress you've got to work doubly hard. But it doesn't ever get me to the point where I give up on myself. It just motivates me to be more prepared, focus and disciplined. That's why I care so much about doing black films and making sure that we represent and are represented correctly.
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My day-to-day look is inspired by comfort, color and just how I'm feeling that day.
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It used to hurt me that people thought I didn't have the technique and the temperament to play Test cricket.
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A lot of people will call me nuts or crazy, but I've always been pretty stable. By some people's standards, I might be crazy. But I realize that I'm not going to harm anyone, and the only place that I live is within my own universe, really - so it's O.K.
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I've been in the room or watched artists walk in who don't write, and you can't figure out what they really want.
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Another thing: despite my youthful appearance, I am quite capable of making decisions.
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I was the family alien. Both my parents are quite creative, but I was... appalling... always putting on little shows. I was rather a shy child, not a natural performer, but there was a performative edge to everything I did.
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You can cite me for contempt, Your Honor. I don't care.
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I think that's a huge theme in superhero books across the board: When you have this massive power, how do you use it responsibly? When do you intervene? Those are the big questions.
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New York is more where art is bought than where art is made.
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There is no job description for the first lady and she's only there because her husband got elected president.
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I think who you are in school really sticks with you. I don't ever feel like the cool kid at the party, ever. It's like, 'Smile and be nice to everybody, because you were not invited to be here.'
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It's interesting sometimes when an audience can empathize with a villain.
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I'd made enough money by the time I was 12 to never have to work again.
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I am a horsewoman. I am a princess. I am Zsa Zsa.
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The only people who object to escapism are jailers.
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Once sex rears its ugly 'ead it's time to steer clear.
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The frontiers are not east or west, north or south, but wherever a man fronts a fact, though that fact be his neighbor, there is an unsettled wilderness between him and Canada, between him and the setting sun, or, farther still, between him and it.
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When you are lonely, writing can keep you company. It is a form of self-compensation, a way of making up for things-as opposed to making things up-that did not quite happen. (p.11).
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Twitter has always been that refreshing place where I can quickly find out what is going on in my tech world. I follow mostly entrepreneurs and VCs - some who I know and some who I don't know. I have a few companies in my feed. But no newspapers, no magazines, and no mainstream media.
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For a gallant spirit there can never be defeat.
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My mom is Asian and loves all of the throwaway parts of the animal, so she actually thanks me for saving her the neck and other parts.
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The things of Catholic life are never boring because we have such a rich tradition and so many stories to tell.
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I've come to the conclusion that everybody should marry, including me.