Ruth Negga Quotes
You don't come to see a Greek play and not want blood and gore and depth of feeling from your boots up.
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I've never got into debt and I've always been in control of my taxes and VAT, but having four children costs a lot. They are my weakness.
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When you have this many losses, you don't have a following.
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We may define therapy as a search for value.
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People had an idea of what R&B artists or pop artists usually say, which was like, 'Talk about sex, talk about partying, and be positive; don't be too much of a downer.'
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If women's rights are a problem for some modern Muslim men, it is neither because of the Quran nor the Prophet, nor the Islamic tradition, but simply because those rights conflict with the interests of a male elite.
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A completely disrespectful photographer was asked to stop taking photographs, and then said, 'I've got what I want. What are you going to do about it?' How would you feel if somebody walked up and started taking your photograph? I don't think you'd be very happy.
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Sweet is good. I'm not a fan of deep-fried things.
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'Giving 2.0' was born of my desire to redefine and democratize philanthropy.
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I don't wanna be preached to. Unless it's in a beautiful voice, I don't want that.
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Our first phase was inviting all the women Ambassadors who were here from other countries and trying to get in touch with all the peace centers around the country in order to focus on increasing the volume and activity toward peace.
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My countrymen have commissioned a bust of the Republic. It will be placed on the fountain of my native town.
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If you're not willing to accept the pain real values incur, don't bother going to the trouble of formulating a values statement. You'll be better off without one.
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Most fish require a short cooking time, but cephalopods are the exception to this fishy rule. As with some cuts of larger land beasts, the longer they're cooked, the more tender they get.
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My father is a Jehovah's Witness, and he raised us under a very strict hand.
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The attempt to combine wisdom and power has only rarely been successful, and then only for a short while.
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Over a spell of about three years, I played a series of roles that were, for me, all very different, but most of them came out within a six-month period. They all dealt with a kind of dark territory that in some cases had been mined before in movies.
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Never define your success by somebody else's success. I never looked at another man's grass to tell how green mine should be.
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Being a parent is very important to me.
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My favorite actor who played villains - who could play anything, really - was Jimmy Cagney.
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I write a book a year while creating TV and film projects. And being a writer isn't just writing: I have to chase down paychecks and manage foreign tax payments. I maintain a vibrant relationship with readers and bloggers. And when it comes to Hollywood, I typically have to have fifteen business meetings in the hopes that one leads to a project.
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At 27, it's great to get to a place where I'm not an actor for hire anymore.
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You don't come to see a Greek play and not want blood and gore and depth of feeling from your boots up.
