The Weeknd (Abel Makkonen Tesfaye) Quotes
I think that's why my career is going to be so long: Because I haven't given people everything.
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When I have people around, I'm a chatterbox. But when I'm alone, I never speak. I don't talk to myself; it's just not my schtick.
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The Sundance Institute has been vital to the film communities of Latin America.
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I think that's what the most fascinating part of getting to know someone is - to see how they do things, and how their way of doing things is different from your way of doing things, and the fun of trying to do it their way and to see what value there is in looking at things from their perspective.
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I enjoy money. Not enough people in this world are happy. I'm determined to be contented, and having plenty of money from working makes it easier for me.
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As the mother of two daughters, I have great respect for women. And I don't ever want to lose that.
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I wouldn't just have other people write songs and me go out and sing it. I would sit down with a guitar and write 11 or 12 good songs for an album and that is gonna take a long time.
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In human years I am 29. In actress years I'm the ripe, promising age of 18 to 35. That's how it works here in Hollyweird.
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I take none of that to heart. I don't feel like there's anything that I need to do for anybody else. I want to win bad enough for myself anyway, that nothing anybody can say can make me want to win any more.
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Acting is great therapy - you get to do things you'd normally get arrested for.
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When you go all over the world for work, your dream vacation is your bedroom.
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As long as my family's OK, I'll be fine.
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The two most frightening words in Washington are 'bipartisan consensus.' Bipartisan consensus is when my doctor and my lawyer agree with my wife that I need help.
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What is the future of the woman's movement? How in the hell do I know? I don't run it.
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If you take shortcuts, you get cut short.
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It's an unfortunate reality of life that toxins are constantly building up in our bodies.
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We have an idea that the man should help pay for the child. But we don't have a law that says a man has to support any woman he gets pregnant. Why is that? Because she doesn't have the baby yet. But if we're going to say it's a human being, then he should be supporting her during pregnancy.
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Character development is what I value most as a reader of fiction. If an author can manage to create the sort of characters who feel fully real, who I find myself worrying about while I'm walking through the grocery store aisles a week later, that to me is as close to perfection as it gets.
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When I am in Egypt, I am along for the ride - I am a privileged outsider, but an outsider nonetheless.
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It's interesting, the things you learn when you're 21. I learned never to get tattoos in the middle of shooting a movie. Because if you're not Angelina Jolie or Megan Fox, they will fire you.
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As we get older, people close down. We get less adaptive, less flexible - literally. Curiosity can diminish, and you want safety. You want what you know.
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I always strive, when I can, to spread sweetness and light. There have been several complaints about it.
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There is nothing in this world that I love more than my family. To be able to share the joy of running with them at the Runner's World Half Marathon and Running Festival where we can all participate together is as close as you can get to a perfect weekend.
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Full-body workouts are great for someone who can only train a few times per week, as missing one day will be less detrimental.
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I think that's why my career is going to be so long: Because I haven't given people everything.
