Esther Rolle Quotes
I'm not so in love with material things that I'll do anything for money. That allows me the luxury of doing things of value.
Quotes to Explore
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I exercise at home - light cardio and yoga.
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Israelis want peace and security, and Palestinians want peace and justice - these are two very different things, and this is the real gap we have to close.
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I live in a 'sky island,' a unique mountain valley environment where half the animal species of North America can be found.
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We expanded primarily for our people - if you don't offer more opportunities, you don't keep good people.
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I propose a Constitutional Amendment providing that, if any public official, elected or appointed, at any level of government, is caught lying to any member of the public for any reason, the punishment shall be death by public hanging.
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My dad is extremely successful, so I've seen the money and luxury growing up. I'm nowhere close to his stature.
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The Koran was revealed at a time of great change in the Arab world, the seventh-century shift from a matriarchal nomadic culture to an urban patriarchal system.
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I don't use drugs, my dreams are frightening enough.
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I've always looked at 2016, but 2020 is realistic for me. I'll be 23 in 2016, but if I keep on progressing, hopefully 2016 will be a medal chance as well for me.
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Winning the peace is harder than winning the war.
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The lovers of romance can go elsewhere for satisfaction but where can the lovers of truth turn if not to history?
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One of the enduring problems with certain societies in the world - and this is certainly true of a lot of places in the Middle East - is that the capacity for self-governance and self-organizing just isn't there. It has to do with history.
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I've always dreamed of having a large family.
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I do feel that I need to do at least one more Western - I think you need to make three Westerns to call yourself a Western director.
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The only books that influence us are those for which we are ready, and which have gone a little farther down our particular path than we have yet got ourselves.
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I'm concerned about my daughter because she will not believe in Santa Claus. No matter what I say to her, she just doesn't buy it, and she's 2. I refuse to give it up. I say, 'There is a Santa Claus,' and she says, 'Okay, Mommy. In pretend world, right?' She really doesn't believe.
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I knew that it was my only shot to be taken seriously in the recording industry, because it's fast and broad.
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I just always want to play people. I don't want it to be necessarily that you relate to the character as female or male, but that you relate to them as a person. That's the driving force.
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I lost relatives to AIDS, a couple of my closest cousins. I lost friends to AIDS, high-school friends who never even made it to their 21st birthdays in the '80s. When it's that close to you, you can't really deny it, and you can't run from it.
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I just want to sleep and exercise and travel for fun. And relax. It sounds so ordinary, but I haven't done it for 20 years.
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What I do miss that I don't get anymore? You're going to think I'm crazy, but you want the truth, so here it is. The lights! I miss the spotlights. I don't mean it figuratively. I mean it literally. I love the feeling of lights.
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I was in love when I was in college; we all were. I remember how beautiful everybody was. Even the plain people looked beautiful.
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Life is too short to be able to love as one should.
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I'm not so in love with material things that I'll do anything for money. That allows me the luxury of doing things of value.
