Roma Downey Quotes
I am inspired by seeing kindness in others. It touches me and reminds me to be kind as well.
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There are now hundreds of thousands of new engineers that are being trained in China. If people start finding themselves losing their jobs, not to the Chinese here but because China has become such a dominant force - then there could very well be a backlash.
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I am no fashion diva - I grew up on the beaches in South Africa and am a nature girl that spends a lot of time outdoors. Fashion speaks to me through an occasion.
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I believe that as an entertainer, you're only as good as your audience and the people who support you.
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I don't seek validation outside, not even with the audience. Today they like me, but tomorrow they may hate me. I don't want to be anybody's role model.
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If I get to spoil myself, I'm going to DQ. I always had it growing up, so I stick to it.
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I'm an academic. I teach at the university, and that's where I will go back to.
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One should go to the line through the character. You should see their lifestyle in the way they speak.
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Sometimes you do have to bank on yourself. You do have to believe in your ideas enough to really get out there and fight for it despite what people think of some young kids from the hood.
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I didn't realise how my life was changing. When I was 17, 18, 20, I didn't realise how big football was and everything around football. How many people live for football and love football. I was a professional, but I was a supporter.
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The Internet is, among other things, a massive, chaotic marketplace. Too much information, it turns out, is a lot like no information.
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I try not to label myself anything, really, but you know, I'm definitely an indoorsy person, and I definitely kind of just try to, you know, stay away from life in the public eye, at least.
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I'm more obsessed with the idea of vacation than any one particular vacation spot. I love to explore new places and cultures.
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When 'I'm Sorry' came out and became such a huge hit, that made 'Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree' start selling. Then that became a huge, huge hit.
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There was nothing exceptional about growing up as the son of a congressman.
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The truth will set you free, but first it will make you miserable.
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I always look at a group of people who want to attempt an enterprise greater than their means. They begin on this enterprise and they fail.
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You have two hemispheres in your brain - a left and a right side. The left side controls the right side of your body and right controls the left half. It's a fact. Therefore, left-handers are the only people in their right minds.
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Eating Paleo just leans you down and slims you up and takes that little layer of fat and water-weight right off your body.
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Obstacles, of course, are developmentally necessary: they teach kids strategy, patience, critical thinking, resilience and resourcefulness.
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Once I had asked God for one or two extra inches in height, but instead, he made me as tall as the sky, so high that I could not measure myself... By giving me this height to reach people, he has also given me great responsibilities.
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I just feel so blessed to have had the time that I had with my mother. She made it so impactful in terms of how she raised me and my little brother, the values that she instilled in us, the way she inspired us, and how she lived her everyday life.
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I am inspired by seeing kindness in others. It touches me and reminds me to be kind as well.
