Stephanie Tubbs Jones Quotes
My reputation is too important to put it aside for purposes of some friendship. We have a job to do.
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Bodhisattva is enlightened in the Buddhist philosophy, religion, tradition. He's enlightened. It's fine - I don't really fight it - but many people use the term 'zen' and terms like 'nirvana,' 'enlightenment' in an almost superficial way. It's not that complicated.
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I am interested in the subject which is Russia.
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The box office has become global. I think that factors in to the question of how to portray different ethnicities and cultures.
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So, two cheers for Democracy: one because it admits variety and two because it permits criticism.
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I don't know how to ground myself without the other actor present.
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What I do, basically, is look at things from different angles. That is what I do on stage comedically, and that is what I do in art. I was always fascinated by the structure of things, why things work this way and not that way. So I like to see how things behave if you change the point of view.
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All of the agreed-upon pariahs throughout pop-culture history put their identities into the thing we decry. And yet we derive our own identities from the act of hating. We connect on the things we are disappointed in. Some may argue that nothing in history gathers a crowd like complaining about Lady Gaga's meat dress.
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Growing up, I'd just be at home, playing tennis, spending my allowance on an ice-cream truck.
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I try to stay consciously away from the roles of the girl who throws herself at the leading man, because I've done it a lot and I want to move on. I ticked that box.
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The days of the painter at the Bauhaus appear to be truly over. They are estranged from the actual core of present activities, and their influence is more restricting than inspiring.
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People don't hear me talk. They don't expect me to.
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I'm actually developing a project so that I can have a lead.
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I never diet. I smoke. I drink now and then. I never work out.
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We've got to decide that we want to live in a world that is sane and happy and healthy, and that everyone deserves that.
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If it's boring, then it's tiring.
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Modernity means overabundance. We are living in the age of mass-produced objects, things that come without announcing themselves and end up on our tables, on our walls. We use them - most of us don't even notice them - and then they vanish without fanfare.
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I grew up watching science fiction and action movies. I love it. I absolutely love it!
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There are literally several levels of SCO being wrong. And even if we were to live in that alternate universe where SCO would be right, they'd still be wrong.
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Che ben pigliar nel crin la buona sorteCarlo sapea, quando volgea la faccia.
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There is a sufficiency in the world for man's need but not for man's greed.
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I don't like making my job easier. How are you accomplishing anything if there's no struggle? If I have to create a struggle that doesn't exist, I'll do that. Time and money constraints are a great way to do it.
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I'm not trying to take over the world, but I find it really rewarding to write, and I thrive on learning.
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Our mind is the canvas on which the artists lay their colour; their pigments are our emotions; their chiaroscuro the light of joy, the shadow of sadness. The masterpiece is of ourselves, as we are of the masterpiece.
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My reputation is too important to put it aside for purposes of some friendship. We have a job to do.
