Danny Glover Quotes
But rarely have I made choices that made me feel I was really compromising what I believe.
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You have to be careful to react when you start to deviate from your course.
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Nearly every president in the past 100 years has declared national monuments, from Teddy Roosevelt creating the Grand Canyon National Monument to George W. Bush preserving 10 islands and 140,000 square miles of ocean waters in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.
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They ended up spending a total, their campaign plus the independent, about 1.3 million. I only ended up spending about - not only, but I spent about 2 million. But I had no intention of doing that until I was attacked with a negative ad by an independent group.
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Having spent a number of my younger years with trade-union parents attending NUT annual conferences, I feel comfortable with an agenda in my hand and a procedural format for debate.
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As a mom, I don't have much time for beauty.
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I enjoy doing new tunes. It gives me a little bit to perk up, to pay a little bit more attention.
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We are more casual about qualifying the people we allow to act as advocates in the courtroom than we are about licensing electricians.
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Oh God, my choice of film has never depended on the hero. In fact, you will see that some of my categorical mistakes had nothing to do with the hero in it.
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I'll never totally get away from being who I am, which first, to many, is the daughter of Nat King Cole, which became even more intensified with the 'Unforgettable' album.
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The most important days, more than any Grammy award thing or anything, is the day that you're responsible for snacks after the game.
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Forget the technique. Hit the guy across from you. Don't let somebody come in your space.
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The scientist is motivated primarily by curiosity and a desire for truth.
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Being an actress can be a little like being a girl in the '50s: You're stuck waiting by the phone, hoping that the boy you like will call.
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Americans are good at pursuing happiness. And the Americans who pursue happiness most diligently show that we're also good at running it down and killing it.
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I don't believe I could work as effectively at what I do without the support of my wife.
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Be realistic and truthful - and tell Hong Kong businessmen honestly that they should go for long-term investments since it is unlikely money can be made in the short haul.
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I love my kitchen. On the weekends, we have friends over, the kids are buzzing around, and we cook and talk.
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Everything I want to do in my life, I want to be at the top.
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In 1994, nobody could have predicted 'Shawshank' would one day be an iconic movie - and believe me, that would never have happened if Danny Glover had been Red instead of Morgan Freeman.
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The best car safety device is a rear-view mirror with a cop in it.
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What I'm suggesting is, stand for yourself, be for something and the hell with it. Because the hand-wringers and the editorialists and the sigh-and-pontificate crowd will be against you, whatever you do.
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The only day I remember of my parents' marriage was the day my dad walked out. As I stood there at five years old, with my older sister and younger brother, I knew that he was gone.
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When I was born, my parents - my mother especially - couldn't come to terms with that fact that they had another baby girl. I know these stories in detail because every time a guest visited, or there was a gathering, they repeated this story in front of me that how I was the unwanted child.
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But rarely have I made choices that made me feel I was really compromising what I believe.
