Maya Angelou Quotes
It's so tedious writing cookbooks or writing the recipes because I've never been much of a measurer. But to write a book, you have to measure everything.
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When U.S.-based editors and columnists parachute into a news storm, it is often the stringers who keep us out of trouble, helping us glimpse the complexity behind the headlines.
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To be honest, I think that I am a bit of a singer, coming from Wales; being Welsh, we are all very proud of our singing heritage.
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Generally, what adults want to know is my background, why I write what I write, and very personal insights that some say are inspiring.
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Bogart could have been color blind. He got to know a man before he decided if he liked him or not.
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I've had the experience of having a book praised but then it doesn't sell. Or not praised but then it sells.
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I've been watching 'The Cosby Show' and 'Roseanne' a lot right now, and those work so well because they're not, like, jokey comedies; they are coming from real characters. We want our show to be like that. A family show.
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People deal with models like they are children. They think they can pull one over on you. It's actually funny. I'm always like, I'm about to pull something on you, and you're so focused on thinking I'm dumb, you're not even going to know.
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I grew up in uptown Jamaica; I went to a rich school. I was raised by my mother and my stepfather; they made sure education came before anything. I had a good childhood, grew up spending time with my bigger brothers and sisters. My people are good people. I was exposed to a lot of different kinds of people and culture.
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When we assess the impact of technological changes, we tend to downplay things that happened a while ago.
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Today's films are so technological that an actor becomes starved for roles that deal with human relationships.
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I loved statistics from a young age. And I studied very much in Sweden. I used to be in the upper quarter of all courses I attended. But in St. John's, I was in the lower quarter. And the fact was that Indian students studied harder than we did in Sweden. They read the textbook twice, or three times or four times.
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Look what Disney's done to their animation department. There wasn't an animator in charge of their animation unit!
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Conflict is very much a state of mind. If you're not in that state of mind, it doesn't bother you.
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I have not one shred of anger in my heart against Netanyahu or his wife.
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I didn't grow up with a mother, so I don't have that resource to rely on and ask a million questions.
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Being that I always perform, I started working out with a trainer to get that endurance and stamina. Now, I guess you could call me a gym rat.
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The deepest and most sincere feeling I get is when I meet an artist and they have that steel in their eyes and they have that fire and that passion and all they want is to be a star and to hear themselves on the radio.
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Nothing can have value without being an object of utility.
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It's incredibly hard to get meaningful work done when your workday has been shredded into work moments.
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The first time I got on stage I was 10 years old and I did impressions. I did cartoon characters and I really got the bug for this life when I saw that people were laughing and saw the attention I was getting.
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How then is perfection to be sought? Wherein lies our hope? In education, and in nothing else.
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Now supposing I had the part of a young woman to give out, one that wanted some excellent acting. If I were to go to the stage for my actress I would have to take a matured woman, one who would act splendidly, but who would look too old for the requirements.
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Since all power from the seventh century on was only legitimated by religion, political forces and economic interests pushed for the fabrication of false traditions.
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It's so tedious writing cookbooks or writing the recipes because I've never been much of a measurer. But to write a book, you have to measure everything.
