Misty Copeland Quotes
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Being famous was extremely disappointing for me. When I became famous it was a complete drag and it is still a complete drag.
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Bears are very nice, as long as you are nice to them.
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My favorite body part? My feet. They're not pretty, but they get me where I want to go.
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I'm really a family girl. My mom's like, 'As soon as you're on your own, we're going to move back to Indiana.' Well, that might be when I'm 26.
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As far as the creative side of making great, great albums and really trying to go down in history? I don't see that happening lately, you know what I mean? You have a lot of guys is talented, but at the same time, timeless music is more important to me.
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I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else.
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If you love a man, immediately you will reduce your intake of food - it's automatic.
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I get very angry when I'm hungry and there isn't time for lunch.
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Artists, whether they're Tom Cruise or John Waters or Ron Howard or Oliver Stone, you can empower them to become a better version of themselves, but you cannot change them 180 degrees to be someone they are not.
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Just because you can wear a micro-miniskirt it doesn't mean you should. You don't need to show your midriff, either, if you're over 40.
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We're going to live longer than our parents' generation, and there comes a point when you ask yourself, 'What am I going do?' You can only play so much golf.
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An activist is one who is actively involved in creating community, whether that is locally in their neighborhood or internationally. It is an admirable quality.
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I'm much more comfortable speaking through my characters' voices than my own.
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I grew up understanding the pros and cons of what you're getting into and knowing what comes with your job. I like to keep my private life private, and then work is work. I feel so far I've had a really good balance with that.
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I've worked with some teachers and coaches over the years, but I didn't really study theater or technique or voice or any of that stuff extensively.
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I could easily escape to a hotel for a weekend and do absolutely nothing.
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Yankees don't understand that the Southern way of talking is a language of nuance. What we can do in the South is we can take a word and change it just a little bit and make it mean something altogether different.
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Fortunately, most religious people accept medicine as a gift from God and reap the benefits of both realms.
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A woman in love with herself is magnetic.
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The situation now is really very different from the 1980s.
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My biggest weakness is patience, wanting to see things happen too quickly or get changes in place right away. Not having the patience to let things develop.
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Success is not a good teacher, failure makes you humble.
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The path to your success is not as fixed and inflexible as you think.
