Octavia Spencer Quotes
I think diversity is something that should be celebrated because it's who we are as a world, and little kids need to be able to turn on the TV and see real-world representations of themselves. It's very important.
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My mom really inspired me. She has always taught me it's not about us, it's about what we can give back.
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'Murder in the First' takes 12 episodes to explore the crime and the issues surrounding it, all in the hopes of answering the question, 'How did we get to this point?'
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I'm as radical as libertarians come.
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In the beginning, I didn't dance that much and stuff.
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The thoughtful soul to solitude retires.
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It is well known that Beauty does not look with a good grace on the timid advances of Humour.
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Twenty million more have Chronic Kidney Disease, where patients experience a gradual deterioration of kidney function, the end result of which is kidney failure.
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People are making judgements about Russian people based on me. This is why I never allow myself any aggression towards my opponent.
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A friend is someone who will allow me to be a really bad friend and not hold it against me.
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The fact that Western Muslims are free means that they can have enormous impact. But it would be wrong to claim that we are imposing our ways on the West. New ideas are now coming from the West. To be traditional is not so much a question of protecting ourselves as to be traditionalist in principle.
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Boning is a pain, but it makes such a majestic chicken.
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I would like to break out of this dark, brooding image, cause I'm actually not like that at all.
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If you get lazy when you're onstage, it shows.
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I was told that, when 'Betrayal' was being produced by one of the provincial companies in England, the two actors playing those roles actually went into a pub one day and played that scene as if it were really happening to them. The people around them became very uncomfortable.
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Learning about factory farms and their horrendous treatment of animals is what made me become vegetarian in the first place. I also support the education of the public on adopting pets from animal shelters or saving homeless animals off the street in lieu of buying them from pet shops.
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I have made a public statement about me and Ralph by being seen with him. I don't need to make any other. You can live the way you want.
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I've always wanted to take up work that my heart is convinced about. And I shall continue to do so.
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My protest about the post exchange seating bore some results. More seats were allocated for blacks, but there were still separate sections for blacks and for whites. At least I had made my men realize that something could be accomplished by speaking out, and I hoped they would be less resigned to unjust conditions.
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I'm not really worried about writer's block.
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When a problem comes along, study it until you are completely knowledgeable. Then find that weak spot, break the problem apart, and the rest will be easy.
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I hesitate to talk about Czech food. ... The people are very sweet, wonderfully cultured, very friendly, but my God how they eat that food I do not know. It is surely the most disgusting cuisine in the world.
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There is nothing in the animal world, to my mind, more delightful than grown cats at play. They are so swift and light and graceful, so subtle and designing, and yet so richly comic.
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I think diversity is something that should be celebrated because it's who we are as a world, and little kids need to be able to turn on the TV and see real-world representations of themselves. It's very important.
