Anne Spencer Quotes
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My mom could be pretty strict.
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I had to create some good work habits and attitude.
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There are lines that I know are going to get a belly laugh, but after a few shows I get sick of hearing myself say them so I drop them.
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My home has to feel airy and bright with natural light. I don't switch on lamps until it is literally black outside.
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Filipino talents and skills are becoming ubiquitous in many parts of the world. Returning Filipino workers have helped improve our skills and technological standards.
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I believe that the power of literature is stronger than the power of tyranny.
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What I really want is a world where no one alive can remember what the word 'war' means. That's my goal.
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I still get to preach 14, 15 times a year. But you have to make a living.
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Every lover is a soldier.
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I've no interest in going on a road trip. If I want to go on holiday, I want to sit on a beach, swim, drink cocktails and read a book.
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Ever since I was little, I've always liked to smash things.
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Of all the punctuation marks; he told me ellipses were his favorites.
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Listen to this, and I'll tell you 'bout the heartache I'll tell you 'bout the heartache and the loss of God.
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The paintings of Francis Bacon to my eye are very beautiful. The paintings of Bosch or Goya are to my eye very beautiful. I've also stood in front of those same paintings with people who've said, 'let's get on to the Botticellis as soon as possible.' I have lingered, of course.
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The powers of the teenagers in 'The Darkest Minds' were always meant to represent that inherent drive that young people have to make change, and how the world pushes back against it.
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I've always avoided publicity. I've never been good copy at any stage of my life. I don't strive for it, because I don't think it's important whether I'm good copy or not. The two can go together, if that's your personality, but every person on this earth is unique.
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Having the option to be able to have a career and feel good about yourself as an individual and still be a great mother is definitely a possibility.
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I do believe sometimes discipline is very important. I'm not just lying around like a lazy cow all the time.
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I've never disliked a character I've played. I've always tried to find the humanity and the reasons for what he does.
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In the history of physics, every time we've looked beyond the scales and energies we were familiar with, we've found things that we wouldn't have thought were there. You look inside the atom and eventually you discover quarks. Who would have thought that? It's hubris to think that the way we see things is everything there is.
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I lost dozens of pairs of expensive glasses because I'd put them down and then not be able to find them again.
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Is any prophet come to teach a new thing Now in a more apt time?
