Essence Atkins Quotes
Challenges, when you're in a tumultuous situation, are an opportunity to grow, an opportunity to get closer to God, an opportunity to find and kind of reform yourself, and to figure out what really matters and what your priorities are.
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I do remember the tour of 'Cats' in Philadelphia. I was 12 and had a stomach bug.
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We in the Middle East like to talk politics, we like to argue. Just look at the three prophets - Moses, Jesus and Mohammad. They are all from this small region which creates problems all the time.
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My parents and my brother instilled in me my sense of humor. That's kind of the way we communicate with each other, and it's always been a way for me to get to know people.
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There is one system of justice, demanding that all be held accountable when laws are broken.
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I achieved what I want to achieve and I want to continue doing something else.
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I'm the Jerry Lewis of crime fiction.
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I will eat disgusting things, but only those with long established culinary traditions.
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I do think people are definitely sick of the Kardashians.
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I think movies lost a lot when they went to stereo and five-track sound.
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I'm waiting for them to come up with a 'Star Trek' thing so they can beam me from my house to the gigs and back.
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I can't solve the poverty problem, but there are things you can do to mitigate its effects on kids.
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To me, it's just like, if you have talent, and you're lucky enough to find where you fit, and you work with the right people, it's not exalted at all.
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I could've always worked shows, clubs, Las Vegas and Atlantic City, but I was successful in business ventures, and things weren't happening in show business, so I said, 'Let me see what I can do.'
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Affection is responsible for nine-tenths of whatever solid and durable happiness there is in our lives.
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I enjoyed history at school. I'd always had a sense of pagan England.
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My childhood did not prepare me for the fact that the world is full of cruel and bitter things.
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Music, for me, is just about where you're at, and that's always changing.
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I'm a warrior when it comes to pursuing roles.
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I think we are drawn to dogs because they are the uninhibited creatures we might be if we weren't certain we knew better. They fight for honor at the first challenge, make love with no moral restraint, and they do not for all their marvelous instincts appear to know about death. Being such wonderfully uncomplicated beings, they need us to do their worrying.
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Culture is not just an ornament; it is the expression of a nation's character, and at the same time it is a powerful instrument to mould character. The end of culture is right living.
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I use humor instead of getting into that whole yes and no thing all the time. It's about just getting them to laugh rather than getting in power struggles.
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You can't please everybody. I give up. I'm not trying to. I don't care. Leave me alone with that.
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Challenges, when you're in a tumultuous situation, are an opportunity to grow, an opportunity to get closer to God, an opportunity to find and kind of reform yourself, and to figure out what really matters and what your priorities are.
