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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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My mum always liked poetry, and she had pictures on the wall, so there was this visual stuff around.
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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.
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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.
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Everybody knows how to raise children, except the people who have them.
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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.
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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.
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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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Our house has a library - it seemed better use of the space than as a dining room! - and I try to spend as much time in there as possible. There's nothing better while reading or writing than to be surrounded by books.
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Deep in the wild mountains, is a strange marketplace,where you can trade the hassle and noise of everyday life, for eternal Light.
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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.
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I never imagined being able to make money from acting - and now I can.
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The thing that inspires me most is empathizing with people's flaws and seeing how they deal with them. That sort of connection you feel with someone when you realize that maybe even the negative things that they've said or done are because of insecurities or injuries they've endured.
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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.
