Laila Ali Quotes
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When I was travelling in Rajasthan people were waving hands, and it felt like I was visiting my own constituency.
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I like to prove people wrong.
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I'm a very positive person. I get excited easily, and I like to jump around.
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All my friends were non-Muslims. I actually knew very little about Islam - like, very little.
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I like to grow and experiment, and as an artist, it's about kicking the bar up a little.
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I like to get to bed with a clear head.
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I do not read SF as much as I used to. It's too much like a busman's holiday.
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I can swear like a fishwife.
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I like artists who have something to say, not wallpaper.
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My kids like their eggs with catsup. I like mine with salsa.
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I didn't like the idea of being foolish, but I learned pretty soon that it was essential to fail and be foolish.
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Evil is like water, it abounds, is cheap, soon fouls, but runs itself clear of taint.
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I don't like things like little sandals that look fragile. I like to look strong and commanding.
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I tried being anorexic for four hours, and then I was like, I need some bagels.
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I like Brad Pitt; I just have nothing to do with him.
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I decide immediately if I like a person and if I do, then I'm myself, and if I don't, then I give nothing.
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I like to think of myself as a storyteller.
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I really like collections of things. I love antique botanical prints with a bunch of different weeds and seeds.
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The old men of the village of Mahotière say that the Mistress of the Water is a mulatto woman. At midnight she comes out of the spring and sings while combing her dripping long hair, which makes a sound sweeter than a violin. It is a song of perdition for whomever hears it. There is no sign of the Cross, no "Our Father" to save him. Her curse takes him like a fish in a net and the Mistress of the Water awaits him on the edge of the spring and smiles upon him and tells him to follow her to the depths, from which he will never return.
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The only advice [for new writers and poets] I can offer is to be yourself: not the self someone else wants you to be, but the self you are. Enjoy yourself and your life. But most of all travel and eat. That's how we learn.
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I taught sixth grade for three and a half years.
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It's funny - more people talk about my 'babe-dom' now than they did before I had a child. Whatever. I guess I'm a role model in hot pants now. That's cool!
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I like to play by my own rules.
