Esperanza Spalding Quotes
I put my mother through a lot when I was a teenager. I used to lie a lot. Now, we talk all the time.
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I don't try to sugarcoat things, but I also think my books make positive statements about the people and values in small-town America.
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The fact we don't have a lunar base has nothing to do with the technology. It has to do with public commitment and societal support.
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In captivity, one loses every way of acting over little details which satisfy the essentials of life. Everything has to be asked for: permission to go to the toilet, permission to ask a guard something, permission to talk to another hostage - to brush your teeth, use toilet paper, everything is a negotiation.
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Every project has to stand on its own. It's a different identity within each project, and I feel like that's the way it should be.
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I was never the mascot of the Georgia football team.
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I would hate for my father to regret all his support that he's given me over the years and be embarrassed by anything I chose to do.
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There's not a thing that any of you guys can say bad about me that would hurt my feelings... I'm not coming at you, what I'm saying is that, I'm willing to take that heat for my team, if we're playing well or if we're not playing well.
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The best situation is being a single parent. The best part about is that you get time off, too, because the kids are with their mom, so it's the best of both worlds. There's a lot to be said for it.
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You love for a quarterback to sometimes make the decision as the rush is coming and make the decision as the play, as opposed to where that computer is hitting it fast and he's knowing where to go with the ball at the right time.
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When we set out our original program from the beginning, obviously our markets were pretty limited, and we were thinking about them mostly as U.S. shows, and they would travel like other U.S. shows have.
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I have been five minutes too late all my life-time!
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I often look at women who wear great jeans and high heels and nice little T-shirts wandering around the city, and I think, 'I should make more of an effort. I should look like that.' But then I think, 'They can't be happy in those heels.'
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I turned into a workaholic to the point of where my health was in jeopardy.
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I mean, I've never really had much security, to be honest.
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Man is a special being, and if left to himself, in an isolated condition, would be one of the weakest creatures; but associated with his kind, he works wonders.
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I was on 'Search for Tomorrow' for about nine months, then 'Another World' for two years.
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I have worked to expand the health care debate beyond the current for-profit system, to include a public option and an amendment to free the states to pursue single payer.
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I feel respect is in your hands as an actor when portraying a character, particularly when it's from the Indian subcontinent. I do make a conscious effort to do so and often talk to the directors especially about the heavy accent when it's not needed.
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In all systems of theology the devil figures as a male person. Yes, it is women who keep the church going.
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Work will take everything you give it. It's up to you to work out what you want to give it.
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Americans are not afraid of the future.
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I am in love, that’s enough: I feel generous, holy, human, trembling.
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I put my mother through a lot when I was a teenager. I used to lie a lot. Now, we talk all the time.
