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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The problem of the world today is the people talk on and on about democracy, freedom, justice. But I don't give a damn about democracy if I am worried about survival.
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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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You can't make a living as a playwright. You can barely scrape by.
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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 think the radio is kind of cool, because you're really free to do whatever you want, because you can go into another world. Whereas in TV, you have to make that world.
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There are a lot of good actresses out there.
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We need faith leaders like Eman Beshtawii.
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I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent.
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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?
