Here's what I advise any young struggling actress today: The important thing is to develop as a woman first, and a performer second. You wouldn't prostitute yourself to get a part, not if you're in the right mind. You won't be happy, whatever you do, unless you're comfortable with your own conscience.

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In the long run, the greatest weapon of mass destruction is stupidity. ― Thomas Sowell

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The stupid are invincible.

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The idea that everything is purposeful really changes the way you live. To think that everything that you do has a ripple effect, that every word that you speak, every action that you make affects other people and the planet.

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Music is a mantra that soothes the soul...something our body has to have. It's important to understand the power of music.

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But an innovation, to grow organically from within, has to be based on an intact tradition, so our idea is to bring together musicians who represent all these traditions, in workshops, festivals, and concerts, to see how we can connect with each other in music.

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Murderers, in general, are people who are consistent, people who are obsessed with one idea and nothing else.

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I don't care that they stole my idea . . I care that they don't have any of their own

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The activity of art is... as important as the activity of language itself, and as universal.

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It was so important for me to lose everything, because I found out what the most important thing is, which is to be true to yourself.

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