Delloreese Patricia Early (Della Reese) Quotes
Each week, from a different point of view, you get another look at God, and that's exciting to me.
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Poverty breeds lack of self-reliance.
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You only live twice. Once when you are born and once when you look death in the face.
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I've never been that guy who says, 'Ooh, I have to play King Lear'. First off, that'd be a disaster anyway. I tend to read something and see who's involved, and then know I want to be part of it. But I don't think I'm through with comedy. I still love to make people laugh.
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I would like to put forward a simple thesis that should no longer be at all controversial: it is now objectively the case that our national interests are increasingly affected not just by what happens between states, but also by how people are treated within states.
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I bought a company in the mid-'90s called Dexter Shoe and paid $400 million for it. And it went to zero. And I gave about $400 million worth of Berkshire stock, which is probably now worth $400 billion. But I've made lots of dumb decisions. That's part of the game.
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Most mutations involve typos: Something bumps a cell's elbow as it's copying DNA, and the wrong letter appears in a triplet - CAG becomes CCG.
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Age is just a number. If someone can perform at 45, who will stop that fellow from playing top-level cricket?
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Looking at the way the game is played, I'm envious of the conditions. We played on some ropey World Cup surfaces. I genuinely never look back and wish I earned the money they do today, but I do think of that element.
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For me, it's hard to keep up with trends. I just go for the roles and movies that I feel I could add value to, or contribute to, that I feel I could portray.
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It's often out of my own insecurity. If I'm picky, it's for that reason. I want to be able to bring my best to the table. So if I'm not connecting to something, then I'm not gonna hold up my end of the bargain, and that's really embarrassing.
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Of course, a movie is in constant flux.
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I would love to do Shakespeare in New York.
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I'll put you through hell, but at the end of it all we'll be champions.
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I thought, 'OK, Melissa Gilbert is playing my mom, and I'm playing her old role - no pressure.' So I went up to Melissa and said, 'It's such an honor playing your daughter,' and she smiled and said, 'Oh, shut up.' I thought, 'Great, a normal person.'
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Most people draw from the mind, not the eye. They draw the idea of a table or a face, not what's in front of them. We don't actually see the line of the jaw as a line and we don't see an eye as a perfectly outlined almond shape.
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I don't feel famous.
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I think seeing some of the past can be helpful, especially if you're into crime solving.
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When we think of war, the tendency is to picture young soldiers only in their military roles. To a large extent this dehumanizes the soldiers and makes it easier for society to commit them to combat.
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When I'm on stage, it's like a different world ... me connecting with the audience. It's a surreal experience.
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We talking about revolution because that's the era that you're caught in.
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When you're offstage, that's the footprint. That's the man God's gonna judge.
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I think theater is a core need of a community.
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Whenever anything is being accomplished, it is being done, I have learned, by a monomaniac with a mission.
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Each week, from a different point of view, you get another look at God, and that's exciting to me.
