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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Mean doesn't last. Mean is over fast. Maybe this is the essence of everything, which is, to me, if there is no emotional center for what I'm doing, I have no interest in it at all.
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Conservation is not without its critics and opposition. There are a lot of special interests that don't want to see land set aside.
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To persons of spirit like ourselves the only happy marriage is that which is based on a firm foundation of almost incessant quarrelling.
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Peace is the happy natural state of man; war is corruption and disgrace.
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A message to women in general is be happy with yourself first. Be sure that you take care of yourself and find yourself. Be comfortable! And you will be way more appealing. Do what's best for you, and everything will fall into place.
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You can never be happy when you're constantly comparing yourself to others. Keep your eyes ahead.
