Georgia Douglas Johnson Quotes
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I think acting, for me, is about play. It's about time, and it's about feeling, like there's a story to tell and I can tell it through my body and my voice.
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It's pretty much run by everybody. We're very involved in everything that goes on. We always have been.
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The gruesomeness of 'Death Line' was an absolute necessity for me to bring up the political content of the film. I wanted to show how devastating class distinction could be.
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I've been working with Global Zero. They are a great organization leading the resistance against nuclear war and the elimination of nuclear weapons.
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I've always been working just to be a world champion and it's a dream come true.
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After I made my hit in 'Salome,' Universal sent me to New York so I could learn to be a proper movie star.
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We talk on principal, but act on motivation.
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I feel very competitive with Robert Morse off-set. We often duke it out. He always wins.
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I don't pretend to be a digital savant or even a digital apprentice.
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Believe it or not, I'm a big fan of patchouli oil. I know it's not a universally liked fragrance. I usually combine it with other essential oils - I have many mixtures I like.
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There is so much art can do to enlighten people, no matter what their views might be. If art can't go there or doesn't elevate the social consciousness in some way, then we are in peril.
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The idea that feeling confident and feeling misunderstood are mutually exclusive really bugs me. So a lot of what 'Rookie' is about is just showing that you can be both, and you can like whatever you want.
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Health is the state about which medicine has nothing to say.
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It is well past time for President Abbas to stand up and condemn all acts of violence, rather than encouraging violence by glorifying terrorists and teaching children to view Israelis as animals.
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We need the humbleness and clarity to see that our food, while benefitting from technological advances, has benefitted even more from free ecological resources: Cheap energy, lots of water everywhere, and a stable climate.
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When you write a script, you always think about what your heart is asking.
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Growth isn't central at all, because I'm trying to run this company as if it's going to be here a hundred years from now. And if you take where we are today and add 15% growth, like public companies need to have for their stock to stay up in value, I'd be a multi-trillion-dollar company in 40 years. Which is impossible, of course.
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The powerful notion of entropy, which comes from a very special branch of physics … is certainly useful in the study of communication and quite helpful when applied in the theory of language.
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When you're about to give up and your heart's about to break, remember that you're perfect, God makes no mistakes.
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And even within cities you have different dynamics in each asset class.
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I know this is awkward, but when you laugh after almost everything you say, it ends up undermining you.
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I share no man's opinions; I have my own.
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It's better to regret something you have done than to regret something you haven't done.
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Rise with the hour for which you were made.
