Nia Long Quotes
I think you grow through your experiences; you get better as you grow and I'm not nearly where I think I'm going to be eventually where I inspire to be and hopefully the opportunities will continue to come.
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I've always wanted a Maltese-poodle, but I've always been really busy. So I said once I'm back in the city and the 'Sister Act' stuff dies down, I'm going to get a puppy.
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Look, I've always said from the word go many years ago that I felt the whole bonus culture, they need to think very carefully about being detached from the rest of the British public.
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I like that whole cop-comedy type of drama.
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I find Jesus my confidant and companion, brother and savior; our relationship is intimate, vulnerable, demanding yet comfortable and reassuring.
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In L.A. summer's blistering heat, I've seen many girls wearing short skirts with Ugg boots. I like the boots, and the short skirts, but I've always wondered, don't their feet get hot?
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That man is not truly brave who is afraid either to seem or to be, when it suits him, a coward.
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There's something really wonderful about a party where you help yourself. Of course, first you get what you really want. But 'family style' service also really encourages people to connect with one another.
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Tension is the great integrity.
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If knowledge and foresight are too penetrating and deep, unify them with ease and sincerity.
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Jerusalem is a time bomb that I fear is just waiting to go off.
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I've never said, 'I live for art.'
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Crede mihi, bene qui latuit bene vixit, et intraFortunam debet quisque manere suam.
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When the Artist rises high enough to achieve the Beautiful, the symbol by which he makes it perceptible to mortal senses becomes of little value in his eyes, while his spirit possesses itself in the enjoyment of the reality.
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Proud Nimrod first the bloody chase began A mighty hunter, and his prey was man.
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The old Romans all wished to have a king over them because they had not yet tasted the sweetness of freedom.
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The trick is to learn to contain one's ego, not conceal it.
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Mind and body obstruct one another's pleasures.
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Liberty exists in proportion to wholesome restraint.
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Obesity is a societal issue. We have to come together with government, business, civil society, and NGOs to create solutions for this.
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You take what you know, and you put it through your own prism. If I play characters that break down or cry, it's Gary Oldman crying; it's not the character crying.
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Eighty percent of a picture is writing, the other twenty percent is the execution, such as having the camera on the right spot and being able to afford to have good actors in all parts.
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I think you grow through your experiences; you get better as you grow and I'm not nearly where I think I'm going to be eventually where I inspire to be and hopefully the opportunities will continue to come.
