Ashoka Quotes
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I always was drawn to the performing arts. I started dancing when I was two. I sang, loved to act, and loved going to visit my mom on-set. But she wanted me to have a normal childhood, so I wasn't really allowed to pursue acting till I got older.
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I think we have a real obligation when we do have animals in captivity to understand their needs and to care for them as well as we can.
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I'm committed to sign in everything I communicate, but I also speak. I still believe that I reach more people when I do that. I bridge two different cultures and two different worlds, and I think that bridge still needs work.
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My maternal grandmother - she was a compulsive reader. She had only been through five grades of elementary school, but she was a member of the municipal library, and she brought home two or three books a week for me. They could be dime novels or Balzac.
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I have been extremely lucky with reviewers and critics throughout my career.
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We are not merely passive pawns of historical forces; nor are we victims of the past. We can shape and direct history.
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I need to be more consistent about taking care of myself no matter how busy I am.
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I did almost a year in prison, a year in prison, just because my name is Foxy Brown.
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Did you really think I would sell you out?
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The country of Britain is wonderful because of its royalty.
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There's nothing spectacular about Prophet T.B Joshua. He is just like every other human being. But if there is any difference, it is the grace of God; the righteousness of God. It is a product of the grace of God. So, I am a product of the grace of God.
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I definitely want to come back to Cleveland. The coaches, the team, everything about the situation, it's perfect for me.
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It's really kind of a luxury for an actor to have the opportunity to show such different types of characters. I actually left 'Cowboys & Aliens' and went straight into 'The Change-Up.' It was kind of a funny change of pace.
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There are very few great poets in the world.
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There is no substitute for the comfort supplied by the utterly taken-for-granted relationship.
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Nobody is original anymore. Nobody has any original style.
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Old age is not a disease - it is strength and survivorship, triumph over all kinds of vicissitudes and disappointments, trials and illnesses.
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The fact is... our doors have not exactly been knocked down by companies willing to defend Microsoft's business practices.
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I didn't grasp the basic principle of being a promoter, which was: Put on music but also generate an income. I was on the dole most of the time.
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I do enjoy them. I get to meet the next generation of comics and help them out. Big comics doing small shows was something that used to happen a lot more back in the day. I wish there was more of that.
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You can close your eyes to reality but not to memories
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I come to writing from hearing great stories as a child in Louisiana, where the mark of a person was his or her ability to be a raconteur. I also come to writing as a professional actress whose body has been trained to listen and smell and inhabit characters without judgment.
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Let all listen, and be willing to listen to the doctrines professed by others.
