Carmen Ejogo Quotes
I wanted to work with Mike Leigh. I had my list of British people I wanted to work with, and I wanted to work with David Lynch and Woody Allen.
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I've never been one to run from a challenge.
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I usually get all my stress and anger out at the gym. But when I get out, I'm kind of a pleasant person - really.
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Drama school introduced me to a world I had no idea about. I wasn't brought up in a literary household at all.
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Our guiding principle was that design is neither an intellectual nor a material affair, but simply an integral part of the stuff of life, necessary for everyone in a civilized society.
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Poetry is an art, the easiest to dabble in, but the hardest to reach true excellence.
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Hold puppies, kittens, and babies anytime you get the chance.
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I've got no respect for any young man who won't join the colors.
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But although all our knowledge begins with experience, it does not follow that it arises from experience.
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Israel reoccupied the cities of the West Bank by a unilateral action, and reestablished the civil and military occupation by a unilateral action, and it is the one that determines whether or not a Palestinian citizen has the right to reside in any part of the Palestinian Territory.
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For me, visuals are as important as the music. I just love escapism and giving people something to escape to. To me, that's what art is.
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The glorification of sisters, mothers as the selfless Indian women who will do 'agni pariksha' and the one who sees her own betterment only in the betterment of their husbands and fathers, that has to stop. It's very regressive.
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I can't even imagine life without music!
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Everything you'll ever need to know is within you; the secrets of the universe are imprinted on the cells of your body.
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In fact, because of their connection to the land, farmers do more to protect and preserve our environment than almost anyone else. They are some of the best environmentalists around.
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I think the sensitivity that you need to create certain things sometimes would spill over into things that shouldn't have bothered me.
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Ignorance is the failure to discriminate between the permanent and the impermanent, the pure and the impure, bliss and suffering, the Self and the non-Self.
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Herbert Hoover failed through no fault of his own. The Crash of 1929 and the Great Depression were beyond his control, and every remedy he tried failed adequately to work.
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I do secret stand-up shows around New York. I announce and tweet this to nobody - I get onstage and I do a quick five minutes.
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I never quit until I get what I want.
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This is our comfort, God is in heaven, and He doth what pleaseth Him; His, and only His counsel shall stand, whatsoever the designs of men, and the fury of the people be.
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The only way to support a revolution is to make your own.
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I just want to be at peace with myself, personally and professionally. I want to lead my life the way I want to without having to worry about what the other person may be thinking. Professionally again, I would like to be able to just do films that I want to without having to explain my reasons to my friends, family and fans.
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Dishonesty in a woman is a thing you never blame deeply - I was casually sorry, and then I forgot.
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I wanted to work with Mike Leigh. I had my list of British people I wanted to work with, and I wanted to work with David Lynch and Woody Allen.
