Charlize Theron Quotes
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My answer to those who oppose my appointment as CEO is that this is really a decision of the YWCA. They want to strengthen their grassroots to advocate on behalf of women's and children's empowerment and ending racism.
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Everyone thinks I land in a chopper on top of my building and I have the most cushy existence. Could you understand that I might have the most messed up life myself?
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My dad and I would watch Ray Lewis a lot. His tenacity, and he was everywhere. I wanted that mindset, too.
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My wife asked me if I ever thought I would ever retire from stand-up. And I thought about it, and I was like, 'No, because it's my job; it's what I do, and I enjoy it.' It's still the most challenging thing for me to do.
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I get a lot of influence from pro wrestling. People are like, 'Oh, it's fake.' But it's not about whether the guy wins or loses, it's about how he entertains you the whole time you're watching.
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I never give advice unless someone asks me for it. One thing I've learned, and possibly the only advice I have to give, is to not be that person giving out unsolicited advice based on your own personal experience.
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I'm an actor in between jobs right now, so I kind of live the life of a 7-year old.
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Dogs got personality. Personality goes a long way.
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People don't believe in me very much, but I have my teammates and my family that believe in me so much; they see how hard I work.
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'The Truth About Lorin Jones' will undoubtedly shock and offend as many readers as it will amuse, since it dares to make fun of feminism - of its manners, if not its politics.
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I just want to be part of great stories that are told and for them to be relevant.
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I was the first one in my family to go away to college. I came from a small town where there was no guidance in the high school at all. It was a mill town, and I never knew anyone who made their living from the arts. When you did go away to college, you went away to be something - an engineer, or a teacher, or a chemist.
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For every person who has ever lived there has come, at last, a spring he will never see. Glory then in the springs that are yours.
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Not one role that I've played has been written specifically for me.
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I didn't intend to introduce food so early, but she became very interested at about 5 months, and I just gave her whatever sort of nutrient-rich food I had. Her first food was smoked trout.
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Dave thought he was bigger than Van Halen the band. So there was this catfight going on for 10 years.
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Work means independence. It allowed me to shape my life on so many levels.
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Al Jazeera is known in the Arab world as the voice of freedom of expression.
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People ask me about fighting in real life and, honestly, it wouldn't look as graceful as it does in film and TV.
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The story of a passionate woman in a stale marriage is as old as Helen of Troy.
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Filipinos want beauty. I have to look beautiful so that the poor Filipinos will have a star to look at from their slums.
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I am far more distress-avoidant than I am joy-seeking.
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Life is what you make it... and nowhere close to making mine the best it can be.
