Betty Wright (Bessie Regina Norris) Quotes
There's always a time when you think you've done your last song or you've written your last rap or, you know, people are not checking for you.
Quotes to Explore
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The hatred Muslim extremists feel against the West feeds on certain conflicts in the world.
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I am in love with myself, with my friends, with my family, with kids, with life and my movies.
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Reverence is fatal to literature.
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We show our faces to demand human rights for everyone, everywhere.
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I'm from outside Philadelphia, a town called Wayne, which is, like, 25 minutes northwest.
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Disease generally begins that equality which death completes.
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Whenever you're in a relationship, you have that favorite song that reminds you of when you first got together or when you first kissed, and then every time you hear that song, it reminds you of that person.
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A runner's stride is not perfectly efficient.
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A dinosaur out of context is like a character without a story. Worse than that, the character suffers from amnesia.
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The thing you fear most has no power. Your fear of it is what has the power. Facing the truth really will set you free.
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As a former teacher and someone who has devoted her entire career to children and public schools, I understand the pain and frustration of parents who feel their children are not receiving the education they deserve.
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I used to be able to think. My brain's circuits were all connected, and I had spark, a quickness of mind that let me function well in the world.
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I'm pretty obsessed with Stevie Nicks from her style to her voice. I like watching her on YouTube and her old performances, the way she moves and everything.
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I never attended a creative writing class in my life. I have a horror of them; most writers groups moonlight as support groups for the kind of people who think that writing is therapeutic. Writing is the exact opposite of therapy.
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We are all human beings, and our nationality is simply an accident of birth.
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If God hadn't meant for us to eat sugar, he wouldn't have invented dentists.
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I really fought to make my character not a stereotype. I play a soap star with dyed blonde hair.
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Who'd give up sunny California for the grey old Earls Court Road? I'm looking out at blue skies and the mountains and trees, and it's so beautiful.
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British society has never been cleansed of the filth of imperialism.
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I want to work for a long, long time and keep growing in my work, and if I am very lucky and very blessed, maybe somewhere along the line there will be one movie in there that becomes a classic.
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I loved 'Gladiator' when I was young. Russell Crowe was a big inspiration; the fact that he plays my father in 'Noah' was amazing.
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I like directing. It takes a lot out of you, but I'd like to do it again - I just have to find a story I want to tell.
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In my travels I am often asked if college stifles young writers. In my opinion, it doesn't stifle them enough.
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There's always a time when you think you've done your last song or you've written your last rap or, you know, people are not checking for you.
