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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In modelling, it's very hard to keep in touch with the people you knew when you started.
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'I was sort of an amoral little jerk when I was young. I was arrogant about being smarter than other people, but unhappy that I wasn't able to spend all my time doing what I wanted. I spent a year in a juvenile home for a first offense after an evaluation by a psychologist went very badly.'
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I hate to see a guy who insults a girl or is bad with her. Immediately I think she would be better if she was with me.
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I start work at 7 A.M. and write all day, seven days a week. If I don't write, I can't sleep.
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I've learned there's a big difference between a long-focused value investor and a good short-seller. That difference is psychological and I think it falls into the realm of behavioral finance.
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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.
