Stephen Collins (Stephen Weaver Collins) Quotes
You need to develop, somehow, a huge amount of faith and confidence in yourself, because there's a lot of rejection throughout an actor's life and you have to believe in yourself more than anyone else.
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One of the most effective tools in Brazil's efforts to eradicate slavery is a register compiled by the government that lists individuals and businesses found using slave labor. Those on the 'dirty list,' as the register is known, are fined and remain on it for a minimum of two years during which they cannot access public funds.
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Katie Holmes is really amazing.
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Adele's like a beacon of honesty. Doesn't compromise, goes to America and she's still the same sweary cockney.
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My mom and I have always been really close. She's always been the friend that was always there. There were times when, in middle school and junior high, I didn't have a lot of friends. But my mom was always my friend. Always.
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I grew up with a tribe of amazing women, but certainly my mother and my godmother really modeled women as actors.
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I've never been shy or secretive with the fact that if you walk into my life, you may be walking onto a record.
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'I’ve never seen a soft heart turn hard,' said Taleswapper. 'At least not without good reason.'
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The essence of the desert is that you are free to create your own world, your own visionary reality. … Both Burning Man and the Internet make it possible to regather the tribe of mankind.
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How many is there, John?.Did you learn to whisper in a sawmill?
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You run into a party and a woman comes up to you. She's the most beautiful creature you ever saw — Ava Gardner — and says, 'I like you and why don't we get together?' What are you going to say, 'No'? You'd have to be an idiot. She was an incredible creature.
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Così fa ch'ella un poco il duol raffrena;Ch'avendo ove sfogarlo, è meno acerbo.
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I've always believed that the facts about dancing are more interesting than the myths, and this was a great chance for me to explore how the human body does such incredible things.
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We are not generally included in that narrative - people of color - definitely, women of color don't normally fit that narrative that has been built around the whole image and the whole story of the Silicon Valley.
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Coal is absolutely critical to our nation's economic health and global competitiveness.
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I'm doing this play right now, the new David Mamet play. It's called 'Race,' and it's very interesting how people really leave the theater filled with the desire to talk about the play and the issues and the characters, and how they're all navigating their personal views around race.
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I can only watch calmly if the match is decided or my team are dominating. But I get passionate very easily.
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Before doing my first open mic, I was sitting in the back watching all these comedians banter back and forth and fire jokes and up each other, and I thought, 'This is where I wanna be.'
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A large part of mankind is angry not with the sins, but with the sinners.
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If you try to do your best there is no failure.
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Faith is indispensable for success. Faith is induced and strengthened by the instructions you give your subconscious mind.
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It's the feeling of being lifted out of my life into another world that is the thrill of writing fiction.
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Progress cannot be generated when we are satisfied with existing situations.
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You need to develop, somehow, a huge amount of faith and confidence in yourself, because there's a lot of rejection throughout an actor's life and you have to believe in yourself more than anyone else.
