Maria de Medeiros Quotes
The left-wing thinkers and intellectuals have been more misogynist with me than the army. They can't accept that a young woman is able to think, and they underestimate the intellectual work and study I might have done. They ask who is the man behind me.
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I'm motivated every second by my work; it doesn't switch off. The pictures I make come from every blink of my lashes.
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I've never seen hard work fail.
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I really like playing people who are exciting to watch and who burn brightly.
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I've lived three lifetimes in my short time.
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Musician jokes are a kind of joke that usually have to do with how much money someone makes. Musicians are always starving, so they're really mean to each other about who makes what.
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I just don't plan things. I live a month at a time.
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The left-wing thinkers and intellectuals have been more misogynist with me than the army. They can't accept that a young woman is able to think, and they underestimate the intellectual work and study I might have done. They ask who is the man behind me.
