Tove Lo (Ebba Tove Elsa Nilsso) Quotes
		
	 
	
		
	
	
	
		At first, my bedroom had flowers and yellow walls and huge furniture in plastic that was orange and green - and furry green bed cover and everything. Then, I think the day I turned 13, I painted the walls black and put Kurt Cobain on the wall and just changed everything into a dark theme.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Tove Lo 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		Joe was being called a liar and a traitor; I'm being accused of nepotism, of being a glorified secretary. The stresses that that places on an individual and, of course, a marriage were tremendous. It was - there were some dark days. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Valerie Plame 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Occupy Wall Street means making Wall Street and the corporate power elite understand that the people affected by the binge of unregulated greed are not going away, and they are not going to give up. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Dana Spiotta 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The political world is a dark place. If you want to portray it accurately, authentically, you've got to turn out the lights from time to time. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Beau Willimon 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I live in Rome and five minutes from my flat is a church where you can walk in and see this beautiful Caravaggio. Just the way this man uses dark paint: dark to create dark to create dark, the layering of the darkness in his work. I just race home: I want to create! 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Taiye Selasi 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The casualties in the Civil War amount to more than all other wars - all other American wars combined. More people died in that war than World War II, World War I, Vietnam, etc. And that was a war for white supremacy. It was a war to erect a state in which the basis of it was the enslavement of black people. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ta-Nehisi Coates 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Redlining went beyond FHA-backed loans and spread to the entire mortgage industry, which was already rife with racism, excluding black people from most legitimate means of obtaining a mortgage. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ta-Nehisi Coates 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		When I started modeling, they tried to pay black models less than they paid Caucasian models. I turned down those jobs because I knew what I was worth. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Iman 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		On the weekends, I do the usual parental things, going to the boys' football tournaments or getting out for a hike along the Great Wall. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Zhang Xin 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		All roads lead to Wall Street, but we feel the effects of Wall Street on every street corner. Certainly in Syracuse, N.Y., where I live. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Dana Spiotta 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The misperception about the South is that everybody is racist, and all black people are victims, that what was prevalent in the '60s is only relegated to the South. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Octavia Spencer 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		There are all sorts of cries that the leaders of the Green Movement should submit themselves to the supreme leader, but that won't take place. Both sides have to be prepared for a serious negotiation. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Abdolkarim Soroush 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		My music is a little dark, and my lyrics are a little darker. Every day, I'm fighting towards the light. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Bebe Rexha 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		There's some real dark days where you just feel like the story is falling apart in every one. Just keep moving forward, even when you are bluffing, even when you don't quite know what is going to happen next. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Dan Scanlon 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		It's critical that we use a very dark brush to paint evil. When you bring the light into that darkness as characterized in John 1, that light is very vivid. When it dispels the darkness, we see the brilliance that's there. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ted Dekker 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		We did a play of 'Frog and Toad' at my elementary school. And I'm not sure if this is part of the book or it was something that we made up on our own, but I auditioned to play the black hole, which somehow makes sense to me. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Hailey Gates 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Illegal immigration can never be completely stopped, no matter how high the wall or how many patrol agents you have watching it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Gail Collins 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		My clothes are predominately black and my home is predominantly white. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Fran Drescher 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		We were in the heart of the ghetto in Chicago during the Depression, and every block - it was probably the biggest black ghetto in America - every block also is the spawning ground practically for every gangster, black and white, in America too. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Quincy Jones 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		I dug the idea that I was being perceived as the black sheep of my family, but for me, it was like, I was a rebel, and that to me was most important. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Larry Bishop 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I definitely had to reassess my relationship with the internet, now that majority of my mentions are people telling me to fucking kill myself and that I'm ugly. Oh, that was dark. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ashnikko 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		There's hardly anything I've ever done that's made me cringe; I've got pretty good pitch, for a start, so I'm not known for hitting bum notes. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Robert Palmer 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I never even thought about being an actor. Somebody asked me if I'd like to learn the craft, and I said, 'Okay.' I was a gymnast in a show at that time, and somebody asked me afterwards one night. I performed as a gymnast for nine years, and then I did acting after that. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Mads Mikkelsen 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I think it works differently for everyone. Some people do amazing things with research, but for me, it just gets convoluted, and I start to think too much. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Dove Cameron 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		At first, my bedroom had flowers and yellow walls and huge furniture in plastic that was orange and green - and furry green bed cover and everything. Then, I think the day I turned 13, I painted the walls black and put Kurt Cobain on the wall and just changed everything into a dark theme. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Tove Lo