Lucy Powell Quotes
In politics, the number of women in the cabinet has fallen and, if current poll trends continue and Labour loses a number of marginal seats, the number of female MPs is likely to drop significantly.
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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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Conformity is dangerous.
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I have no special talent, you know. I never took a writing course before I began to write.
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We were only allowed to watch Sesame Street and Mr. Rogers and 3-2-1 Contact!
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The clever cat eats cheese and breathes down rat holes with baited breath.
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An Englishman will fairly drink as much As will maintain two families of Dutch.
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The intelligent man is one who has successfully fulfilled many accomplishments, and is yet willing to learn more.
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What I don't miss is living in a small town where everybody knows you, your family, and what you ate for breakfast.
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I think money helps us. It helps us. It's our - it's our exchange system. But it does not buy you happiness. It doesn't buy you health.
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When I was younger, I was insecure for about 10 years: I wore glasses, had a cow's lick, buck teeth and braces. I looked ridiculous.
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Singing is a prayer to me.
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For an entire populace, change, growth, and spontaneity were dangerous. Acting upon a personal desire, whispering a hidden longing, revealing your true feelings - all the human actions we think of as essential to a character - had be censored by the self lest they be punished by the state.
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Fortunately, I don't spend too much time reading or worrying about what people have to say, but the goal for me throughout this whole process - throughout my whole life - is to try to be happy.
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Smart people tend to know what is happening in a group situation and how to deal with others in the most effective way. They ask good questions, listen to what others are saying, and stay engaged in conversations intently.
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Truth is on the side of the oppressed.
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The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.
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Conflict is the beginning of consciousness.
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Playing this game, you cannot have nothing holding you back. If you're thinking, you're wrong automatically.
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We are all the same person trying to shake hands with our self.
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Grammys, American Music Awards, successful albums, I'd pick my kids any day over any of it.
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I'm not a humanitarian. I'm a hell-raiser.
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Fashion is for women without style.
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How do you let go of attachment to things? Don't even try. It's impossible. Attachment to things drops away by itself when you no longer seek to find yourself in them.
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In politics, the number of women in the cabinet has fallen and, if current poll trends continue and Labour loses a number of marginal seats, the number of female MPs is likely to drop significantly.
