Estelle Quotes
The thing that makes me feel powerful is when I make a decision about something and I make it happen.
Quotes to Explore
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I'm cranky.
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The biggest thrill in the world is entertaining the public, there is no bigger thrill than that.
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It's something you dream about, working in Scotland, working in Glasgow, walking down the same streets I used to walk down when I was a drama student, daydreaming about being in an American TV show or doing something that was well known. I guess I sort of pinch myself.
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There is more difference in the quality of our pleasures than in the amount.
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The Negro race, like all races, is going to be saved by its exceptional men. The problem of education, then, among Negroes must first of all deal with the Talented Tenth; it is the problem of developing the Best of this race that they may guide the Mass away from the contamination and death of the Worst, in their own and other races.
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I had to make peace with my past because I can't change it.
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If I could play drums like Patrick Carney or Taylor Hawkins, I'd be a really happy person.
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Education never quite gets the attention it deserves in presidential campaigns, but monster flip-flops surely do.
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Trans people deserve something vital; they deserve your respect. From that respect comes a more compassionate community.
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I like a lot of sports. Especially football - it's my favourite sport. My uncle played football in Barcelona for nine years and played for Spain in three World Cups.
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When I began writing, I didn't read any other children's poets... I didn't want to be influenced until I'd found my own voice. Now I read them all.
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The most important thing about skating is that it teaches you to do the things you should do before you do the things you want to do.
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The way people deal with me - they'll go overboard in trying to be politically correct and make a mess of it. Everyone's so worried about what they're saying to everyone else, that they don't talk very much.
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I'm normally the least busy person I know.
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A nickel ain't worth a dime anymore.
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Most inventions are based on some prior history.
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The British cinema had been very dull and conformist.
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A fire in a forest is alive with terror and power.
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The reason that I like to use classical myths as models is because African American writers and African American stories are usually understood as occurring in some kind of vacuum - because of slavery.
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We understand very clearly what's at stake. The president made a conscious decision to cater to the base and left Middle America out in the cold.
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My decision to look seriously at elected office is grounded in a deep commitment to public service and my experience - both my own and that of my family - in finding just, practical, and bipartisan solutions to difficult challenges. otes
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We have two boys, and one of our kids is much more interested in history and stories, so if you want him to do some calculations about lenses, you would start talking to him about Galileo... Then he would be into the lenses, but if you just start talking to him about lenses, he might not stay with you.
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The thing that makes me feel powerful is when I make a decision about something and I make it happen.
