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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Unfortunately, sometimes you can't have fun accomplishing your goals. Sometimes people don't have the determination, the will, the steadfastness, the tenacity, they give in under the slightest struggle.
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Above all, we owe it to the children of the world to stop the conflicts and to create new horizons for them.
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I recommend to you, in my last, an innocent piece of art: that of flattering people behind their backs, in presence of those who, to make their own court, much more than for your sake, will not fail to repeat, and even amplify, the praise to the party concerned. This is of all flattery the most pleasing, and consequently the most effectual.
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They made that little run and the end, and we had to make some big plays. The biggest plays were defensive -- although Kwame got an offensive rebound that really changed the complexion of the game and forced them to foul.
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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.
