Nia Long Quotes
Collaboration is necessary for making great art. Everybody has a perspective on what they think or feel the material should ultimately look like when it hits the screen.
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The only thing worse than an active conscience is one that's retroactive.
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Love is a state of being.
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I have nothing against priests. In fact, I tried for a time to be one... It should be clear, then, that I respect, and am often fond of, the many priests in my life.
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We should teach the students, as well as executives, how to conduct experiments, how to examine data, and how to use these tools to make better decisions.
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The most important thing is to not waste your money.
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I do my own thing. And I believe what I do is the right thing.
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We don't really think that much about what we do; it's just fun.
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I have mended fences with both my sisters. But do I have their families on my side? Not easily. My one sister, Florence, has two lawyers in the family and two doctors. Of course, I couldn't win that battle.
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I am told that there have been over the years a number of experiments taking place in places like Massachusetts Institute of Technology that have been entirely based on concepts raised by Star Trek.
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In school, I really felt like I didn't fit a type. I think everybody had a hard time putting me in a category. They all sort of realized, 'Hmm, you don't really look like a soprano. You're not really a character belter.'
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There is probably no such thing as a level playing field in political campaigns.
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The poor man who enters into a partnership with one who is rich makes a risky venture.
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The idea of progress - the notion that human history is the history of human betterment - dominated the world view of the West between the Enlightenment and the First World War.
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It's hard to watch something go on and be talking at the same time.
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Had Cain been Scot, God would have changed his doom nor forced him wander, but confine him home.
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My mother was actually born in Ohio but raised in West Virginia where her family had a laundry. She has a West Virginian accent. My father was born in China, but he's the son of an American citizen. My paternal grandfather was born in San Francisco in 1867.
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But the way that we've got it organized in our family, we try not to work at the same time, so I'm just now starting to look around. I think I'd like to do a film.
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I lose faith and I lose ground, but then I see you and remember unconditional love.
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I never could get into The Chambers Brothers. They make good records, but I never could get behind it.
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I don't do that many appearances at conventions. I like to keep them special for me. And for the fans, I hope.
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When you read a book, you are letting another person distract your thoughts and work your emotions. If they are adept, there's nothing better than turning off and getting lost.
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I like to say I'm determined; some people would call it stubborn. It depends on your perspective.
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Who am I, that I should go unto Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt?
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Collaboration is necessary for making great art. Everybody has a perspective on what they think or feel the material should ultimately look like when it hits the screen.
