Nia Long Quotes
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Joy is the simplest form of gratitude.
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I've always felt it's ridiculous to say, of any of the females in my life: You're my friend, you're my wife, you're my girlfriend, you're my co-worker. This is your box, and you're not allowed to stray outside of it.
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A filial son to his father can be a traitorous subject to his ruler.
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Every man is the architect of his own fortune.
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Towns oftener swamp one than carry one out onto the big ocean of life.
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Audiences are very willing to be taken somewhere, and to ask an audience beforehand what it wants is probably, I think, a mistake. Much better you should tell them what you want and hope they agree with it.
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White folks hear the blues come out, but they don't know how it got there.
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'Friends' played in this territory of being funny, and then also just grabbing your heart. And not afraid of that. It was a comedic soap opera. Not being afraid to have an audience feel something, laugh and cry, was quite extraordinary and quite wonderful.
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You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.
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While receiving radiation treatment for a thyroid illness, I had refused to take beta-blockers - a medication that would have eased its side effects - because they were deemed illegal by the sport's governing body, the International Association of Athletics Federations.
Gail Devers -
I appreciate the idea that anybody would think of me as a star. But I'm really not career oriented in the sense that I want to be a star. It's not in me. It's not what I do. In fact, I'm amazed that I've even gotten this far.
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By the age of nine or ten, I knew that I loved history and writing. It got hold of me and never turned loose.
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I think I'm going to keep my Irish accent forever now in any movie I make, because chicks dig it and that's all I care about now!
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I think the governors would all agree that what we don't want from the federal government is unfunded mandates.
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My dad had a personal style which was very attractive. It was quite reserved and quite elegant, and it was infectious.
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I mean, I've always said I have an amazing team and network of friends and people that I work with that, you know, inspire me and enable me to do what I do.
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Luck and being honest and sincere about work has worked for me and helped me reach where I am.
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As a boy, I found myself drawn to Arthurian legends, and then to Celtic mythology, and then further east into the mysticism of Asian religions.
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Ecstasy is not really part of the scene we can do on celluloid.
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As an outsider in America, you do see the kind of hypocrisy that's rampant there.
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I pulled out of making movies in about '96 or '97.
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I initially told people I wanted to be a dancer and ultimately a "Rockette." I didn't really know what a musical theatre performer was other than the Shirley Temple type.
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Good shoes and a good scent make the perfect day.
