Bozoma Saint John Quotes
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I love to sit and watch people. I love to sit and listen to people.
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I am super-proud to have a sort of famous character in my background that if you're a certain age, he was probably a part of your youth. I think that's pretty cool.
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Lyrically, I personally lean towards venting.
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I have this kind of mild nice-guy exterior, but inside my heart is like a steel trap.
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I was raised looking at women who were strong, and they weren't really into playing race cards or playing gender cards. I didn't grow up around women who were like, 'Well, let the boys do that, and let the girls do that.' I didn't really see that in my house.
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Once every five hundred years or so, a summary statement about poetry comes along that we can't imagine ourselves living without.
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We stole a box of honey jars one time and went out in the woods and took care of the whole box. I don't think I touched honey again for 20 years. I never wanted to see honey again.
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It seems that fighting is a game where everybody is the loser.
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The only time I can't sleep is on a plane, when I am literally keeping it in the air with my brain.
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That's what's so great about television. You're able to tell this long story, where you couldn't really do that in a film because you have to tell a story in an hour and a half or two hours.
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People think that if you have a huge appetite, then you'll be better at it. But actually, it's how you confront the food that is brought to you. You have to be mentally and psychologically prepared.
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Women are builders of civil society. We are the ones who are going to build it. You know why? We have no choice. Either you shut up, and you are humiliated, or you do what I'm doing. You scream.
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Heartache is very fertile ground for song-making but so is happiness, so is absolute bliss.
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We need to defend absolutely the freedom of speech.
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I'm a child of the Disney Renaissance, so the new classics are near and dear. I suppose this is a legend more than a fairy tale, but 'Mulan' is easily my favorite. Not only is it a fun, action-packed, beautiful movie, but it's so important for young girls to have.
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We were making new ones the second year. We were in syndication the second year. So we were on Saturday nights, prime time, every morning, and then they put it on Sunday evenings too. So it was all over the place.
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When a person tests positive for HIV, it is not a test for the virus itself but for antibodies to the virus, and the test is not able to distinguish between HIV antibodies and a multitude of other antibodies. Many conditions can lead to a false positive result, including flu shots, hepatitis, and pregnancy.
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The whole voiceover world is new and different to me and quite challenging.
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To make a career as an Irish actor, generally it's the case that you move to London. When you make that move, you do tend to stand out.
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Hey, the TV was my friend. As a child, I always said, 'I want to live in there someday.'
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'Mixtape' sounds retro! I used to make lots of mixed tapes. It was one of those '90s things - every girl gave them to her best friend. I remember exchanging a few with a boy on a bus when I was 14. I thought he hated me, but in hindsight, maybe he was in love with me, because he gave me the best music.
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If God is all-powerful, then the Devil must be nothing more than a darkness in the mind of God. But if the Devil is something real and separate, than perfection is impossible, and there can be no God... except for the aspirations of fallen angels.
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I live in Italy. I visit my family in Switzerland.
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My family moved a lot, so I was always walking in as the new kid.
