Samuel Pepys Quotes
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It's not until you develop your own voice, your own persona onstage that you become your own comic, who you really are.
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I like men who paint or write or do something creative.
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Take the attitude of a student, never be too big to ask questions, never know too much to learn something new.
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I'm not a writer; I'm an actor. My job is to take whatever character I'm given and - especially because I have the responsibility of being a black actress, and I know young black girls are looking up, and everyone's looking to what's on television - to just try to give whatever character I'm playing as three-dimensional a portrayal as I can.
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Bill Cosby, you know, he's a delightful guy.
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The mind is exercised by the variety and multiplicity of the subject matter, while the character is moulded by the contemplation of virtue and vice.
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I moved to Paris for two years, then to London, then New York in 2002. In that time, I also lived in Japan, Italy, Germany - I've been a bit of a gypsy.
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I had a friend where it turned out that she hated my guts, all through our friendship. I thought she was my best friend, and then, in high school, she turned on me and had sordid affairs with all of the people that I'd dated. It was less hurtful because I was in high school, so it was more like, 'What's wrong with you? Gross!'
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I want to create a body of work that is entertaining and speaks to people for a long time. Longer than my life span.
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You hesitate to stab me with a word, and know not - silence is the sharper sword.
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I have a very pragmatic approach to diets. Ones you can't stick to don't do you any good. Some people say, 'Just eat half of what's on your plate,' but I can't do that!
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Remember, either you control your money or it will control you.
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Pay attention to science and not myths: We think liars won't look you in the eyes, but it turns out an honest person will only look you in the eyes about 60 percent of the time.
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I feel that my fans have cultivated my talent and they continue to nurture me.
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Find your own style. Don't spend your savings trying to be someone else. You're not more important, smarter, or prettier because you wear a designer dress.
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You know, God has a plan for me, and I'm going to follow in his footsteps and just rejoice and be happy.
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In my community, women are as important as males, and they are playing an equal role in the society.
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For makeup, a bit of blusher - what you call bronzer - a bit of an eye, and an eyelash curler.
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This ain't a football game, we do this every day.
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Belief is nothing but a more vivid, lively, forcible, firm, steady conception of an object, than what the imagination alone is ever able to attain.
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There is no fyre without some smoke.
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One of the great joys of my life post-'Friends' has been being approached by Asian women who have told me how much it meant to see an Asian face on their TV screen when they were growing up.
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I'm proud of being part Cherokee, and I think it's time all us Indians felt the same way.
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Mighty proud I am that I am able to have a spare bed for my friends.
