Oriana Fallaci Quotes
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There is a great deal of pain in life and perhaps the only pain that can be avoided is the pain that comes from trying to avoid pain.
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If you're in a dark place, you're there for a reason. And the only way to get through to those kids or to other people going through the same thing is really to meet them in that dark place and then slowly bring them to the light.
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Fun wouldn't be the right word... it was the most difficult, challenging, physical, extraordinary stretch I've ever had to make, in all those wild regards.
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People should know what they want, not just what they don't want.
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Somebody once told me I shouldn't try to change Hollywood. That isn't my point at all. I don't want Hollywood to change me.
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When I started out, the idea of comfort in shoes was almost a dirty word.
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You have to find a way - and thankfully for me, it's been music - to separate yourself from the racial identity. It's not easy, and I continue to work, God bless, and I'm really, truly appreciative of it.
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The love story for me was the nature of the love and not the age of the lovers.
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To be on the set with the actors, with the location, every day changes; every day something can go wrong.
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Nothing is so aggravating than calmness.
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I'm not a coach and I know it. I'm too busy and it doesn't pay. I'm expensive. But I would always advise.
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Octavia Butler was more interested in writing a good story than in worrying about where to slot it.
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I'm not on Twitter, and I don't read the papers day to day, so I am somewhat protected. There's this weird separation between your private and public persona.
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It seems like WikiLeaks has better information on Hillary Clinton than she does herself.
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Well, my wife, Cathy Gillespie, worked for Joe Barton, who was running for Congress in 1984.
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My goal is to make people feel passionately, if it's negative or positive, I did my job.
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I don't care whether you use natural gas, ethanol, the battery. You can use anything, just so it's American.
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When I saw Wonder Woman being constantly put in positions where she'd get tied up with her own rope, or held hostage, even as a kid, my reaction was 'C'mon, she's too smart for that.'
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The movie business is a big gamble.
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I like the mix of stuff I do. I love movies, but I also enjoy performing live and writing songs.
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That's just the way this business works. You're a reliable commodity.
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I'd definitely be up for 'EastEnders.' Just the same as I would if 'Coronation Street' was offered. Either way, it would be like going back to my roots.
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Every year is beautiful, and I try to appreciate each moment in my career, but 30 was definitely one of my best.
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This Islam business kidnapped me.
