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Scapegoating will go on forever. We need someone to blame – illegal immigrants, single moms, people in prison. We need someone to victimize.
Winona RyderWinona Ryder I think it’s really important to have a life and have interests outside of this [movie] business, and not rely on this business to validate you as a human being. If you do that, you’re really in a dangerous spot.
Winona RyderWinona Ryder I remember the whole thing with the word ambition. I was messed up for a while because I associated it with certain people who just want to be famous. I think, for a while, it was kind of a dirty word for women.
Winona RyderWinona Ryder People think that they just want movies like Pretty Woman, when really they – at least the ones that I know personally – have been waiting for something that doesn’t completely insult them.
Winona RyderWinona Ryder Break-ups are hard for anybody, but it’s particularly tough when it’s being documented and you see the person’s picture everywhere. Most people don’t have that added problem when they break up with someone.
Winona RyderWinona Ryder I was very depressed after breaking off my engagement with Johnny ten years ago. I was embarrassingly dramatic at the time, but you have to remember I was only 19 years old.
Winona RyderWinona Ryder I have this sense that I didn’t really start growing up until my twenties.
Winona RyderWinona Ryder A woman who wears high heels is very different, I think, than a woman who wears sandals.
Winona RyderWinona Ryder A lot of the old movie theaters are closing down now, which is really sad. It’s still in the back of my mind.
Winona RyderWinona Ryder Crazy isn’t being broken, or swallowing a dark secret. It’s you or me, amplified.
Winona RyderWinona Ryder I was regarded as the school freak which further reinforced a lot of inhibitions and doubts I had about myself. I was a shy, frightened teenager for a long time.
Winona RyderWinona Ryder My father believes that Western religions are death cults, which I agree with.
Winona RyderWinona Ryder Remember, I’m the kind of kid who used to get stuffed into a locker by school bullies. I’ve never felt like I’m a big star at any level of my life.
Winona RyderWinona Ryder The actors that I do know are people who I think have souls, you know?
Winona RyderWinona Ryder I love photography and first editions. I have that in my genes. My father was an archivist.
Winona RyderWinona Ryder I was inspired by lots of people, certainly in acting and in writing and stuff, but I never wanted to be somebody else.
Winona RyderWinona Ryder
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And that is how time heals, not by erasing but by blurring all the memories.
VesmirVesmir Let me follow my dream. Let me follow my queen.
Moses AlexanderMoses Alexander Be kind to yourself, the way you would be to someone you love.
Courtney PeppernellCourtney Peppernell We need to surrender ourselves to the water before we can climb the spiral ladder.
Nikol MejdnNikol Mejdn You gave me the courage to rise but my darling robin why did you fly leaving me behind these four walls all alone?
Ophelia ScarlettOphelia Scarlett Giving up your dreams is easy, but ask yourself is it really easy to live without dreams?
Sania AbbasSania Abbas It’s funny how we say a person ‘made’ us when they actually broke us. Sort of like how I say ‘funny’ – but I actually mean sad.
Ranata SuzukiRanata Suzuki You can’t keep living backwards – Reminiscing on what was, And terrified to pursue What could be.
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Instead of focusing on the world’s problems, give your attention and energy to trust, love, abundance, education and peace.
Rhonda ByrneRhonda Byrne I tell you, if I’m going to go through a divorce, I would date again a younger man. Because I have so much energy, there’s no way an older man can keep up with me.
Ivana TrumpIvana Trump I tell you, if I’m going to go through a divorce, I would date again a younger man. Because I have so much energy, there’s no way an older man can keep up with me.
Ivana TrumpIvana Trump I tell you, if I’m going to go through a divorce, I would date again a younger man. Because I have so much energy, there’s no way an older man can keep up with me.
Ivana TrumpIvana Trump Most of the energy of political work is devoted to correcting the effects of mismanagement of government.
Milton FriedmanMilton Friedman Everything is energy. You are an energy magnet, so you electrically energize everything to you and electrically energize yourself to everything you want
Rhonda ByrneRhonda Byrne We become what we think about. Energy flows where attention goes.
Rhonda ByrneRhonda Byrne When you are praising or blessing you are on the highest frequency of love.
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