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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If you feel dirty, insignificant or unloved, then rats are a good role model. They exist without permission, they have no respect for the hierarchy of society, and they have sex 50 times a day.
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Alix MacKenzie had stopped teaching because we had a child and she stayed home to take care of the baby, and I taught.
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The IRS issued guidance for virtual currencies on March 25, 2014 that stated virtual currencies, including Bitcoin, are to be treated as property for federal tax purposes. This requires capital gains on virtual currencies to be recorded and reported. The Bitcoin Foundation says this could lead to unrealistic reporting.
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Getting our military back on stable footing won't happen overnight. We must start this process now, since future engagements are likely and allies are scarce.
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So I am getting a little bored with defining one type of film as American and the other European or from somewhere else because the division is no longer true.
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I've come to the conclusion that everybody should marry, including me.
