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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Suppose that 'Unsolved Mysteries' called you with news of a long-lost identical twin. Would that suddenly make you less of a person, less of an individual? It is hard to see how. So, why would a clone be different? Your clone would be raised in a different era by different people - like the lost identical twin, only younger than you.
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A friend told me that teenage girls are always looking for someone to pin their dreams on. That doesn't make it any less weird though.
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I'm kind of a manic exerciser. I'll like exercise for a week and be crazy, and then I won't do it for six months.
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For man also, in health and sickness, is not just the sum of his organs, but is indeed a human organism.
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The pursuit of wealth generally diverts men of great talents and strong passions from the pursuit of power; and it frequently happens that a man does not undertake to direct the fortunes of the state until he has shown himself incompetent to conduct his own.
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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.
