Aimee Mullins Quotes
I like it now when kids stare at me, because it is a way of starting a dialogue. And it is far better than them not looking at you at all. Nothing is worse than not being seen.
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When something happens far back in the past, people often can't recall exact details. Blame depends upon point of view. There may be a villain, but reality is frustrating because it's often ambiguous.
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We must become acquainted with our emotional household: we must see our feelings as they actually are, not as we assume they are. This breaks their hypnotic and damaging hold on us.
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NASA should start thinking about this planet.
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You're creating new things in movies and people are going to steal them.
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Me writing about tennis is like a baker baking bread.
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I hate being asked how I met my husband and very personal questions like that. I don't like that. People are too nosey. Intelligent questions I like, but sometimes people ask such silly, dopey ones.
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A filial son to his father can be a traitorous subject to his ruler.
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To understand why dictators have a problem with making peace - or at least a genuine peace - the link between the nature of a regime and its external behavior must be understood.
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Singing in Yiddish was a great thrill for me and came about through Joe Papp, the founder of The Public Theater.
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No characters in 'Stay Close,' including the leads, are black and white. I want them to be grey. I think that makes for a much more interesting reading experience, something that will stay with you a little bit longer.
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I need something to do when I'm not working, or I crawl up the walls. So I've just taken up kung fu. I was looking for some kind of calming, relaxing activity. I tried yoga, but it wasn't really me.
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Only very brave mouse makes nest in cat's ear.
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I actually have no style whatsoever. I'm the worst. I have people I talk to, and I say, 'Please tell me how to dress because I don't know what I'm doing.' The biggest thing for me is my mom. I'm like, 'Mom, do I look good?' If she says yes, I'm good to go.
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When I was in college, I used to love to watch football on Sundays.
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The fact that hype exists doesn't prove that something is not important.
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Eventually you just have to realize that you're living for an audience of one. I'm not here for anyone else's approval.
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Native trees are so important to our ecosystem.
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I'm not afraid of change, let's put it that way.
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You put too many songs on your record, and it ends up like a family with too many kids: some of them get neglected.
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I will go back to riding one day - when I have kids. I have such amazing childhood memories of being on horseback.
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I don't know about England so much, but in Germany and some of these other countries, the pink was something that they liked. For those kids, the pink and black and the whole look with the sunglasses and the leather jacket was the right kind of hero they could get behind, and I think that really set me apart from everyone else.
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You do projects with the hope they will be big and hope they will go beyond what you imagine.
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I love Meghna Gulzar's film making and her style of story telling. In her films, every character, small or big, is beautifully etched.
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I like it now when kids stare at me, because it is a way of starting a dialogue. And it is far better than them not looking at you at all. Nothing is worse than not being seen.
