Aja Brown Quotes
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To me, presentations are the most powerful device. You can't really name a movement that didn't start with the spoken word.
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Acting was something I always wanted to try. I just didn't know how, or I didn't know when the door was gonna be open for me to try it. But it finally opened up for me when I did 'Turn It Up', and ever since then I've been in love with doing films.
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I am more afraid of those who are terrified of the devil than I am of the devil himself.
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At first my publisher had reservations about publishing it in the form you are familiar with.
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Any competent actor could have done what I did.
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Reddit is where anyone can come and tell their real story.
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And eventually as I kept writing it, something emerged that was not quite me but a version of me.
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There has been a strong tradition in this country that it is not the function of the military to educate the public on political issues.
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If you believe what you like in the gospels, and reject what you don't like, it is not the gospel you believe, but yourself.
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It takes people a while to trust you.
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If I can help a kid feel more comfortable in their skin because they're struggling with maybe the things I struggled with in high school, that's great.
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I became interested in educating people in the variety of ways in which women can express their emotion. Which is much easier to do in a large role than in a supporting role to a male protagonist. In general, the women in a supporting role to a male protagonist - cry a lot.
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You can't get there alone. People have to help you, and I do believe in karma. I believe in paybacks. You get people to help you by telling the truth, by being earnest.
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I didn't want to do a zoo show. I didn't want to do a study of someone with mental illness. I just wanted to show someone who was trying to live their life.
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We can succeed only by concert. It is not, 'Can any of us imagine better,' but, 'Can we all do better?'
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The moon is a friend for the lonesome to talk to.
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An unjust law is itself a species of violence. Arrest for its breach is more so.
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I could enjoy the life that I had by virtue of the educational attainment that my grandparents and parents had pursued. Education was always incredibly valued in our family.
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I've never really been very good at marriage. It's one of my failures. I've tried my best, but I do realise the common denominator is me; it's something I'm doing.
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My parents are from the former Soviet Union, from Ukraine, and I grew up wanting to be a professional hockey player.
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The brave are parsimonious of threats.
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If the sight of the blue skies fills you with joy, if a blade of grass springing up in the fields has power to move you, if the simple things of nature have a message that you understand, rejoice, for your soul is alive.
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This union may never be perfect, but generation after generation has shown that it can always be perfected. And today, whenever I find myself feeling doubtful or cynical about this possibility, what gives me the most hope is the next generation - the young people whose attitudes and beliefs and openness to change have already made history in this election.
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I think Compton is definitely a part of my, my family history - a part of me.
