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I think success happens when it's supposed to and when you can appreciate it. I am grateful that it didn't happen for me at 22 or 23. I would've been foolish enough to think that we're all entitled to it, instead of it being the divine blessing that it is.
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I am an advocate of education. It is the panacea for all that ails us in our society.
Octavia Spencer
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If you go through life, and you don't find the beauty in an unexpected place, then you really have a sad existence.
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Auditions make me nervous; any time I have to perform, I get stage fright.
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People who are overweight face discrimination. African-Americans face discrimination. Women face discrimination and sexism. So I don't have the luxury of not being tolerant of anyone.
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I am not maternal at all. I don't have any kids.
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I should be married and have 19 kids. And now I'm thinking my eggs are dying on the shelf. They're going to go past their expiration date. But it's what I chose, so I'm fine with that decision.
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I'm probably the most militant person you'll ever meet and I speak my mind without provocation sometimes.
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When you see results, you start to wonder, 'What would happen if I had oatmeal instead of sausage for breakfast?' You start to eat better because you feel better.
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Women drive box office.
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I prefer doing interviews where people don't have to interpret what you say. I'm going to be real honest.
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Civil rights happened because youth got involved. The youth stood up and helped to break the pattern that their parents had got accustomed to living. The next generation has to take that stand for whatever it is, socially, that they are involved in.
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Christian Louboutin, I love you, but honey, please! But when you have this much weight, you've got to give us a little platform. Sorry! The shoes are stunning though. An ounce of pain, it's worth it.
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It baffles me that everything is so homogenized, because the world isn't, and yet we continue to support things that are so incredibly milquetoast.
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I am not trying to conform to an unrealistic model of beauty. I am, however, being proactive in being the healthiest I can be.
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I hate to tell people what they should think 'cause I really have an aversion when people tell me what to think.
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There is racism all over the United States. Most Southerners I know, we definitely find ourselves defending our heritage.
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I don't think there will ever be a time I don't write, and I hope there will never be a time I don't act.
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I'm reading today because of 'Encyclopedia Brown.'
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If you are unhealthy, start by making small changes to become healthier. You are unique, beautiful, and worthy.
Octavia Spencer
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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.
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Meeting Oprah Winfrey, I cried like a baby. Meeting Steven Spielberg, I cried like a baby. Meeting Denzel Washington, I gushed like a crazy woman. If I don't get excited or star struck by someone I've been dying to meet, it's time to retire.
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The hardest thing about writing, for me, is facing the blank page.
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My family supported me before any of this crazy notion of moving out to Hollywood and staking my claim. That support has never waned.
Octavia Spencer