Sam Taylor-Johnson Quotes
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The Constitution isn't written in Chinese, Swahili or Sanskrit. It's in plain English.
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When I admire the wonders of a sunset or the beauty of the moon, my soul expands in the worship of the creator.
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NATO remains the cornerstone of Atlantic security.
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I could not tell you the date of my mother's death. I could not tell you the date of my dad's death. These are not dates that I find significant.
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I don't have any nicknames.
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My father was a civil servant in northern India where I was born. As a boy I saw the dire effects of poverty and illiteracy, especially on women and children. It often seemed that the only thing separating me from them was luck.
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A lot of legends, a lot of people, have come before me. But this is my time.
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One of my favorite vacation memories was the Thai foot massage and Internet access salons in Bangkok, followed up by my testing cellphone coverage while wading in Provincetown Harbor on Cape Cod.
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The McCain-Feingold limit on how much you give a candidate didn't really work because people found ways to get around it.
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True stories, autobiographical stories, like some novels, begin long ago, before the acts in the account, before the birth of some of the people in the tale.
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I don't want or need to gain respect with what I do off the court. I want respect for what I do on the court.
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The day you settle for less is the day you will get less.
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I like big thinkers who, no matter how big their vision, can sit down and talk to me about hour-to-hour, day-to-day type stuff they do to move the ball forward.
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The people don't run the system; the people are victims of the system. The people choose the leaders thinking that they will help them. But when they turn around, there is no help.
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Life is made up of sobs, sniffles, and smiles, with sniffles predominating.
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I moved to New York - I attended NYU, did a BFA in Acting at NYU. I was really into hip-hop, so I started battling, like '8 Mile.' I used to rap battle.
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I feel like people who know me, my fans, I want them to know I'm just a regular 21-year-old kid who likes movies, who likes to have fun. It lets people see the other side of you and not just the basketball thing.
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I just don't think the title 'MJ's daughter' fits me.
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Is it not in the most absolute simplicity that real genius plies its pinions the most wonderfully?
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I have been extremely lucky with reviewers and critics throughout my career.
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I'm very thankful that I can make people happy just by signing my name.
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Everything is creative. It's all relative to me. No matter what, you've gotta use your imagination, use your senses.
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I don't feel I was 'born American,' but my homeland was denied to me after the end of World War II, and I craved something I could identify with. When I became a student at Harvard in the 1950s, America very quickly filled the vacuum. I felt I was American, but I think it's more revealing of America how quickly others here accepted me.
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My mum told me once I was a Hindu.
