Maaza Mengiste Quotes
When you are convinced that everything that happens is the will of God, what is there to do but wait until God has mercy?
Quotes to Explore
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Nelson Mandela is physically separated from us, but his soul and spirit will never die. He belongs to the whole world because he is an icon of equality, freedom and love, the values we need all the time everywhere.
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Men move through a much different process before commitment than women do.
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My desire to experiment comes from my attention-deficit approach to cosmetics. I just get really bored, really easily.
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I try to give the appearance that I have it all together and that I know what I'm talking about, but at the end of the day, I think I might be full of crap.
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Could you say 'senator' instead of 'ma'am? It's just a thing. I worked so hard to get that title. I'd appreciate it.
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I just like a good story. I want the story to be good, and I want the character to be different than the last one I played. That's not always possible, but that's what I want.
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I love who I am and I love my life, but if I could be someone else, I'd be Beyonce in two seconds.
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A women knows how to keep quiet when she is in the right, whereas a man, when he is in the right, will keep on talking.
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The journey matters as much as the goal.
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I guess I probably make violent films partly because I can't express my anger in my real life very well.
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I think every country has to recognize its competitive advantage and liberate its strengths to be a partner in global trade, and that's the only way you can survive and succeed.
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The Arab Awakening or Arab Spring has transformed the geopolitical landscape.
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Family and God - that is what's important. Money, cars, those are things that come and go.
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Nothing that God ever made is the same thing to more than one person. That is natural.
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I didn't know that I could do a talk show. I didn't know that we could bring variety to daytime. I didn't know that people wanted to see singing, and dancing and comedy in the morning.
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Movies are a commercial medium. We don't make movies to impress our friends and critics. It's an expensive medium. We have to gain money from it.
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I'm a big fan of Samantha Bee's.
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I'm a big fan of Albert Brooks, Nichols and May. I'd like to follow in their footsteps and do comedy films.
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The whole idea of celebrity is flattering - it helps you get into restaurants and stuff - but once you obtain some creative fulfillment, which you do on a nightly basis as a comedian, it's hard to give that up just to be the wacky neighbor on a show.
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Conservatism is about the basic rights of individuals. God created us. As far as the government goes, the Founding Fathers based the Constitution off of Christian values. It goes hand-in-hand. As far as the Republican Party? I felt connected to it because individual freedom should not be legislated by the federal government.
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The thrill I got discovering Buster Keaton when I was growing up was so exciting. He was one of the greats.
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Women-the greatest natural resource in the world today.
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We never envisioned this much stuff. I'm overwhelmed by the support out there for the troops, ... only one company that will remain nameless turned us down.
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When you are convinced that everything that happens is the will of God, what is there to do but wait until God has mercy?
