Viola Davis Quotes
And this is what was fascinating to me about 'The Help'; they were ordinary people who did extraordinary things.
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I think people are always able to achieve more than they think they can. While that's cliche, I don't know if managers think about that enough. You have to set your sights extremely high.
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The American people deserve a budget that invests in the future, protects the most vulnerable among us and helps to create jobs and economic security.
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It's a luxury to not have to just be performing with other people to have my music heard.
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Walking down the street in any town or city in the world and having people look at you and start talking to you, convinced that they know you as well or better than they do members of their own family, that's just an odd phenomenon. But I mean, I wouldn't say it was a bad thing. It's an interesting thing.
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These are people who are capable of devotion, public devotion, to justice. They meant what they said and every day that passes, they mean it more.
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People in Sweden talk a lot about the weather - how much we hate it. But Finns get more depressed.
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Usually when you're working is when people want you to work. They don't want you as much when you're not working. That's the frustrating nature of our business.
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You well know, sir, that when the Constitution was submitted to the People of the respective States for their adoption or rejection, it awakened the warmest debates of the several State conventions.
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Whenever I'm in the U.K., people say I have an American accent. Which is, obviously, funny.
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Surround yourself with people who provide you with support and love and remember to give back as much as you can in return.
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Just because a couple people on the Supreme Court declare something to be 'constitutional' does not make it so.
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I don't like it when people don't hold the door. I don't know, that really bugs me... I guess I like manners.
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I thought perhaps it should be recognized that religious people, including fundamentalists, are quite intelligent, many of them are highly educated, and they should be treated with complete respect.
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I wouldn't recommend being a musician to anyone. It's not glamorous. It's a lot of being dirty, not eating, playing for five people and one of them is the bartender.
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You have to understand that while I pre-plot the meta story of a given book, I often have no idea of what will happen on the next page, let alone the next chapter. That's what makes it fun for me; I write the books the same way many people read them.
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After all, life hasn't much to offer except youth, and I suppose for older people, the love of youth in others.
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I love helping friends, and I like to think I am a good listener and supportive. I'm also just kind of nosy, so it would satisfy my need to know other people's stories.
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We do hear perhaps too many accolades generally aimed at people like Steve Jobs. We have to remember that there are other classic things in life that we undervalue and take them for granted. If you think of the classic lines of the modern jet aircraft, it's really been there since early World War II.
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I think New York is truly unique in its singular combination of the quality of both the talent it attracts and the ingredients it grows. There are plenty of other places in the world with wonderful natural resources, but the people who come here to pursue their passions for food and cooking - they are one of a kind.
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I'm not much of a club goer because every time I do go I get in trouble.
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I'm the poster boy for Propecia. It's amazing.
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One moment can change a day, One day can change a life and One life can change the world.
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Athletes can definitely have an impact on society. And it's great that athletes can be a part of uniting the population.
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And this is what was fascinating to me about 'The Help'; they were ordinary people who did extraordinary things.
