Beeban Kidron Quotes
Our children, manipulated to become exemplary consumers, increasingly admit they do not feel 'in control' of their own Internet use.
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My house looks like it was decorated by a 14-year old with a platinum American Express card.
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Come on... when you're running, if you see you're going to win, you're going to celebrate.
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According to Teenage Research Unlimited, 51 percent of 13-15 year olds say they will be faced with making a decision regarding alcohol in the next three months.
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For any actor - not just talking about myself - but if you've been fortunate enough to work for a long period of time, there's going to be different choices you're going to make.
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I was myself brought up with my brother, whose name was Matthias, for he was my own brother, by both father and mother; and I made mighty proficiency in the improvements of my learning, and appeared to have both a great memory and understanding.
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Gospel music rhythms are not African in origin, although I know that's what the jazz experts say.
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Initially, it would bother me when filmmakers, script writers, dialogue writers and choreographers tried to recreate a bit of my dad though me.
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What makes Mom the best is that she never put any expectations too high on the kids. She just wanted us to be doing the things that made us happy, as long as we were working hard, but we never had to live up to something.
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Disease and ill health are caused largely by damage at the molecular and cellular level, yet today's surgical tools are too large to deal with that kind of problem.
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I didn't realize that winning the Olympics at age 14 automatically put me in the category of being a celebrity.
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I caught up on a lot of just domestic normal everyday stuff, and grew up a lot, and went to therapy, and did a lot of contemplating and figuring things out. I needed to just strip everything away and figure out who I am and get to know myself, as cheesy as that sounds.
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I welcome the Democrats' ideas on Social Security. I think it is very important to make a bipartisan reform.
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One of the ugly secrets of the renewable-energy industry is that its products make no economic sense unless they are highly subsidized.
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In my eyes, there's no one better than Stevie Wonder. He's a top dude.
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It's really hard not to fall into that trap of insecurity when you're a model. Beforehand, I never looked at myself in a huge monitor with 30 people around it every day.
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My biggest asset is not cash - it's a large, growing, devout fanbase.
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You just have to take these opportunities when they come along. They're not that frequent; you'll get a really good script, oh, maybe once a year if you're lucky.
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I can relate to pushing yourself because you want to help and move culture toward justice.
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I love girl power.
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Advertising at its worst will be killed by the Internet. And rightly so.
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I'm not f-ing Justin Bieber, you motherf-ers!
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At 20, 25, 30, we begin to realise that the possibilities of escape are getting fewer. We have jobs, children, partners, debts. This is the part of us to which literary fiction speaks.
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Our children, manipulated to become exemplary consumers, increasingly admit they do not feel 'in control' of their own Internet use.
