- Energy
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- Nov 07, 2020
Ale Quotes
A small, varied set of reflections.
This is a modest, loosely connected collection, grounded mainly in a historical comparison of the scale of wartime scientific effort between two countries. Other entries touch briefly on film ratings and the kinds of scripts actors look for. Related quotes appear in our Life quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- My Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I never really thought about the fact that there weren't female role models, because I had them in my life. The women I knew in my life were so strong.
- Every
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- Nov 07, 2020
Full disclosure here - I had a terrible crush on Smokey Robinson, like every other female on the planet.
- Opportunity
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- Nov 07, 2020
Gender equality cannot be achieved by cutting programs that allow girls to get the same chance to compete, learn, and play. The United States has had a solid history of commitment to its female athletes and expanding opportunity for women, and it is imperative that we continue on this path.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
Britain, like other European states, is not and never will again be in the top-world-power league, so its male leaders can afford to play subtler, more variegated roles. Leaders of the U.S. don't have that option.
- Face
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was the first South Asian female to do comedy videos on YouTube. But at the same time, all races face their barriers, and I've learned through YouTube, if it's not race, it will be sexism, if it's not sexism, it will be homophobia. It will always be something, and all voices should be heard.
- Downturn
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- Nov 07, 2020
Because of piracy there has been a massive downturn in people buying music, which makes it more difficult for artists to make money from the sale of records.
- Character
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- Nov 07, 2020
My parents read me fairy tales every night and I used to believe I was a fairytale princess, like every young girl. I had all the Disney dressing-up costumes and would play every character.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
I guess the characters I play may be at the more destructive edge of the spectrum, more damaged or whatever, but I find a lot of female roles uninteresting.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
TLC has helped me to know that as a musician, I can talk about anything; that there are no barriers, and that you can be yourself. That's what I love about them. Left Eye in particular helped me to stay on top of my A game. She's one of the best female MCs that I've heard.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love to be scared. Not, 'Hey, I think I smell smoke...' scared, but creepy, paranoid, what's-that-out-there-in-the-dark, ghost story scared. It's no surprise that I was the girl who got invited to the slumber parties because I could be counted on to tell a tale to scare the bejesus out of you.
- Think
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think in industries riddled with bias, you tend to hire women only if their previous work is very masculine, which is hilarious given that this is not how male directors are chosen.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
On my second swim at Deception Island, the water was very clear and I was looking at hundreds of whale bones beneath me. It was a graveyard from the whaling some time in the 1920s-30s.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've always thought it was easier for girls to sing harmonies because their voices can go to that higher plane so much more easy than a male voice.
- Hospital
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm a leukemia survivor, and I recall during my darkest days in the hospital when my friends would come to see me, especially the male friends - they had certain mortality issues with their visit.
- Out
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm under no illusion. There are lots of male singers out there with raspy voices.
- History
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- Nov 07, 2020