Jane Austen Quotes
I am not born to sit still and do nothing. If I lose the game, it shall not be from not striving for it.
Quotes to Explore
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I'm not a fan of any genre but am a fan of movies that are intelligent and/or funny. That goes across all genres: a horror movie, a zombie movie, alien invaders, chick flick, or raunchy comedy. If it's well done, I'm a fan.
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I think I'm always trying to subvert conventions, and sometimes it's more successful than others.
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New Year's Eve, we're going to be doing a concert with the Philadelphia Orchestra in Symphony Hall. It makes me feel good, because of all the people they could have had, they wanted me! We do have to do a little work with the rhythm section.
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I don't want to be known as an item dancer. I want to be known as an actress only.
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When the Chinese first came to San Francisco, they were actually welcomed by the mayor and they had special ceremonies for them-again this is when their colony was very small, only a few Chinese.
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Every teenager and everybody around the ages from 10 to 18 has to go through finding out who they are.
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I've never fabricated or plagiarized anything.
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In our local Baptist church, I sang in the choir and formed a gospel quartet. When our minister caught me messing with his guitar, he taught me three positions – one, four and five. After that, I taught myself to play.
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You see, God helps only people who work hard. That principle is very clear.
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Usually people are questioning my athleticism more than my femininity!
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I'd like to show people that if you put the hard work in and you believe in yourself, then you can do whatever you want to.
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Education is at the heart of achieving your dreams.
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I have a terrifying long list of fears. Literally everything - diseases, spiders... and people getting tired of me.
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My parents are from Manchester but I was brought up in London, Camden Town.
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I made that first record in 2008, alongside the EP, but my label at the time waited three years to release it. They thought maybe someone bigger would buy it, but they didn't, so in the end they just released it themselves.
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I will end the history of division and conflict through reconciliation and fairness.
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Brooklyn's good. Brooklyn's funky. Brooklyn's happening.
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War is not an exercise of the will directed at an inanimate matter.
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I still enjoy what I'm doing, which is building businesses. I don't play golf. I don't have any particular passion apart from my business and my family, and that gives me all the pleasure that I want.
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I was playing in the beginning, the mood all changed
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Some people think my singing is superb. But they're mainly on strong medication and not allowed out much.
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We were either gonna win the game or win the fight.
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Because I tried to everything possible to become the best player in the world? Do I believe steroids and growth hormones helped me achieve that? Yes. Were there a lot of other players doing it that I had to compete against? Yes.
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I am not born to sit still and do nothing. If I lose the game, it shall not be from not striving for it.
