Charles Laughton Quotes
Hollywood is a goofy place. But I like it.... If one weren't a little mad one wouldn't be there.
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I haven't done Vine in a long time, and when I first started, I just did stuff that I thought was funny.
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I look for what needs to be done. After all, that's how the universe designs itself.
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I worked from 10 p.m. until 1 a.m. every night for a year to write the first 'Chicken Soup for the Soul' book.
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The novel is about, for me, sustained and organized looking. I do think that people have a hunger for a sustained engagement, that concentration that the book can offer.
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All things atrocious and shameless flock from all parts to Rome.
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I just want to do the best things I can do on the field, do the things I know how to in baseball, have fun.
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Actions are always more complex and nuanced than they seem. We have to be willing to wrestle with paradox in pursuing understanding.
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I hope there are going to be plenty of more roles to come.
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You're not going to see me ever be partisan. I'll never take a position on a candidate or an issue.
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I have an extended family of close friends, guy and girls.
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In the late 1960s, I ended up in Telluride, Colorado. It wasn't like the country club that it is now. It was very raw. Skiing was there, but snowboarders have now entirely overrun it.
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There are 3 billion women in the world, so there are 3 billion ways to be a feminist.
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I was under the false impression that I could sing in high school, so I did a lot of musical stuff. I can't sing or dance, so that was entertaining for everyone.
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Doing stunt work is risky, but it's something I enjoy.
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I enjoy music so much; it's such a passion in my life, and I hope that comes across.
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I'm a really good parent to myself sometimes, and I do things that make me learn and grow.
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I do not believe in abortion at will. I do not believe that if a woman just wants to have an abortion she should... I do believe if you have an abortion you are committing murder.
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I've failed once or twice real big, independent.
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I wasn't that over-the-top, but I got sent to the principal in first grade for talking. And my father was for a long time the president of the Board of Education. That was always a hard note to bring home.
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I think some authors suffer from a need to try to prove that they're clever and educated. I try not to suffer from that. I would rather sacrifice my own narrative in the exercise of writing a biography. So I'm not worried about whether I'm clever.
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My hope as an actress is knowing that I'm someone who is more privileged - I'm biracial and lighter-skinned - and I hope it can open up the door for more women of color, especially darker-skinned black women. I hope everyone hops on the bandwagon and decides to start putting women of color in movies that aren't just about race.
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I think we can provide better stories through providing mentors, and certainly part of my story is providing mentors to kids growing up without dads. I think positive male role models go a long way in terms of rescuing kids from a life of trouble.I think positive male role models go a long way in terms of rescuing kids from a life of trouble.
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If we simply preach the effects of redemption in the human life instead of the revealed, divine truth regarding Jesus Himself, the result is not new birth in those who listen. The result is {only} a refined religious lifestyle . . . we must make sure that we are living in such harmony with God that as we proclaim His truth He can create in others those things which He alone can do.
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Hollywood is a goofy place. But I like it.... If one weren't a little mad one wouldn't be there.
