Samuel Pepys Quotes
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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 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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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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Poverty itself is not so bad as the poverty thought. It is the conviction that we are poor and must remain so that is fatal.
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Activism is very seductive, and writing is painful and hard. It's very scary to have a death threat living over your head. Activism is very sustaining. But I don't view myself as a political person. I'm just someone who desperately wants to stay alive.
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Remember the Tea Party movement didn't get started in September of 2008 when the bank bailout was passed. It really began on Feb. 19th, 2009 when a television commentator named Rick Santelli stood up and said what the hell are we doing bailing out people who couldn't afford a mortgage by taking money from people like me who are prudent?
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I never learned how to be adequately black. I never learned how to be black at all.
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I love superconductors.
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I wasn't going to have enough money to pay for a Good Lifestyle, which meant I'd feel ashamed, which meant I'd get depressed, and that was the big one because I knew what that did to me: it made it so I wouldn't get out of bed, which led to the ultimate thing—homelessness. If you can't get out of bed for long enough, people come and take your bed away.
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As a heart surgeon I am on constant call, and when not researching or giving lectures, I like to be with my family.
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I always feel like sugar cubes aren't big enough.
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I have a flirtatious personality.
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Mighty proud I am that I am able to have a spare bed for my friends.
