Octavia Spencer Quotes

You know, bigotry isn't relevant to just the South. It never was. But I'm very grateful that I don't know what it's like from experience.

Octavia Spencer

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• I grew up in a very large, poor family.

  

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• No matter how close to yours another's steps have grown, in the end there is one dance you'll do alone.

  

  Jackson Browne
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• Portland, Oregon won't build a mile of road without a mile of bike path. You can commute there, even with that weather, all the time.

  

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• It's so much easier to pray for a bore than to go and see one.

  

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• I have to remember that winning an Oscar is an almost unbelievable goal and that it is an honour just to be nominated.

  

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• Money brings a lot of responsibility as to what you're going to do with it, and I've given quite a bit of thought to that.

  

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• Opportunity knocks for every man, but you have to give a woman a ring.

  

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• I like hip-hop, but I don't like concerts. There's, like, sweat on people's backs.

  

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• We tend in this country to talk about Democrats and Republicans, and think there's little group over there called Independents that's maybe 2%. That is not the case, and it has not been the case for most of modern American history.

  

  Adam Davidson
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• During my captivity, I felt abandoned by everyone apart from my family and supporters, because there was no part of the political spectrum that would want me released.

  

  Ingrid Betancourt
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• My mum always liked poetry, and she had pictures on the wall, so there was this visual stuff around.

  

  Gary Hume
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• I think if I heard someone else talking about their life, describing all the problems I've had, they'd look like they were through. Done. But there's something about me - I'm smiling. Those things are really not bad enough to put me in a slump. I'm smiling with the opportunity to wake up every morning.

  

  Nas
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• It is only human supremacy, which is as unacceptable as racism and sexism, that makes us afraid of being more inclusive.

  

  Ingrid Newkirk
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• Everybody knows how to raise children, except the people who have them.

  

  P. J. O'Rourke
  • People
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• I've never been a rap guy, I don't really know that much about rap music, to be honest. I like it, but I think what really happened was just my music seems to work so well with rap music.

  

  Flume
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• In the South, there was absence of any leadership corresponding in breadth and courage to that of Abraham Lincoln.

  

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• Anytime I get to help the firefighters, I will. I'm real lucky to be in a position to help.

  

  Adam Ferrara
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• People ask me about fighting in real life and, honestly, it wouldn't look as graceful as it does in film and TV.

  

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• A lot of people think that addiction is a choice. A lot of people think it's a matter of will. That has not been my experience. I don't find it to have anything to do with strength.

  

  Matthew Perry
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• I have learned from experience that happiness is an acquired skill. Children are one of the greatest lessons in happiness, constantly challenging us to enjoy the moment, as the next one will not be the same. Gratitude is essential to happiness. Every time our children rush up to us and smile, we have something to be happy about; every time we get out of bed and can take a deep breath and go out for a walk, we have something to be happy about-that is the essence of a happy existence. Happiness is a muscle we must use, or it will wither away.

  

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• I've been around tennis, and I have a feeling for the sport. I still play tennis, and I can still do a lot of harm to a lot of people.

  

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• Williams really does feel like a family, and I have built up very good relationships with people here; in fact, some of my best friends work for Williams. A friendly atmosphere can really help on the track as well because I feel like I can communicate freely with the team.

  

  Pastor Maldonado
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  • Up
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• My last novel, 'The Keep,' was very explicitly technological, about the quality of living in a state constantly surrounded by disembodied presences, and I was thinking very much about the online experience.

  

  Jennifer Egan
  • Thinking
  • Experience
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• You know, bigotry isn't relevant to just the South. It never was. But I'm very grateful that I don't know what it's like from experience.

  

  Octavia Spencer
  • Experience
  • Know
  • Grateful