Octavia Spencer Quotes
I don't think there will ever be a time I don't write, and I hope there will never be a time I don't act.
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We have groups that do that, but I can't rap with the mentality of an 18 year old when I'm in my 30's.
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All works of art are commissioned in the sense that no artist can create one by a simple act of will but must wait until what he believes to be a good idea for a work comes to him.
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In politics people give you what they think you deserve and deny you what they think you want.
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Our life ripples out, and it has influence. That's why it's important that we're at our best and that we're influencing others for the good.
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I have won on Honda and Yamaha so maybe it is interesting to win with a third team, Ducati, who are Italian.
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First of all, I'm so glad that the city of Houston has a football team again. They have such great fans. I'm really happy for the people of Houston because they deserve a football team.
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Michael Jordan changed so much in basketball, he took his power to make a difference. It's so much going on in music right now and somebody has to make a difference.
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There's a lot of things lost in the Digital Age.
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I get a lot of influence from pro wrestling. People are like, 'Oh, it's fake.' But it's not about whether the guy wins or loses, it's about how he entertains you the whole time you're watching.
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I pass by that it is very culpable to be facetious in obscene and smutty matters.
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Whenever you do a new interpretation of a great, previous text of any kind, you always look for some kind of immediate significance right now.
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I was studying political science; I was adamant that I was going to follow in my father's footsteps.
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My dad's a Jew, and my mom's a WASP, so that should pretty much say it all. It was a comically dysfunctional family.
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I have asked my mom and my sister a couple times if I should post something or not. Or if they think a video is funny.
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It's really important to me not to be a snob about age division or about genre or whatever. The story needs to be what the story needs to be.
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An employee who's one of hundreds, rather than one of a few, is unlikely to feel personally responsible for helping the organization adapt and change.
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Creation destroys as it goes, throws down one tree for the rise of another. But ideal mankind would abolish death, multiply itself million upon million, rear up city upon city, save every parasite alive, until the accumulation of mere existence is swollen to a horror.
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The principles governing Western democracies, of which Israel rightly considers itself a part, are based on the assurance that everyone has a vote, but also that the minority needs to yield to the wishes of the majority.
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If I give a book as a gift, it is invariably a children's book with beautiful artwork and a simple text. I adore the feel of them, the care taken in the artwork, and the high visual stimulation that sets off the simple but often powerful message the text conveys.
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So I moved to Europe and only came back when directors like Robert Altman would call me after they'd seen my work in Full Metal Jacket.
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I believe in manifesting the words that are coming out of my mouth. I'm very careful with what I say because the intention is then out in the universe.
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I don't think there will ever be a time I don't write, and I hope there will never be a time I don't act.
