Nia Long Quotes
I am not supporting Donald Trump. I think he does this country such a disservice. And I'm gonna leave it there.
Quotes to Explore
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There's no greater feeling in the world than when you can put a smile on somebody's face just by walking into a room. It's unbelievable. And if I have that power, who am I to waste it, you know?
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My favorite animal is steak.
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I never want to have to ask my husband for money. Never! That's incomprehensible to me. Would he have preferred that I change my name? Probably. But that's OK!
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Part of what's so tricky in a film that's two hours long is how many themes can you effectively explore.
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Traveling is one of my great passions and something I do a lot of.
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There are people who, if they see something in couture that they perceive as ready-to-wear, they're in shock.
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I'm a little old-fashioned.
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He who aspires to paradise should learn to deal with people with kindness.
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Before the throne of the Almighty, man will be judged not by his acts but by his intentions. For God alone reads our hearts.
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When the shot is afterwards subjected to white light, colour appears because of selective reflection.
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Take a chance! All life is a chance. The man who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare.
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I spent some time in India and thought I might write about Hinduism. But it's so far removed from my experience I couldn't even get my mind around it to write about it.
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Whereat some one of the loquacious Lot - I think a Sufi pipkin-waxing hot - 'All this of Pot and Potter - Tell me then, Who is the Potter, pray, and who the Pot?'
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‘Look at her,’ said Patrick, ‘pacing around the cage of her Valentino dress, longing to be released into her natural habitat.’
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Surround yourself with people and things that inspire you. Learn everything you can.
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An activist is one who is actively involved in creating community, whether that is locally in their neighborhood or internationally. It is an admirable quality.
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Alas, those six unfortunate souls who have made their way through my books know that every one of them is about Emerson and Thoreau and their dark counters, Melville and Emily Dickinson. Try as I might, I can't get their inspirations, their challenges and sentences and wisdom and questions out of my head.
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In some ways, I don't consider a single Hap and Leonard novel the best, but I consider them my best characters.
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We have made tremendous progress. But there are still too many kids in our country who grow up feeling like they have to hold on to this secret about who they are because, if anyone finds out it, could cost them everything.
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As I was walking down the stairs, I kept thinking that the room felt like a movie theater with all your attention on this wall, so it seemed like a big challenge.
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I've been known to do lunges down hotel hallways. I also like to use the ice bucket in the hotel room as a medicine ball.
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Truth is as hard as adamant and tender as a blossom.
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Within the realm of fiction, it is always tempting to set one's stories in a dystopian future, where all our misgivings about state power can be shown in full force.
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I am not supporting Donald Trump. I think he does this country such a disservice. And I'm gonna leave it there.
