Nia Long Quotes
All of us have moments in our lives when we have to choose between what we know is right and what we feel obligated to do.
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The advantage is I have my family with me all the time. When your daughter takes her first steps or says her first words and your son is going through potty training, I'm not missing any of those things.
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Whenever you argue with another wiser than yourself in order that others may admire your wisdom, they will discover your ignorance.
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I used to be teased for the way I wore my hair at school. I used to do things like wear a different-colored sock on each leg.
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If you have less weight, you have less strength.
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Whether you call it Buddhism or another religion, self-discipline, that's important. Self-discipline with awareness of consequences.
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There are selves too big for one person to contain. You cannot call them selfish. There is nothing -ish about such selves. They are the self, as it were, itself.
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People know me for my love of food, but I have so much more I want to share. Our show's going to be all about taking a bigger bite out of life. I want people to see themselves in this show because life is full of messes and successes, and getting there is half the fun.
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Mind your till, and till your mind.
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My first book is really comparable to what I do now, where it's pretty surreal and strange at moments, but that being my first book - I wrote that when I was 22; it came out when I was 24 - and it was just really overwritten. I just didn't trust myself as a writer to say something once.
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My children haven't even seen most of my movies.
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Wall Street sees a social fabric or social contract as inefficiencies, which need to be removed.
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Some of the most lasting contacts and friendships that I have developed began by just grabbing a drink or breaking bread with a stranger at an industry event.
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The stories in 'Parenthood' are so much the stories of our lives. And the people who have worked on the show feel very connected to these characters.
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Actors, like it or not, their voices carry deeply into the culture: people look towards them for attitudes, for right or wrong, and today, the mainstream media doesn't really balance the unheard.
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While I was growing up in Flushing, Queens, we socialized exclusively with other Chinese immigrants. I was forbidden to make contact with nonapproved, non-Chinese peers outside school. That was fine with me.
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In these times of stress, snark, division and despair, I still suspect that two of the most important features we possess are imagination and a capacity for goodness. Those are qualities for which we will be remembered most fondly.
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Expecting to be wrong about most things most of the time brings, finally, the kind of humility that leads to peace. I think.
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Losing my father at a tender age was extremely important in being able to accept what happened to me later when I became a quadriplegic.
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It is not my wish to lounge about the college and fatten on a fellowship all my days. I am always trying to look upon a college life as a medium not an end.
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My point of view is that if I love a certain kind of beauty, I want more of that beauty. I don't need 200 different beauties.
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Whether it's performing a concert with my quartet or sitting in with my peers, enjoying musical conversations at home with my brothers or hanging and playing choro with my friends - sharing moments in that bright space of music are the happiest times.
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That's the only way to do it. Just like an actor. You can get a great performance if you do a bunch of takes and edit it. You find the moments and string them together.
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I'm from Cleveland. I like thunderstorms; I like a little rain in my life.
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All of us have moments in our lives when we have to choose between what we know is right and what we feel obligated to do.
