Kim Brooks Quotes

Every time we watch a little story play out inside our head, we're fantasizing, whether we realize it or not, and it seems to me that, though succumbing to fantasies about other people can be dangerous or self-defeating, the act of fantasizing itself is also an essential part of being human, of being capable of both abstraction and empathy.

Kim Brooks

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In the car on my way to premieres and awards shows, I'll sit with tissue paper under my armpits so I don't soil the delicate dress fabric. The whole time, I'm telling myself, 'Please don't sweat, please don't sweat.' I throw the tissues out right before I step out of the car, and nobody ever knows! I just put on a smile and fake it.

Jessica Biel

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Confessions are not processed or analysed; they're told in a moment of desperation to a priest or to somebody interrogating you about a crime.

Meghan Daum

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The funny thing is, the girls that I'm always up against for roles are pretty nice and cool, like Emma Watson. She's awesome.

Amanda Seyfried

FunnyCoolNiceSheAlwaysAwesome

You have to make sacrifices. You have to work out, to be relaxed in your mind, to focus on what you're doing.

Stan Wawrinka

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Reading 'The New Yorker' - I start on the last page and go backwards, reading all the cartoons. Then I read 'Shouts and Murmurs.' Then I read the reviews. Then I read the articles that immediately appeal to me.

Miriam Shor

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'Footloose' is a fun movie. If you do it right, people should leave wanting to dance.

Miles Teller

DanceFunPeopleYouRightLeave

I think there are some things that just cannot be fixed.

Judy Smith

ThinkThingsCannotJustSomeFixed

I used to share my everyday life on the first social media platforms, and I had a pretty big following.

Chiara Ferragni

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If you are a rich person straining every sinew to keep every last pound in your pocket, there comes a point when you realize you are not just escaping the clutches of the Chancellor of the Exchequer. You are passing a greater burden on to people poorer than yourself, and depriving even poorer people of your support.

Clive Anderson

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My goal in Korea is to win. There's no timetable when to set the American record.

Ashton Eaton

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It takes a long time to learn that a courtroom is the last place in the world for learning the truth.

Alice Koller

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Curren$y used to be my favorite rapper.

Playboi Carti

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