Karen Elson Quotes
I've been writing songs since I was at least 20. That's what I wanted to do before I became a model.
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North Korea, under its thirtysomething Supreme Leader, Kim Jong-un, is no country for old men. The latest casualty in Kim's ongoing purge of the senior military command was the defense minister, Hyon Yong-chol, who reportedly committed the classic old man's offense of falling asleep in a meeting.
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This life and this job and this position that I'm put in, it forces you to grow up quick. I definitely got dropped in the deep end.
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To be honest, I think that I am a bit of a singer, coming from Wales; being Welsh, we are all very proud of our singing heritage.
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Consciousness is indeed always with us. Everyone knows 'I am!' No one can deny his own being.
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I have no problem with violence, I have no problem playing horrible people.
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I study what's happening in music. I want to sound different than everybody else.
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You would not believe how much time people waste in a day. And how little time they put into things they genuinely love.
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When we assess the impact of technological changes, we tend to downplay things that happened a while ago.
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Coming up with ideas isn't hard. The real challenge is finding the time to actually build something and then finding a home for it.
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Not obsessed with particularly Nike, but sneakers in general. I love them.
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Anyone in the comedy world knows that Horatio Sanz and Chris Parnell are two of the funniest guys around.
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Today's films are so technological that an actor becomes starved for roles that deal with human relationships.
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Acting was all I ever really wanted to do.
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Every time you treat an Iraqi disrespectfully, you are working for the enemy.
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I'm concerned about my daughter because she will not believe in Santa Claus. No matter what I say to her, she just doesn't buy it, and she's 2. I refuse to give it up. I say, 'There is a Santa Claus,' and she says, 'Okay, Mommy. In pretend world, right?' She really doesn't believe.
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I didn't grow up with a mother, so I don't have that resource to rely on and ask a million questions.
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Who has fully realized that history is not contained in thick books but lives in our very blood?
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Success in management requires learning as fast as the world is changing.
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The great creative individual . . . is capable of more wisdom and virtue than collective man ever can be.
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I have an issue with the commercial aspect of moviemaking: I don't see why a movie can't make a lot of money and also be good.
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After touring with David Bowie last year, I was inspired to look at what I wanted to do as an artist, and I realized I wanted to go back to the music I fell in love with when I was eight years old.
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My job is to play chess, the game that I love. I achieve what I can in chess. That is what I focus on. Basically, I am always focused on playing the game, and this is important to me.
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I have two ideas for novels at the moment, neither of them all that conventional, but I'm not ready to choose between them yet, let alone settle down to the process of writing.
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I've been writing songs since I was at least 20. That's what I wanted to do before I became a model.
