Gabourey Sidibe Quotes
My goal was just to live a good life that I was happy with. And I wasn't exactly sure that that meant being the star of a movie.
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Maybe I should pretend like I'm not insecure, but I really am. This movie is going to come out and... will people like it? Will they like Rey?
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I don't know that human beings were meant to mate for life or be monogamous. But, for me, the aspect of marriage that is troubling is that it's a contract that is governed by the state, and I don't want the state to have control over my personal affairs.
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I don't have any office; I can write everywhere. So, I put a piece of paper on the table, and then I travel. Literally, writing for me is like travelling. It's getting out of myself and living another life - maybe a better life.
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I know someone from growing up who is in jail right now for the rest of his life, but he was one of the sweetest people I ever knew.
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Education must not simply teach work - it must teach Life.
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I've worked in television all my life, but really I've always wanted to work in the movies.
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A lot has been written about Tony Perkins and myself and I figured, Let's get it straight. I had a relationship with Tony for two to three years, but those are only threads in the tapestry of my whole life.
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I've never been a person to share my private life, but I can help save lives.
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I'd just like to be good at sports. I'm extremely competitive with absolutely nothing to back it up.
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I started out with a dream to make a star in a jar in my garage, and I ended up meeting the President of the United States!
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A good school teaches you resilience - that ability to bounce back.
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A collection of strong-minded individuals who have learned how to dismiss mistakes, disappointments and problems in their personal life make up a strong team. If the majority of the team have that then, as a unit, you are almost impossible to beat.
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When you are starting to run an online business, you need to narrow down a niche market and be able to stick with it until you have a good profit coming in. This can take a while, so you need to have a great deal of patience to make sure that your business is moving in the right direction.
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Music is part of the life of fashion, too.
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I never got down with conveying a larger-than-life vibe.
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I've realized how important it is to have women in your life. You get to a certain age where you're like, 'I need women around.'
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It's hard to conceive of someone who could work for at least a few hours each day for months and years on the same story without it being close enough to their life experience to fuel their commitment.
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I want to be good. I can't bear the idea of my soul being hideous.
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I began reading in French. I didn't read in English until high school.
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I spent a lot of time in the trenches in New York doing a lot of off-off-off Broadway theater.
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Don't see the point in reading ghost-written autobiographies, even though some of these published lives may fascinate me. The 'ghost' is always present, manipulating an interview into first-person singular text, and it feels like I'm reading a lie.
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Throughout my life, I have always tried to do what is right.
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My goal was just to live a good life that I was happy with. And I wasn't exactly sure that that meant being the star of a movie.
