Ashley Madekwe Quotes
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Containment, as everyone will recall, was a rough plan for stopping the Communists any time they crossed a certain line dividing our half of the world from theirs.
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During the fall and winter we built Fort Meade and the town of Sturgis.
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I was always more interested in the ultimate live performance rather than the recording for its own sake. And, for the audience too, that thrill of - just being there.
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The kids can see that there are more parts to me than just being their mom; I wear a couple of different hats and have other roles to play.
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It didn't scare me to be vulnerable because I think that's when you get something great.
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The idea that happiness could have a share in beauty would be too much of a good thing.
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We didn't have much money growing up, so we hopped around L.A. a lot in the '70s, '80s and '90s. I'm very familiar with the shifting culture there.
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My dad was a designer for Upper Deck, and I had hundreds of Ken Griffey Jr. cards. Hundreds. I could have paid for college with them.
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I agree with cosmetic surgery for medical reasons - my mother had breast cancer and I think it's very sad when somebody has no choice in what happens to their body.
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Yes, I suffer terribly from depression. I have to work at being happy, it's not my natural instinct. My natural instinct is, if something wonderful happens, to throw water in my own face.
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I never intended for the Monster Ball to be a religious experience, it just became one.
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No one's better than me. I'm not better than anyone. Whether it's Eric Clapton or BB King we look straight at each other. And that keeps it real.
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People know that I am a very good author. But they would rather read what I have to say about the next election.
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I'm a historian in my own mind.
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I wrote a techno song about the four things I love in Germany to make myself happy, which are my grandfather, my two poodle pets, bread, and a strange but delicious Turkish dish called Doener Kebab.
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The one thing I loved so much about making 'Pitch Perfect 2' - especially in comparison to a movie like 'Ten Thousand Saints' - is you can go and be yourself, and you just know that all your weirdness and craziness and imperfections are completely embraced and accepted.
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My daughter, Lily Caitlin, means the most to me in the world.
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I think Russian people are learning that democracy is not an alien thing; it's not a western invention.
Garry Kasparov
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As a society we're always so quick and able to spend money on lawyers for someone for incarceration, but we don't make the corresponding commitment to the preventative components of it.
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It's important to know that if you are dealing with shadows.
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The world record will come to me when I run the world record race. I'm just trying to perfect my race. I'm looking for perfection.
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I believe designers should eliminate the unnecessary. That means eliminating everything that is modish because this kind of thing is only short-lived.
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Want to raise children who will be happy adults? Teach them not to whine.
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I'm happy with embellishment in a chunky Prada-esque way, but I'm not into sequins!
