Octavia Spencer Quotes
I don't have one role that I want to play. I guess... I want to be a producer. I want to be an activist. I want to be proactive in bringing about work for men, women, boys, girls, everybody who is good at what they do and deserve a shot at it.
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Always remember that the most important thing in a good marriage is not happiness, but stability.
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I have an issue with rage. I'm going to work that out, long term.
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God's not thinking about your mistakes, failures or shortcomings. No, His thoughts toward you are good.
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I hope to work till I'm an old lady.
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Too much work, too much vacation, too much of any one thing is unsound.
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Liberty is a word which, according as it is used, comprehends the most good and the most evil of any in the world.
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I think fashion is actually very good training for being in the tech world, because it's all about moving on to the next thing, looking for the next thing, not getting stuck in the past.
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Bollywood music is definitely a big part of Indian music and can be a great way to introduce people to the sound. But I hope to continue to incorporate other types of Indian music into my work.
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To be a good artist, you have to serve the work of art and allow it to be what it is supposed to be.
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I've always been a feminist, and what I love in my work is being able to explore a full-sided woman and not patronize her.
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I'll never forget one morning I walked in and I had a hell of a bruise - it had been a difficult night the night before - and a client said to me, 'Good God, Vidal, what happened to your face?' And I said, 'Oh, nothing, madam, I just fell over a hairpin.'
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My favorite charity is the Women's Refugee Commission and the Nomi network.
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It was really really neat to make the movie because there were mentally challenged actors in the movie. So that was really really cool to work with them and they were always really happy, and they made everybody really happy on the set too.
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We must fight terrorism as if there's no peace process and work to achieve peace as if there's no terror.
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Indians have very good engineering capabilities, and that is why, if an industry focuses on innovation, you will have a far greater chance of success, rather than the model which is based on just being a production machine.
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As a GM Goodwrench Service Plus dealer, I understand how good service makes a difference to our customers.
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I try to take the time to appreciate and I certainly do appreciate and I do feel proud but that is probably one of the things I need to work on, building a bit of time for myself.
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Why do women get paid less money? It doesn't make any sense.
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I'm so lazy as far as liking to get up, go to the office in my pajamas, get dressed about noon. And I hate flying. So I have this really laid-back, good lifestyle, and it's hard to nudge me out of it.
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We will pay any price that we are instructed to. But the money has to come from somewhere.
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I do use my body a lot, to click into a character.
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There are always practical decisions to be made about any character you're playing.
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I don't have one role that I want to play. I guess... I want to be a producer. I want to be an activist. I want to be proactive in bringing about work for men, women, boys, girls, everybody who is good at what they do and deserve a shot at it.
