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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The scene that has raised the most objections in 'The Interview' is at the very end, when Kim's head dissolves into flames. To me, it feels gratuitous.
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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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Greatness is helping others realize they are great, beautiful and capable. Genius is seeing the wonder and possibility in those others ignore.
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Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct thy paths.
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...God has made provision for our holiness. Through Christ He has delivered us from sin's reign so that we now can resist sin. But the responsibility for resisting is ours. God does not do that for us. To confuse the potential for resisting (which God provided) with the responsibility for resisting (which is ours) is to court disaster in our pursuit of holiness.
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If you can afford to advertise, you don't need to.
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All the best performers bring to their role something more, something different than what the author put on paper. That's what makes theatre live. That's why it persists.
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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.
