Danzy Senna Quotes
I guess the subject of race is so natural to me I never think of it as hefty. It's something I talk about and joke about and discuss with my loved ones every day of my life.
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The purpose of our lives is to be happy.
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It's hard to look inside a person to answer a question about why anybody wants to be president. I suppose a combination of ambition, ego, and a real feeling that he could make a difference and could accomplish some things. All you ever had to do for Jimmy Carter was to tell him something was impossible, and he would usually do it.
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I still audition a lot and work really hard to get work. So I don't really walk around feeling like I've made it. My short term goals are really just to be creatively stimulated and to be excited about material I might be working on.
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Music is very spiritual, it has the power to bring people together.
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I was from a tough neighborhood, and we didn't have a lot of money, but my dad worked hard, and my mom is good at budgeting things. That made me appreciate things.
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I'm very ambitious, but I also love myself - which means I try to take care of myself.
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I can't fathom writers married to writers and musicians married to musicians. There's your enemy in bed beside you.
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I sure am handsome. I can't lie. This is one handsome guy.
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Life is not long, and too much of it must not pass in idle deliberation how it shall be spent.
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I can't go on Gawker. I actually think the writing is really funny, but there is a chance that somebody is undercutting me.
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I still get mad. I still get upset. But I let it go more quickly.
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'Ek Main Aur Ek Tu' was a very special film for me. Imran and we complement each other very well. He is sugar, and I am spice.
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We desire the good of the world and the happiness of the nations that the bonds of affection and unity between the sons of men should be strengthened... what harm is there in this?... these fruitless strifes, these ruinous wars shall pass away, and the 'Most Great Peace' shall come.
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The one product I can't live without is my mascara. I'm addicted to long eyelashes and think girls just look so pretty with long lashes!
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I think I've had the fantasy of a ray-gun that could erase the world from the time I was a very little kid.
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In the world of the celebrity, the hierarchy of publicity has replaced the hierarchy of descent and even of great wealth.
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You have to be a little commercial, and that's what I learnt over the years.
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The Iraq War. No one took to the streets over it. It certainly would have been appropriate. If anybody even hinted we should... you were called un-American and not supporting the troops.
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But music is reflection of self, we just explain it, and then we get our checks in the mail.
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Do not try to lead men who are unwilling to follow you; if their heart is not in it, you will never find the old spirit or the old courage.
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The affection of young ladies is of as rapid growth as Jack's beanstalk, and reaches up to the sky in a night.
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I don't like writing with real people in mind.
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If your stress is related to another person, finding forgiveness - changing your thoughts and energy around that person - can lower stress.
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I guess the subject of race is so natural to me I never think of it as hefty. It's something I talk about and joke about and discuss with my loved ones every day of my life.
