Ambeth R. Ocampo Quotes
Sometimes it pays not to be interested in what happened but in what did not happen.
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I'm a very good thinker, but I sometimes grab the wrong word. I say something I didn't think through adequately. I mean, I don't type my speeches, then sit up there and read them off the teleprompter, you know. I wing it.
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Yeah, well my name is Bai Ling. That means white spirit, and I really feel like sometimes I'm not existing.
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You just do the best you can with what you've got... and sometimes magic strikes.
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I'm very interested in science.
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When I was much younger, I sometimes felt rejected by feminists because of an image that I sold because it paid the bills. Any fool could tell my hair is dyed.
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I had just lost my dad and I remembered all the songs we used to go and hear at concerts, and the records around the house and sometimes we'd play together.
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It's a sad commentary when I have to say that sometimes in our country we are real sensitive to race.
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Hip-hop is really standoffish. It's really competitive and it's really about who's number one all the time. Sometimes it gets out of hand.
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Sometimes fear is used as a way to control.
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Sometimes I attract roles that are necessary either for personal growth or enlightenment.
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Sometimes you have to find the passion. It comes from the inside... Everyone has to find it for themselves.
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If it were not for the bad things that've happened to me, I wouldn't be the person I am today.
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In South Africa, we speak English and sometimes Afrikaans, sometimes Zulu, sometimes Xhosa.
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I've got to be sensible sometimes.
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The lesson I learned is that sometimes the task you have at hand needs all of your concentration and focus.
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I sometimes wonder whether all pleasures are not substitutes for joy.
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I don't feel political most of the time. Sometimes I'm placed in positions because no one else will go there.
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Songs sometimes are so connected to the sociology of the time.
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I've got to live my life. Bad things happen. I can't be sitting here worrying about it.
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I don't want to risk my personal sanity or happiness, or my family, or the love of my life. That's a mistake. And I think a lot of people make that mistake, they're always kind of, like, seeking out the next thing that's gonna happen.
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The rhythm of the ride carried them on and on, and she knew that the horse was as eager as she, as much in love with the speed and air and freedom.
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It can be difficult to run your own firm, but the trade off is fewer conflicts and more control.
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This is my job. I just wake up, and I train.
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Sometimes it pays not to be interested in what happened but in what did not happen.
