Esther Rolle Quotes
'Hollywood maids' are so idiotic. They grin at everything. I told Norman Lear I didn't want to play a maid because of that 'hee-hee/grin-grin' attitude, and he said, 'Who said I wanted that?' He told me he wanted two strong women that are the black and white of the same coin. I said, 'Oh, well - in that case, I'll be right there!'Esther Rolle
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I don't hurt or want for visibility, but people seem to forget pretty easily.
Gary Coleman -
We had a good time mucking about during 'Band of Brothers' when we were young and single.
Damian Lewis -
When I was little, we had a Golden Book that had all these Disney characters in one portrait on the first page. My dad used to read from it every night. We'd play this game of find Pluto or find Donald Duck. He'd read us stories and do all the voices. Those are great memories.
Danica McKellar -
Courage, above all things, is the first quality of a warrior.
Carl von Clausewitz -
I got into politics because businessmen should be spending your money.
Ralph Norman -
As the platform and protocol become more ingrained in society, get built into products and services, and basically become more of the mesh of society, just like the Internet, companies and people will need to own Bitcoin to play on its rails.
Barry Silbert
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The surveillance of ordinary people is far greater than I would have imagined and far greater than the American public has been able to debate.
Barton Gellman -
My parents would have loved it if my brother or I had become a doctor or lawyer.
Gabriel Macht -
It contributes greatly towards a man's moral and intellectual health, to be brought into habits of companionship with individuals unlike himself, who care little for his pursuits, and whose sphere and abilities he must go out of himself to appreciate.
Nathaniel Hawthorne -
It seems to many of us that if we are to avoid the eventual catastrophic world conflict, we must strengthen the United Nations as a first step toward a world government patterned after our own government with a legislature, executive and judiciary, and police to enforce its international laws and keep the peace.
Walter Cronkite -
I try to write down every song that comes to me, even though I know that every song that comes to me isn't a song that I need to sing.
Valerie June -
I read the paper every day and the Bible every day; that way I know what both sides are up to.
Zig Ziglar
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Just as a man would not cherish living in a body other than his own, so do nations not like to live under other nations, however noble and great the latter may be.
Mahatma Gandhi -
You can be romantically interested in someone and love them and still, I think, be really interested in things and a certain lifestyle that person might provide.
Dan Stevens -
Every show is unique; some shows have the master plan and have everything figured out and that's just the way they do things. It's like high school. Some people write their papers the second they get their assignments, and some people write it the day after it's due.
Zooey Deschanel -
I don't make romantic films. I make films about human relationships.
Yash Chopra -
I am the sort of athlete who participates in a lot of winter sports - basketball, for example, is an activity that I'll spend many hours a week watching.
W. Bruce Cameron -
The rose and the thorn, and sorrow and gladness are linked together.
Saadi
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Have faith in God; God has faith in you.
Edwin Louis Cole -
I used to think I needed to have drama at all times, or I wouldn't have the fuel for the performance. Now I know that's not true. That doesn't mean I don't feel it, but I recognize it when I do and put the brakes on. And if the performance isn't what it might have been once, I've learned not to judge myself as much.
Audra McDonald -
I've always been transgender, and I always will be. Having said that, my spirit is feminine. If you had to divide humanity into two groups, I would sit with the women.
Anohni -
I think all my work's been about how do women get back into our bodies; how do men get back. We're all disassociated.
Eve Ensler -
'Hollywood maids' are so idiotic. They grin at everything. I told Norman Lear I didn't want to play a maid because of that 'hee-hee/grin-grin' attitude, and he said, 'Who said I wanted that?' He told me he wanted two strong women that are the black and white of the same coin. I said, 'Oh, well - in that case, I'll be right there!'
Esther Rolle