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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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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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 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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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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You know, when they called me about the role, I thought Knots Landing was a show about a houseboat with Andy Griffith!
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You can't shelter it. You can't hide it. You have to let people know what you're going through, what you're feeling, what you think you have that's a problem.
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While I believe firmly in open markets and free trade, I also believe an open market needs a level playing field.
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My beauty secret is to try to keep my heart as open and happy as I can, because it really makes the sad lines on my face look better.
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It's that TV thing. You can be in the biggest film of the year and it will still not have the kind of impact a TV series has. Once you're in people's living rooms, that's it. There's no hiding place.
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I put steam on the table by being an actor. That is how I live. The longer I live, the more expensive it becomes. So I do my work. And I can't be immensely picky. How many beautiful scripts come in one's lifetime? I have had more than anybody, practically.
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There is an old saying that you're a product of your environment. Parents can only do so much when eight hours of the day is spent at school. As parents, we try to teach our kids to be respectful to others and teach them old values, but a lot of it is down to the schools.
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If I make a wrong decision, I worry what might have been. I stress out over very insignificant things.
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I made the conscious decision to not have kids, and I didn't want to be married.
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Groups become more extreme and entrenched in their beliefs and polarized from others when members only exchange information that reinforces their views and filter out all else or never learn of alternatives. Thus they narrow their options, and magnify each other's prejudices and misconceptions. This trend leads to blind spots in decision making and to extreme behavior, even terrorism.
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The thing that makes me feel powerful is when I make a decision about something and I make it happen.
