Mary Ann Mobley Quotes
The one thing I have wanted to stay away from is the steroids. When I had an attack two years ago in my home state of Mississippi, they put me on steroids, thinking they were doing the right thing, and I had a violent reaction.
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The first 10 years of my life, I lived as 'Matangi.' When I came to England in '86, my first week of school was terrible because I would put my hand up to answer things, and no one would choose me because they couldn't say my name. My auntie came from Europe to visit us, and she was like, 'Just call yourself something else.'
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You don't stay married for thirty-nine years because of sex or even because of love, but because your partner is a real friend to you, because they respect and regard you.
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Infinite striving to be the best is man's duty; it is its own reward. Everything else is in God's hands.
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I don't ever want to get boxed in, playing the same characters, over and over again. That's why I prefer features over television.
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The biggest cowards are managers who don't let people know where they stand.
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If you get lazy when you're onstage, it shows.
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I always write with music. It takes me a while to figure out the right piece of music for what I'm working on. Once I figure it out, that's the only thing I'll play.
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I had self-esteem issues into my early 20s.
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We need to quit arguing about whether the glass is half full or half empty - and instead acknowledge that there's not quite enough water to go around.
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My only fantasy about writing was that in my old days, after directing many masterpieces, I would write my memoirs.
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I was not into sci-fi, science fiction, at all. I was into some of the old pirate films with Burt Lancaster and stuff. I liked them.
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The Israeli public is frustrated with the way it is portrayed abroad.
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Don't believe what I say. Believe what I do.
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Each race (or variety) is characterized by a more or less distinct combination of inherited morphological, behavioral, physiological traits.
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Authenticity is very important - be true to one's self.
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I am much more understanding of people than I used to be when I was young - people were either villainous or wonderful. They were painted in very bright colours. The bad side of it - and there is a corollary to everything - is that when we get older, we fuss more. I used to despise people who fussed.
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I'm not terribly confrontational, but I've gotten better at holding my ground.
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Lunch was my favorite part at school.
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A noble soul and real poetic talent are almost always inseparable.
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I like that confusion when people are speaking in the same language but still can't understand each other. It's also usually my experience of being in America - when I speak no one can understand what I'm saying.
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See how God ever like with like doth pair, And still the worthless doth the worthless lead!
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I've written 18 books, mostly dealing with issues of social justice, ending racism, feminism, and cultural criticism.
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Home ownership was the fig leaf for the rise in subprime lending. But that was really about cash-out refinancings, not buying homes.
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The one thing I have wanted to stay away from is the steroids. When I had an attack two years ago in my home state of Mississippi, they put me on steroids, thinking they were doing the right thing, and I had a violent reaction.
