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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It is unfair to label me anti-Islam. I am an atheist and a secular humanist.
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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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The great fun for me is these collaborators. I'm nothing by myself. Being with these people, whether it's the 'Homeland' cast or stage collaborators, they make you everything you are. They make you come to work. They make you be alive.
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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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I'd like to stay in Chicago, but if they don't want me, somebody will.
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I think people live in the past and tend to look that way, because they drop off when they're happiest and most successful.
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There are persons who seem to have overcome obstacles and by character and perseverance to have risen to the top. But we have no record of the numbers of able persons who fall by the wayside, persons who, with enough encouragement and opportunity, might make great contributions.
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As I approach my 90th birthday, my friends are asking how it feels like, to have completed 90 orbits around the Sun. Well, I actually don't feel a day older than 89!
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The country crowd just has fun.
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Mighty proud I am that I am able to have a spare bed for my friends.
