Maria de Villota Quotes
Even now that I only have one eye, maybe I see more things than before. My life was completely against the clock, a fight against the stopwatch.
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Women are blessed with energy - a power which is unique. I have been very fortunate to have played strong women and explored their strengths through my films.
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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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I'm not the biggest comic book fan.
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I am surprised people took so long to pick up on the fact that my contract expires at the end of this year. Eddie has to decide who he wants to drive, so there is no secret anywhere. I am not concerned. It does not sit with my objectives to be competitive.
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So, two cheers for Democracy: one because it admits variety and two because it permits criticism.
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The way women today are treated in Saudi Arabia is a direct result of the education our children, boys and girls, receive at school.
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I think God gave us senses of humor, and we should use them.
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I don't know how it started but someone must have noticed I was always chewing tobacco or smoking a pipe.
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With the coaches, you don't want to hear everybody saying, 'Move over! Back up! Do this!' Let's find out what the players know.
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I never carry a purse. My iPhone is always with me, a credit card, and a piece of mint chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream gum.
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Symbolism is alright in 'fiction,' but I tell true life stories simply about what happened to people I knew.
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I think my best friend is dry shampoo and dry texturizer spray.
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When I first read 'The River,' I had theories on what it was about, but once we got into rehearsal, I realized it's much simpler: It's about how human beings try to connect. The play holds a mirror up to the audience, and they take from it what's relevant to their lives.
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Hearing a whole entire room sing back to me, 'I guess it's true I'm not good at a one-night stand,' you know, I just can't explain the feeling. It's unreal. You feel like you've just read your diary to thousands of people and they've gone, 'It's okay. We still love you.'
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Hair is also a problem. I remember once, when I was reporting from Beirut at the height of the civil war, someone wrote in to the BBC complaining about my appearance.
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LeBron James can get a shot off under any and all circumstances and he makes them.
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There is no birth of consciousness without pain.
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Sympathetic cracks. A term frequently used by architects and surveyors in terms of ageing houses. I know what they mean.
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I had friends but I was spending a great deal of my time alone and for me that was vital because there's an awful lot you learn about yourself when you're alone.
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He hadn’t a single redeeming vice.
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As you go along your own road in life, you will, if you aim high enough, also meet resistance... But no matter how tough the opposition may seem, have courage still and persevere.
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In the documentary the basic material has been created by God, whereas in the fiction film the director is a God; he must create life.
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There are some days when I can do my thing and be in the world and walk around, and it's fine. And then there are other days where it's totally not fine, and I want to crawl into a hole and die. And it's the most invasive and worst.
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Even now that I only have one eye, maybe I see more things than before. My life was completely against the clock, a fight against the stopwatch.
