Pink (Alecia Beth Moore) Quotes
Consumerism diverts us from thinking about women's rights, it stops us from thinking about Iraq, it stops us from thinking about what's going on in Africa - it stops us from thinking in general.
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I'm good at description and imparting flow to a story, but I don't necessarily understand the value of long scenes.
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My love of music comes from as long as I remember. I begged my mum to learn piano for a year when I was 4; she wanted to make sure I was serious, and I wanted to be Chuck Berry when I grew up! We were a very musical family; my mum would play guitar, and her, my dad and aunt would sing and harmonize!
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I tend to deal with characters who are sort of at that same point of wrestling with, 'Who am I going to be as an adult? What do I believe? How am I defining myself in the context of my culture and my peer groups, my family?'
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I congratulate you, my fellow-citizens, upon the high state of prosperity to which the goodness of Divine Providence has conducted our common country.
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I don't give up on commitments until what I've been asked to do is clearly finished.
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An Englishman will fairly drink as much As will maintain two families of Dutch.
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I've made a decision and now I must face the consequences.
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A thought transfixed me: for the first time in my life, I saw the truth as it is set into song by so many poets, proclaimed as the final wisdom by so many thinkers. The truth - that love is the ultimate and the highest goal to which man can aspire.
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It is in the very nature of things human that every act that has once made its appearance and has been recorded in the history of mankind stays with mankind as a potentiality long after its actuality has become a thing of the past.
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Running is what keeps my weight down. I have to stay active or I could easily gain weight.
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Pasta with melted cheese is the one thing I could eat over and over again.
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The funny thing is, I'm not really a big reader, not a big fan of books in the first place.
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We can let circumstances rule us, or we can take charge and rule our lives from within.
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Since first starting my career, I've grown accustomed to working with actors older than me. I'm always the youngest.
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There comes a day when you've become comfortable in your skin. But God as my witness, I am going to try to do everything I can to keep this ass together for as long as I possibly can - without going against nature.
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One and one is two, and two and two is four, and five will get you ten if you know how to work it.
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Nobody wants to be against technology, but I think that regulators should not - and people should not - assume that faster is always better in markets.
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I wish I could be like Shaw who once read a bad review of one of his plays, called the critic and said: 'I have your review in front of me and soon it will be behind me.'
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I'm actually pretty shy in real life. But I guess in front of the camera, I focus.
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When I was a kid, I would do stupid things on my bike. I'd jump any ramp, I'd jump over people, I'd jump over things - always crashing, never hurting myself badly but always wanting to take physical risks.
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I cannot remember a time in opposition - I am talking about the last four years - when we have done less work on policy and more on slogans. But because of my European views I wasn't allowed to participate.
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We live in a constant fear that our shortcomings will be exposed to family, to friends and to the world.
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To write about a place, you have to live there.
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Consumerism diverts us from thinking about women's rights, it stops us from thinking about Iraq, it stops us from thinking about what's going on in Africa - it stops us from thinking in general.
