BeBe Winans Quotes
Dreams come true, but then things happen that are beyond anything you could dream. To be in a movie and to be in the same room participating in a movie with Meryl Streep? Come on!
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There are people who think I should be using the position of secretary of state simply to weigh the scales on the side of my own party. I just don't accept that, and it would not be proper.
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Give me a smart idiot over a stupid genius any day.
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At the age of 13, I felt it was up to me to decide whether I wanted to go to church or be with my mates, and I chose to go to church.
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A lot of my work involves instilling objects with the power of touch - a transference of soul, spirit, energy through actions.
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I've been really lucky with the people that I've gotten to work with. I learn a lot from them, just by watching them.
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I saw what the Depression was doing to my students. Often they could get no jobs, or jobs which were wholly inadequate. And through them, I began to understand how deeply political and economic events could affect men's lives. I began to feel the need to participate more fully in the life of the community.
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Necessity makes even the timid brave.
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The human soul needs actual beauty more than bread.
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It's interesting because I think class is a heavy, heavy part of 'Moonlight,' and I think, in a certain way, through the sum of all these parts, it's become a commentary on the black experience in America.
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Decolonisation seems to have dented little the sense of superiority that since 1945 has made American leaders in particular consistently underestimate the intensity of nationalist feeling in Asia and Africa.
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I used to wear miniskirts with my GB top, and sparkly sandals, and the boys would be like: 'Oh my gosh, this girl cannot be serious.'
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Pain is real when you get other people to believe in it. If no one believes in it but you, your pain is madness or hysteria.
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One thing that the audience, and perhaps critics, aren't aware of is that, especially in a film like 'Moonlight,' you always shoot a lot more footage than makes the cut of the film.
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Acting for me is very therapeutic. It's my shrink.
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People pretend to be nice; people pretend to be smooth and polite and everything, but this is only an appearance because the way we're built as human beings is only in paradox and contradictions.
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Capitalist systems function less well without state protection of investors, lenders, and companies against monopoly, deception, and fraud.
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Police can only act on intelligence.
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My mom taught me to live by the three p's: to always be passionate, persistent, and prepared.
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History is exciting because it's true.
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I was married when I wasn't quite 14 and had four babies by the time I was 18.
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People who are obsessed with God have an intimate relationship with Him. They are nourished by God's Word throughout the day because they know that forty minutes on Sunday is not enough to sustain them for a whole week, especially when they will encounter so many distractions and alternative messages.
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I have tried to keep on with my striving because this is the only hope I have of ever achieving anything worthwhile and lasting.
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Pessimists are born, true, but they also can be made.
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Dreams come true, but then things happen that are beyond anything you could dream. To be in a movie and to be in the same room participating in a movie with Meryl Streep? Come on!
