Philip Massinger Quotes
To doubt is worse than to have lost; and to despair is but to antedate those miseries that must fall on us.
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Having Black hair is unique in that Black women change up styles a lot. You can walk down one street block in New York City and see 10 different hairstyles that Black women are wearing: straight curls, short cuts, braids - we really run the gamut.
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There is no sense in making a film that no-one will go and see, just to create a perfect, but useless, work of art.
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I don't like the blame game, though.
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My boy and I move. We have this game where if we dress in a particular item of clothing, we have to do a different movement. A hat means 20 jumps - that sort of thing. When I put a scarf on, my son has to drop down and do push-ups, immediately. He thinks it's really funny.
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I really enjoy comedy. It's a real challenge.
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It's the technique, I think, of writing a novel that is difficult for a nonfiction writer.
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In 1980, shortly before my 11th birthday, I wrote my first essay in English.
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I gain strength out of familiar surroundings.
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The fact is that since you're a divine creation who originated in the world of Spirit, you have exactly the right amount of smarts to accomplish all that you need and want to do while you're here on earth. It's all perfect... and so are you!
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I won't ever direct a film. And I certainly won't write an autobiography. Only self-obsessed people want to write or talk about themselves!
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I think the films we see, the Hollywood films, which are basically entertainment, will still be there, but they'll be in a totally different category. People won't take them seriously. They'll kind of end up the way comic books have. A side view of things.
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The Englishman never enjoys himself except for a noble purpose.
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I am happy that I have entertained people and made them happy.
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We are effectively destroying ourselves by violence masquerading as love.
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No two wars are identical.
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I used homeopathy, acupuncture, yoga and meditation in conjunction with my chemotherapy to help me get stronger again after the cancer. I also chanted with Buddhist friends and prayed with Christian friends. I covered all my bases.
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'The Fight Club' DVD is great. I like anything that has really good extras because as an actor, it's really great to see the behind-the-scenes stuff and see how different actors approach their particular project.
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Find your own style. Don't spend your savings trying to be someone else. You're not more important, smarter, or prettier because you wear a designer dress.
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I think, when I wrote 'Children of Jihad,' I wrote it with a very optimistic view of what technology can do. Today I maintain that optimistic view, but I'm also aware of the challenges we have. So I would say I'm not a techno-utopian, but I'm a techno-pragmatist.
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For most of my life, I've thought of myself as pretty cool.
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I don't want a tombstone. You could carve on it 'She never actually wanted a tombstone.'
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I am the product of hustlers who taught me how to do it. They gave me a hustler's ambition. Not a bad thing to get from your parents. But hustling only gets you so far. You have to trust yourself. And you have to be ready to fall on your face and be okay when it happens.
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When in doubt wear red.
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To doubt is worse than to have lost; and to despair is but to antedate those miseries that must fall on us.
