Ethel Waters Quotes
I have no acting technique I act instinctively. That's why I can't play any role that isn't based on something in my life.
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All history is defined by shifting modes of reality and time and how things change. That's what I love about cinema. It changes in the moment.
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For women in, say, Alabama, 'feminism' is a dirty word. They would never march in the streets. But although they don't think of themselves as the beneficiaries of feminism, they are.
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I wasn't a visionary but I literally had my finger on the pulse of the women of America.
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When I'm in the studio, I don't finish the song and say, 'That's going to be a big ringtone.'
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A couple of times, I felt like I was cracking and I couldn't go on, and God would put another person in my place to help me.
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The security link between us and Europe is very important for European security but also for our security.
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3D prefers you to use wider lenses because when things are out of focus, and yet it's in 3D, it bothers you.
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There's millions of gay people in the world. In 2011, you've got to hide that you're gay? Like, you know what I'm saying? Like, be real.
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I don't have business with any politicians.
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You would never see me driving around in a sports car. I feel like you're so low and squish-able by transport trucks.
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My mom, who's been in the restaurant business for 40 years, is the number-one influence in my life. But I look up to a lot of people in the industry. Tops on my list is Mario Batali. My mom and Mario taught me the same lesson: Food is love.
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Yes, I applied a lot of what I did in football to golf.
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I don't think any media has to feel obliged to show the cover of 'Charlie Hebdo.'
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I didn't learn to read until I was almost 14 years old. Reading out loud for me was a nightmare because I would mispronounce words or reconstruct things that weren't even there. That's when one of my teachers discovered I had a learning disability called dyslexia. Once I got help, I read very well!
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The happy story right now is the full page in Vanity Fair, which gives me a great deal of exposure.
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Honestly, I'm not interested in gossip. Thing is, I know a lot of successful actors, and in hoping to be successful myself, I would like to think others would respect my privacy.
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I was gonna go broke if I didn't get things turned around real fast.
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Most of all, however, critics of black conservatives say we've forgotten where we came from. I may forget a federal budget number or, God forbid, to set the alarm clock for my weekly 6 a.m. flight to Washington, but I know exactly where I came from.
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The givers of most of the corruption in Africa are from outside Africa.
Olusegun Obasanjo -
Life is made up of meetings and partings. People come into your life everyday, you say good morning, you say good evening, some stay for a few minutes, some stay for a few months, some a year, others a whole lifetime. No matter who it is, you meet and then you part. I'm so glad I met you Elizabeth Egan; I'll thank my lucky stars for that. I think I wished for you all of my life" He whispered. "But now it is time for us to part.
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Your limitations make you the wonderful disaster you most probably are.
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I stand by the principle of honesty, fair play, and trustworthiness.
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The most immediate task is to make certain that no state or combination of states gains the capacity to expel the United States from Eurasia or even to diminish significantly its decisive arbitration role.
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I have no acting technique I act instinctively. That's why I can't play any role that isn't based on something in my life.
