Karen Elson Quotes
Even though I have lived in the States since I was 18, in my head I am still very British, and I do have this romance for towns in Middle America that nobody gets to see.
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We don't have to have the same truths or personal belief systems to love one another and get along.
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Life in cities is not a spring but a river, or rather, a water main. It progresses like a novel, artificially.
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I still can't believe it when people say I am a celebrity.
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When I write, I create really absurd situations which become false because I am after the joke.
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We're seeing quite a lot of people who really would like a return to class-based politics.
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For about 175,000 people, Chiranjeevi Blood Bank has supplied blood for free in times of emergency. This is because of the service-oriented attitude of Mega fans.
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Doing a kid's movie is fun when you have kids. You don't want to do kids' movies if you don't have kids. When you have kids, things change in your life.
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When I was prepping for my Broadway debut as Romeo, it really hit me that I had never done that. I had trained at drama school for three years in my late teens to early 20s, and I'd studied Shakespeare, of course, but I hadn't actually performed it. So to do something like Romeo for my first Broadway role was a challenge.
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I've never been good at meditation, but surfing is the closest I've ever come to that inner something.
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Properties have different characteristics, like companies, and the market throws up more opportunities because it is inefficient.
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You need someone to see what you've done, to read it and to understand it and to appreciate what's gone into it.
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You can't say yes to every role, and you have to make people miss you. I don't want people to get sick of me.
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As an entrepreneur, you only fail when you give up.
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I mean, I was first offered Princess Astra.
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Octavia Butler was more interested in writing a good story than in worrying about where to slot it.
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I love making films, and as long as I love the subject, I just have a crazy amount of passion and energy for the project.
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Lipgloss is my calling!
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I like to have something to base a role on.
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One time my mom tried to ground me, but that lasted 15 minutes.
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That level of trade deficit throttles real growth in our country and continues the unfortunate path of selling out America. We are not winning the global trade war, we are losing it badly.
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Probably all writers are at some point briefly under the impression that they are in the forefront of disintegration and chaos, that they are among the first to live and work after things fall apart. The continuity such an impression ignores is a literary continuity.
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When too many Americans don't vote or participate, some see apathy and despair. I see disappointment and even outrage. And I believe that out of this frustration can come hope and action.
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I'm 31 years old and I want to be part of a championship team before my career is over.
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Even though I have lived in the States since I was 18, in my head I am still very British, and I do have this romance for towns in Middle America that nobody gets to see.
