Sanaa Lathan (Sanaa McCoy Lathan) Quotes
You can never be happy when you're constantly comparing yourself to others. Keep your eyes ahead.
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We need to have Turkey respect democracy, human rights, and fundamental freedoms.
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Containment, as everyone will recall, was a rough plan for stopping the Communists any time they crossed a certain line dividing our half of the world from theirs.
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Children are apt to live up to what you believe of them.
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Me and my brothers started a musical group early on, and we were playing in places where we really weren't supposed to be.
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I think my parents see my life now as very conservative.
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I keep setting the bar higher for myself in terms of what I'm trying to accomplish.
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I love New York. Love it.
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The hard work definitely paid off and hard work always does.
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We cannot afford idleness, waste or inefficiency.
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Hungry people almost never have to be pushed by a manager to work harder, because they are self-motivated and diligent. They are constantly thinking about the next step and the next opportunity. And they loathe the idea that they might be perceived as slackers.
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The opportunities I've had to play really complex characters - which haven't been a lot, but some - you never get over them.
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One always tends to overpraise a long book, because one has got through it.
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I remember once giving my dad some drawings and writings and said, 'If you could just give these to the publisher, that would be great.' And I was about five!
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I've been lucky to have a lot of opportunities to help people.
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I'm a wandering gypsy.
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Television is a thing that people get very familiar with. They want to hear your voice in their head.
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I am not a fan of historical fiction that is sloppy in its research or is dishonest about the real history.
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Men are allowed to have passion and commitment for their work... a woman is allowed that feeling for a man, but not her work.
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I always see something for sure one time and then I make myself see it a second time. Because second time is like, 'OK, I'm not that bad. I'm not that horrible.' But the first time I just think I'm god-awful.
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Each language has its own take on the world. That's why a translation can never be absolutely exact, and therefore, when you enter another language and speak with its speakers, you become a slightly different person; you learn a different sort of world.
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Look at the American history of slavery. Can you say that hundreds of years later that has been eased? That pain has not yet been eased.
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You can't play it safe if you want to get ahead.
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You can never be happy when you're constantly comparing yourself to others. Keep your eyes ahead.
