Octavia Spencer Quotes
The college years are when you sow all your wild oats and become a vampire. By 40, you've lived it up. At least, you hope.
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I think India has several advantages in the knowledge sector, in the software sector.
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I need a hobby, and I don't want it to be basketball. I want it to be music. So to get away from music, I do other music.
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Even a minor event in the life of a child is an event of that child's world and thus a world event.
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I think music needs danger; it needs risk.
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I'm famous by default. I came out of the womb, and people wanted to know who I was because of my parents.
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I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it.
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The words of truth are always paradoxical.
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A good composer does not imitate; he steals.
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I've performed Schoenberg's 'Pierrot lunaire' many times.
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I moved into this neighborhood, and I was walking on this beach with my kids, and we came across a sign that said, 'Water's polluted, no swimming.' And I didn't have any answers.
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I find end-of-the-world stuff enthralling - to imagine how life will be in the future on Earth and in space!
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There is a need for the European Union to use all potential we have on defense cooperation.
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I don't think of reflection on dark things as necessarily dark.
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I had a stalker break into my house a couple times. They didn't leave any fingerprints or take anything - I was being followed.
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Depending on where my self-confidence was, growing up, I would use humor either to bring people closer, or to keep them away from certain feelings I had.
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I believe in forgiveness.
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Getting money is not all a man's business: to cultivate kindness is a valuable part of the business of life.
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The tongue is the only tool that gets sharper with use.
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In Peru, if you gave somebody a little chance to do something, they took it to the furthest extent. They took nothing for granted. And here in L.A., you kind of get caught up in your own little dilemmas and your own little life.
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One day I said to my dad, 'Are you disappointed that I'm working a minimum-wage job and I didn't go to college?' I'll never forget his response. He said, 'It's not about how much money you make or what your job is, but it's more about your character. For that, I'm proud of you.'
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Hey baby, what'cha know good?I'm just gettin' back, but you knew I would.War is hell, when will it end?When will people start gettin' together again?
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The magic of playing has to do with how much everyone wants it to succeed. If you have five players in a situation where the music is being improvised and one is determined it is not going to succeed, it won't succeed even if one of the musicians takes control.
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The college years are when you sow all your wild oats and become a vampire. By 40, you've lived it up. At least, you hope.
