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“I thought I'd join the RAF and become a wing commander. I realised this wasn't possible, although I do have a pilot's licence.”
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“So many times, we take things to heart and that eats us up, and we think it over and over again with work and our personal life. But most of the time, it is not personal. It may have nothing to do with you but, instead, what the other person is going through in their life.”
Source : "Camila Alves: On What Inspires Her". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.
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“When you have set yourself a task finish it.”
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“We have a visceral reaction to the idea that anyone would make very much money helping other people. Interesting that we don't have a visceral reaction to the notion that people would make a lot of money NOT helping other people.”
Source : "The way we think about charity is dead wrong". TED conference, www.ted.com. March 2013.
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“I think younger players probably just think they are who they are-they don't think about coming out. Unless you're number one in the world, nobody cares, usually.”
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“I feel like certain people think that certain styles of music will taint their jazz style.”
Source : "Listening To Rap With Robert Glasper". Interview with Patrick Jarenwattananon, www.npr.org. August 26, 2010.
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“At best you can hold death at bay, you can pretend it isn't there; but to deny it totally is a sickness. And I think that horror fiction is one of the ways to approach these problems, and, perversely perhaps, to enjoy a vicarious confrontation with them.”
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“I feel everything very strongly, and that is why I am an actress. I have made such clear connections between some of my chronic boo-boos in my body and emotion. It is kind of fascinating. I really feel like as a society, we need tap into that and embrace that more and more instead of wondering why we are sick.”
Source : Source: www.avclub.com