Octavia Spencer Quotes
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Everyone has their own special set of problems - in their own minds.
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The prevailing - and foolish - attitude is that a good manager can be a good manager anywhere, with no special knowledge of the production process he's managing. A man with a financial background may know nothing about manufacturing shoes or cars, but he's put in charge anyway.
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Our plans never turn out as tasty as reality.
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I don't see divorce as a failure. I see it as the end to a story. In a story, everything has an end and a beginning.
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I propose a Constitutional Amendment providing that, if any public official, elected or appointed, at any level of government, is caught lying to any member of the public for any reason, the punishment shall be death by public hanging.
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I'm a 'Lost' guy, I love 'Lost.'
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I'm more of a guy's girl. I like having a beer in a bar, and I don't bicker or sit down and do my nails.
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For me, it's actually really hard to write about my real experience. Like to do a Taylor Swift. You know what I mean? It's so brave to actually write about things that happened and things you wanna get off your chest, but I'm not really there yet.
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I've stopped caring about skeptics, but if they libel or defame me they will end up in court.
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Everything can be satirized.
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I don't use drugs, my dreams are frightening enough.
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Someone told me, 'When you go see Pearl Jam, it's going to be a spiritual experience,' and it was. It was my first time seeing them live, and I've been a lifelong fan. Eddie Vedder's voice is a million times better live, and I couldn't believe the passion he put into every single song.
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Art is subjective. I'm not looking for people's praise.
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I became completely addicted to 'Angry Birds' for a while.
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When I talk to people in need, they tell me they want to hope; they are eager for opportunity; they are ready for better days. And I can tell you that every time their hopes are disappointed, all nations lose.
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I'm tired of defending my character. I am what I am.
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I've kind of blocked it out, but a good friend affectionately reminded me that yes, I was a dork. I was not a cool kid in high school.
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It is pure mythology that women cannot perform as well as men in science, engineering and mathematics. In my experience, the opposite is true: Women are often more adept and patient at untangling complex problems, multitasking, seeing the possibilities in new solutions and winning team support for collaborative action.
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There are staples to my show. I have to be conscious about switching things up because I know people who saw me last year will say, 'He did that last time.' But if certain things work, they work.
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I just love to work hard.
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I can't explain why I shine and no one else shines. I think everybody shines in different things.
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It is weariness to keep toiling at the same things so that one becomes ruled by them.
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I wanted to write about the things that I love.
