Bozoma Saint John Quotes
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It can be frightening to turn your back on what others think is right. But I'm not the same as a lot of people - I'm quite artistic and quite eccentric sometimes. If you honour that, you fit into yourself better - and people accept you for what you are.
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I prefer drama; I think character-driven drama is my favorite kind of stuff to go watch, and I like being challenged by that kind of stuff in that way.
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America's victory in the Cold War was not without painful social costs.
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Since 1989, we have been deploying on an average of every 18 months.
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I love cycling.
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If we meet an honest and intelligent politician, a dozen, a hundred, we say they aren't like politicians at all, and our category of politicians stays unchanged; we know what politicians are like.
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Being mean just for being mean's sake isn't funny.
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If there's a will, prosperity can't be far behind.
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War is over if you want it.
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I wouldn't let a biopic be made on me. That's because I don't believe in them. I don't like them.
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We need to understand what innovation will be built on top of our networks.
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If a topic hits me, I'll start going on it. But you can't force it.
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The whole idea is whatever you do, have fun with it; try to make sure that it's quality and something you don't mind putting your name on.
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I remember having this friend in school who said she didn't like the Beach Boys. And in that moment I knew we couldn't be friends anymore.
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When you encourage others, you in the process are encouraged because you're making a commitment and difference in that person's life. Encouragement really does make a difference.
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The American Negro has no conception of the hundreds of millions of other non-whites' concern for him: he has no conception of their feeling of brotherhood for and with him.
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Which country in the world has the kind of talent India has in numbers?
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I'm like a rock singer with one-night stands on the road.
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That he, in his developed manhood, stoodA little sunburnt by the glare of life;While I . . it seemed no sun had shone on me.
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Some other people are very lucky and always get in to the very best teams at the very best times and therefore go out and score lots of championship points and be in with a chance of the championship.
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As an actor, you have to give up all control to the director. He's the boss and has all the power. I'm a control freak, so that's really hard for me. Then when you see a film later, it can be infuriating, really disappointing. I've been very lucky, though, and so many of my early experiences were great.
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Life itself is a strange mixture. We have to take it as it is, try to understand it, and then to better it.
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An entire nation, it seemed, was standing in one long breadline, desperate for even the barest essentials. It was a crisis of monumental proportions. It was known as the Great Depression.
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I've never taken the easy route. I don't even know what that is!
