Octavia Spencer Quotes
I have to lead a very small life in terms of what people think 'Hollywood' is. It's a full life for me, but I'm not jetting across the world. But life is good.
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After the bones mended, my left eye was smaller than my right, and my eyebrow never grew back. But you know what? Big deal. I think I became beautiful after the accident. I became kinder, more aware. I gained respect for other people.
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My mom is just so good with fashion! She always tells me what looks good, what doesn't look good, and she gives me great advice.
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Contrary to rumor, sometimes I can be quite a laugh.
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The best part of being blonde is forgivable momentary lapses of common sense.
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I detest flying anywhere. Left to my own devices, I'd never leave my keyboard.
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It's time to face facts: Most people stop being environmentalists when they sit down to eat.
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My older kids are fantastic people. It can't be the result of my influence on them.
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In passing, also, I would like to say that the first time Adam had a chance he laid the blame on a woman.
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I dare anybody to look at me and say I'm anorexic. I'm so totally not.
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We see new things all the time. We see new retroviruses out there - which is the category that HIV falls into - and we're very, very concerned because this is the part of the world where HIV jumped from chimpanzees to humans.
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I don't want to mess with my face. So I'm becoming fluent in French so I can go to France and make French films when I'm 60.
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When the CEO makes a decision, people don't come back on it.
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Only the other world has substance and reality; only good deeds and holy learning have tangible worth.
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True character arises from a deeper well than religion.
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But I think boys ultimately are easier than girls.
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Pain is real when you get other people to believe in it. If no one believes in it but you, your pain is madness or hysteria.
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Sport can bring communities together and can release a lot of pent-up emotions.
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Give news a little more time, and don't request that they also, in their news time, entertain. We're not entertainers. We're journalists. And we need more time to do our job well.
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I know you think that when you're 35, 45, 55, you'll be different. But I'm going to let you in on a bit of a secret. You're going to look different, and your life is going to be different, but in your head you'll always be that 16-year-old girl.
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I've never known a writer who didn't feel ill at ease in the world. We all feel unhoused in some sense. That's part of why we write. We feel we don't fit in, that this world is not our world, that though we may move in it, we're not of it. You don't need to write a novel if you feel at home in the world.
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There are tribes in Africa who believe that a camera steals a little part of your soul, and in a way, I think that's true about living your private life in public. It takes something away from your relationships; it cheapens them.
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I love rhymes; I love to write a poem about New York and rhyme 'oysters' with 'The Cloisters.' And 'The lady from Knoxville who bought her brassieres by the boxful.' I just feel a sort of small triumph.
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Great calm, generous detachment, selfless love, disinterested effort: these are what make for success in life. If you can find peace in yourself and can spread comfort around you, you will be happier than an empress.
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I have to lead a very small life in terms of what people think 'Hollywood' is. It's a full life for me, but I'm not jetting across the world. But life is good.
