Elizabeth Debicki Quotes
I was a dancer from a young age. My parents were dancers; we were taken to a lot of ballet as children. It occurred to me that what I liked more than dancing the steps was acting the story of whatever particular performance I was taking part in.
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I grew up with injustice and could do nothing about it. But once in America, I had freedom of choice.
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I've come to realize I'm more spiritual than I am religious. What I mean by this: As far as praying to God goes, I'm more about looking inside for inner guidance - tapping into our own abundantly powerful inner resources - which, I suppose, is where some might say God does indeed reside.
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My parents would definitely be my childhood heroes.
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I have said many times that most people work all their life to retire to play golf, while I played golf all my life to retire to work. I enjoy working. It has kept me young and on the move, and I have had a good time with it.
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I want to write novels, and I want to write and direct theater.
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You can wear anything as long as you put a nice pair of shoes with it.
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It's unresolved conflict in my life that I have a lovely family and a risky job.
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Paranoia is an illness I contracted in institutions. It is not the reason for my sentences to reform school and prison. It is the effect, not the cause.
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If a senator calls me up and asks me what should we do in Iraq, I'm happy to talk to him.
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You cannot be in your offices every day doing nothing... and at the end of the day you expect to be paid.
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I learn something not because I have to, but because I really want to. That's the same view I have for performing. I'm performing because I really want to, not because I have to bring bread back home.
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I've learned the importance of loving what you do. I have also learned more patience due to the nature of the music business.
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You are capable of more than you know. Choose a goal that seems right for you and strive to be the best, however hard the path. Aim high. Behave honorably. Prepare to be alone at times, and to endure failure. Persist! The world needs all you can give.
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In the country, it feels like you don't have control over nature anymore - nature is in control of you.
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It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.
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I do interval training, high intensity dance, and yoga. I do run a lot, but more for speed.
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I'm an all-things-in-moderation kind of person. I do eat a warm donut occasionally. I especially enjoy a cider donut when I'm apple picking. I don't think there's anything wrong with that.
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Putin recognized that if he could get enough money, everything would be under control.
Garry Kasparov
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Art does not exist for politics, or for instruction- it exists primarily for pleasure, or it is nothing.
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If you go too soon, you can come unstuck with 50m left when the guys are going past you.
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I have always been fascinated by paleontology and prehistoric people, and I've always thought that one of the most intriguing moments in human history was the birth of artistic imagination. I always loved those cave paintings.
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Whatever is not forbidden is permitted.
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Plain women know more about men than beautiful women do.
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I was a dancer from a young age. My parents were dancers; we were taken to a lot of ballet as children. It occurred to me that what I liked more than dancing the steps was acting the story of whatever particular performance I was taking part in.
