Jayma Mays Quotes
Growing up I played piano and I sang at a lot of weddings; I grew up in a very small town, a little coal-mining town in Virginia called Grundy. And my family was very sing-songy at home.
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The war we have to wage today has only one goal and that is to make the world safe for diversity.
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Spare no expense to save money on this one.
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We're at maybe 1% of what is possible. Despite the faster change, we're still moving slow relative to the opportunities we have. I think a lot of that is because of the negativity... Every story I read is Google vs someone else. That's boring. We should be focusing on building the things that don't exist.
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I like science fiction, I like fantasy, I like time travel, so I had this idea: What if you had a phone that could call into the past?
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All too often, the pitchmen are selling the notion that if you gain 'control' over your financial destiny - pick your own stocks and execute your own trades - it will be the first step on a short road to riches.
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Any time you have an injury, it's going to be tough.
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So, I think I'd be grateful for the next job. I always am. And I always consider everything I do to be the last thing I do.
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Life can be a bore if you're constantly walking sidewalks instead of a tightrope once in a while.
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Gags die, humor doesn't.
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I would say to an actor new to the business that it's best to go where you are most comfortable as a person, both in and outside of the business.
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I keep setting the bar higher for myself in terms of what I'm trying to accomplish.
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I'd rather betray the world than let the world betray me.
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Six years, I didn't act. Then I wrote myself a role - I won prizes all over the world.
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I think that my mother, Frances Dorothy Peck, modeled her whole life on that of Scarlett O'Hara.
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A lot of times, you think you want something, and then you find something completely different.
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I swear to the Lord, I still can't see, why Democracy means, everybody but me.
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The theatre only knows what it's doing next week, not like the opera, where they say: What are we going to do in five years' time? A completely different attitude.
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I love New York. Love it.
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I want to have it all.
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I just like a dirty, crumbling city. The Gotham I imagine is enticing and horrifying at the same time.
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I am profoundly grateful that all of my life I have had a simple faith that Jesus is the Christ. That witness has been confirmed to me hundreds of times. It is the crowning knowledge of my soul. It is the spiritual light of my being. It is the cornerstone of my life.
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It's not without its flaws - it's still the South and the Bible Belt - but Atlanta is one of those cities that's really good at uniting people.
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Bulls make money and bears make money, but pigs seldom do. When a stock or mutual fund is up 30%, sell one-quarter of your position.
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Growing up I played piano and I sang at a lot of weddings; I grew up in a very small town, a little coal-mining town in Virginia called Grundy. And my family was very sing-songy at home.
