Adora Svitak Quotes
Young people are often asked, 'What do you want to be when you grow up?' and given advice about how to lead meaningful adult lives, but where's the encouragement to lead meaningful lives right now?
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I'm not going to buy my kids an encyclopedia. Let them walk to school like I did.
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Women can't be afraid to look like action heroes. It's not always pretty, but when it's on the screen, it translates well to the audience.
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It amazes me that talking about traditional values is controversial, but it seems to be.
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Big league defense is going to get outs most times.
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Tyrannies not only want to control your mind and thoughts but your flesh as well.
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I got addicted to Tetris, playing it in my basement, I was missing all these airplane flights over it. After the fourth one that I missed, I realized I needed to get rid of this thing - so ever since then, I don't play video games any more.
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I've always believed that a good twist is one that, when it is presented to the audience, half of them say, 'I saw that coming.' And half of them are completely and totally shocked. Because if you don't have the half that saw it coming, then it wasn't fair: You never gave the audience a chance to guess it.
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Textbooks are going to remain a key part of learning. They just need to go digital, become more interactive and they need more analytics.
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As with any moderately famous person, footballers are the source of much gossip. In fact, I'd go as far as to say they are targeted. The fun part as their partner is not knowing who, or what, to believe.
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I'm not an agent from any government, even if some of you may not believe it. I'm not. I'm a peacemaker.
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First of all my real full name is Lloyd Vernet Bridges III.
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I believe that life is a journey towards God, and that no one has the right to insist that you go a certain road.
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I've had to be tough my whole life.
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I come from a dysfunctional family, so my views of parents and parenting used to be highly mixed.
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I'd say Juventus has a story as legendary as the Yankees.
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If I do a song where I'm angry, when it's time to perform it live I'm not mad, I'm happy. I'm at a concert. But I have to somehow drum up that rage. That's acting.
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I have never gotten a B in my life. I would honestly be mortified if I got a B. I'm so academically driven.
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The day we run out of petrol is the day Iran will be free.
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I don't care much about music. What I like is sounds.
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He considered himself to be a thoroughly useless man, taking up space in a world to which he contributed nothing - but he did have a talent for baking… The gas oven might blow up in his face, at last bringing him peace, but if it didn't, he would at least have cookies for Agnes.
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I'm intrigued by people who are super adept at manipulating their own image. We all do it to a certain extent.
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I have an all-Japanese design team, and none of them speak English. So it's often funny and surprising how my ideas end up lost in translation.
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Young people are often asked, 'What do you want to be when you grow up?' and given advice about how to lead meaningful adult lives, but where's the encouragement to lead meaningful lives right now?
