Marla Gibbs Quotes
I never thought I was a great mom. I always worked. I fell in love with my children as they got older.
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If you stop being scared, that's when entropy sets in, and you may as well go home.
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I've always been a person who's been true to myself and true to others, and I'm not afraid to be honest.
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All my friends are like, 'Can you be on my side in the zombie apocalypse?' and I'm like, 'I got this.'
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Playing the priest on 'Oz' was a fantastic experience. I was very lucky.
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I had always dreamed of winning Wimbledon and when it happened it was very stressful. It was more of a relief!
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I try to be upbeat. I read this book which tells you to write down everything that you're grateful for each day. Now I'm constantly noticing all the little things that make me joyful.
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Fear may very well be a caveman fear of the predator, of the giant lizard chasing them - maybe that's what Steven Spielberg connects with so well in Lost World.
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You know, I had the music baskets and the writing basket. And I had the acting. And those eggs just hatched first, and the others were slow to incubate.
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Someone once said that you can make the choice between getting old and getting creepy, and I think getting old is the way to go.
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I like making movies that people feel inspired by, a film that they will think about a few days after seeing it, and not entertainment that is completely forgettable the moment you walk out of the theater.
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I try to stay consciously away from the roles of the girl who throws herself at the leading man, because I've done it a lot and I want to move on. I ticked that box.
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My mission as a writer is to give my readers hope to carry with them, and to promote a belief that they can do anything they set their minds to.
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Awards are so unnecessary because I think we get so much out of our work just by doing it. The work is a reward in itself.
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I think it'd be great if the evening news broadcast, for instance, were unsponsored and unrated.
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I received a call from Jets general manager Mike Tannenbaum and head coach Eric Mangini. They asked me if I was ready to become a New York Jet. I quickly answered 'yes' and began to hug everyone at the table.
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Children aren't happy with nothing to ignore, and that's what parents were created for.
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Pioneers may be picturesque figures, but they are often rather lonely ones.
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The test of good manners is to be able to put up pleasantly with bad ones.
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My hair is very straight - people always think that I've ironed it when I get to set.
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There are certain functions that a writer has to do. In a time of crisis, it is great to have heroic poems, as it was in the Irish Revolution. It's great to have great songs, because people need something to sing when they are marching. That's OK, but it should be on the side. It's not the ultimate thing.
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I'm not an abstract artist; I leave that to others. To me, abstract art ended with Kazimir Malevich's 'Black Square.' To continue it is senseless.
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I do not like broccoli. And I haven't liked it since I was a little kid and my mother made me eat it. And I'm President of the United States and I'm not going to eat any more broccoli.
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My mother was devoted to helping people - with my father's money! - who had great voices but didn't have the financial means to study music. He and my mum gave away dozens of music scholarships, and my mum opened a school in town, introduced opera to children and created fantastic programmes.
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I never thought I was a great mom. I always worked. I fell in love with my children as they got older.
