Gabourey Sidibe Quotes
While 'Precious' isn't a real person, it's someone's story, and it's too many peoples' story.
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The American Dream I believe in is one that provides anyone willing to work hard enough with the opportunity to succeed.
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If I go on a diet and work out, I'm always in a bad mood. I'd rather be a little heavier but nice.
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Every dogma, every philosophic or theological creed, was at its inception a statement in terms of the intellect of a certain inner experience.
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I said yes, which turned out to be the right answer.
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I had about four days of like, 'Pity party, woe is me, it's all over.' Then I did some research and spoke with doctors and got in contact with people who have MS, and I soon realized it's actually a lot more manageable than the kind of public perception of it is, and that's part of the reason why I've been so outspoken about it.
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We're at maybe 1% of what is possible. Despite the faster change, we're still moving slow relative to the opportunities we have. I think a lot of that is because of the negativity... Every story I read is Google vs someone else. That's boring. We should be focusing on building the things that don't exist.
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Eventually, I grew out of my interest in motorcycles because they're quite dangerous. I don't ride them anymore. But I have this history.
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I love the Royal Family. The Queen, she's fabulous.
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The typical workday, particularly in startup mode, is from nine to six or nine to seven, then you take a two-hour break to work out and eat dinner. By that time, you're relaxed, and then you work until midnight or one A.M. If there was no break with physical activity, you'd be more tired and less alert.
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For a long time I have been thinking about affordable fashion - you can be disappointed when not so many people can wear your stuff.
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By keeping the annuities, we could build up a national industry every years as big as the Shannon Scheme.
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In the world of language, or in other words in the world of art and liberal education, religion necessarily appears as mythology or as Bible.
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If I could get the respect of 14-year-olds, I'm happy. They're the toughest audience.
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I so never went through a bad-girl period.
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The difference between Tinted Windows and Hanson shows is a lot of just repertoire. Hanson has been a band for years - we have a lot of songs to pull from and it's a different dynamic - a common kind of thread. With Tinted Windows - it's kind of a little like 'hey, we're this new band.'
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The fact is, Latinos now own their own lives and I believe they can afford to look back without judgment.
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Our intent of how we're going to play doesn't change.
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Depend upon it, the first universal characteristic of all great art is Tenderness, as the second is Truth. I find this more and more every day: an infinitude of tenderness is the chief gift and inheritance of all the truly great men. It is sure to involve a relative intensity of disdain towards base things, and an appearance of sternness and arrogance in the eyes of all hard, stupid, and vulgar people.
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It's so funny that people think I actually ran for President. I am maybe the most un-political person you're ever going to meet. When I put 'Elected' out, it was definitely a satire ... 'Alice Cooper for President' ... when everybody realized I was running against Nixon, you known, even on a joke level, I think I got a lot of write-in votes.
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I think Paul Martin doesn't mean what he says. He said he would clear this sort of thing up and he didn't do it.
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It's over when you decide it's over," Norah says. "When you call it a night. The rest is just a matter of where the sun is in the sky. That has nothing to do with us.
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The modern mind is in complete disarray. Knowledge has stretched itself to the point where neither the world nor our intelligence can find any foot-hold. It is a fact that we are suffering from nihilism.
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While 'Precious' isn't a real person, it's someone's story, and it's too many peoples' story.
