Mo'Nique (Monique Angela Hicks) Quotes
Do we stand up over a gold plated trophy? Or do we stand up and say we need equal wages and equal treatment?The Oscars have not been any different for what...89 years? But why do we keep wanting to get thrown a bone? Why do we want to keep saying 'Can we please come to your party?
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Remind yourself that the greatest technique for bringing peace into your life is to always choose being kind when you have a choice between being right or being kind.
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Men look like pandas when they try and put make-up on.
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To develop drugs for people, we basically dismantle the system. In the lab, we look at things the size of a cell or two. We dismantle life into very small models.
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I do like the research part of writing, I must admit.
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Investing in Chicago property is just Wanda's first move into the U.S. real estate market.
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It is odd there are many movies with many men. But generally movies have one woman, or maybe the older woman and the younger girl.
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When Barack Obama was elected, it immediately brought out all the differences in society.
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The more the soul knows, the more she loves, and loving much, she tastes much.
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It is not worth the paper it is written on unless it is backed by the kind of force that will make the other side consider the penalties too heavy to break the agreement.
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I thought I would reflect here on a theme most scientists enjoy recalling: the part luck played in their accomplishments.
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In general, in poetry and literature, I am among those people who believe that too much is indispensable.
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I never had any desire to be a film actor. I never thought I was the good-looking movie type, which I assumed they wanted.
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I think that some people like to be someone other than themselves when acting, while others are most themselves. I fall into the second camp. For me, acting is a great exercise in getting to the truth about myself.
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I believe that body and spirit are not really separate, though it often seems that way. I believe that redemption is never impossible and always equivocal. But I guess that I just don't know.
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I like a girl that keeps me in love and keeps me entertained.
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A powerful performance will transform everyone in the room.
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Presumptions of guilt or innocence may sometimes be strengthened or weakened by the place of birth and kind of education and associates a man has grown up with, and good character may at times interpose, and justly save, under suspicion, one who is accused of crime on slight circumstances.
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Never go anywhere you have to wear brown shoes.
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Ted Geisel was trying to make a statement about awareness and personal responsibility. He was very clear about that. But the ideas and themes in 'The Lorax' go beyond a love of trees. It's also a story about the dangers of greed and the power of redemption. That's what makes it a timeless tale.
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From here on out, there's just reality. I think that's what maturity is: a stoic response to endless reality. But then, what do I know?
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It certainly isn't like I'm reading scripts thinking I need to do something really different. But you want to stretch yourself and challenge yourself; that's really the major turnon when you're going into work.
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The United Nations has become a largely irrelevant, if not positively destructive institution, and the just-released U.N. report on the atrocities in Darfur, Sudan, proves the point.
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I'm bad at doing what I'm told. I'm a born free thinker.
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Do we stand up over a gold plated trophy? Or do we stand up and say we need equal wages and equal treatment?The Oscars have not been any different for what...89 years? But why do we keep wanting to get thrown a bone? Why do we want to keep saying 'Can we please come to your party?
