Maxine Waters Quotes
I'd like to say to women everywhere: don't allow these right-wing talking heads, these dishonorable people, to intimidate you or scare you.
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I took my acting very seriously. I did over 40 films, and naturally, some of them were called B-movies because the woman was at the top of the billing. Women couldn't star in their own movies.
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I think I was probably an early teenager when I discovered Bessie Smith, Ma Rainey and a bunch of people that are on a long list of artists. They were important to me, especially as an early adolescent.
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Whenever I dream about flying, it's the best feeling in the world.
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We were only allowed to watch Sesame Street and Mr. Rogers and 3-2-1 Contact!
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If we keep an open mind, too much is likely to fall into it.
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What I don't miss is living in a small town where everybody knows you, your family, and what you ate for breakfast.
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Having a couple really great basics makes it easy to dress well every day.
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To the soldier, luck is merely another word for skill.
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I don't try to hurt people in any way, and I try to help out wherever I can.
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We don't normally think of it as such, but writing is a technology.
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The only danger about websites, you know, is people who remember something you did or said thirty or forty years ago, and bring it up against you, so you're going for a job and you don't get it.
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Most interviewers are looking for a headline. They're not skilled. They're looking for shock value.
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Happiness is a choice. You can choose to be happy. There's going to be stress in life, but it's your choice whether you let it affect you or not.
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I try to write lyrics so that they won't age, which sort of leaves you with the big subjects like death and love and sex and violence.
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Our music comes from our hearts - and it always has.
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Loving a child doesn't mean giving in to all his whims; to love him is to bring out the best in him, to teach him to love what is difficult.
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I try to understand people who aren't as smart as me and not be hateful.
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If you want to get to the top, there's always the risk that it will isolate you from other people.
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You can have old guys who aren't willing to be coached just like you can have young guys who aren't willing to be coached.
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Brooklyn is where I primarily developed. I had an opportunity to make records and perform in clubs here and there, and I started networking with the right people in the right places.
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There was a time for German stars in the 1950s with Curt Jurgens, Hardy Kruger, O. W. Fischer, and Maria Schell. That was a totally different generation. It all ended in 1968 during the big students' movement in my country. It was an anti-authority movement that changed everything. All my country's hierarchies, morals and values were questioned.
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If you're a photographer, you end up being the raw creative force that allows other people to see what kind of narrative you want to be giving or what kind of art that you want people to see.
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I'd like to say to women everywhere: don't allow these right-wing talking heads, these dishonorable people, to intimidate you or scare you.
