Taraji P. Henson Quotes
If I were to meet the most incredible man, and he just so happened to not make as much money as I do, I wouldn't hold it against him.
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My parents have a strong work ethic, but their attitude to life, their philosophy, is: 'whatever makes you happy.'
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You really are being quite foolish to smoke.
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Interviews make me so nervous - I can't get a sentence out of my mouth.
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I don't even have my own computer.
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I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.
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I think America has a brilliant future.
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In order to change the conversation about Muslims in American media, we need a diverse, unified movement of people who are willing to take a stand against anti-Muslim bias.
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My goal when I make my show is to make a show for women. I don't make a show for men.
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Now that I have kids, I don't want to do so many daredevily things anymore.
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The first complaint we hear from everyone is: 'Why would I want to join this stupid useless thing and know what my brother's eating for lunch?' But that really misses the point because Twitter is fundamentally recipient-controlled - you choose to listen and you choose to leave. But you also choose what to put down and what to share.
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What we do really affects the world. Most of us think we can't do anything, but it really isn't true.
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Of all the haunting moments of motherhood, few rank with hearing your own words come out of your daughter's mouth.
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As scary as it is, I like making real, direct eye contact with people from the stage. In a sense, it's like modeling: that feeling of locking in and projecting some kind of emotion to try to captivate people.
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Success is so fleeting; even if you get a good book deal, or your book is a huge success, there's always the fear: 'What about the next one?'
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For the vlogging channel, I wanted to build the infrastructure and build up all the personalities in a way that felt like weren't just forcing the audience to watch everyone we have.
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While on top of Everest, I looked across the valley towards the great peak Makalu and mentally worked out a route about how it could be climbed. It showed me that even though I was standing on top of the world, it wasn't the end of everything. I was still looking beyond to other interesting challenges.
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When I wake up at 5 in the morning is it just to jog? Definitely not, I give it all of my efforts.
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A core part of Teach For America's mission has always been affecting positive change in the traditional public school system.
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Tori Amos had a major influence on how I craft words in a song. Until I heard 'Little Earthquakes' all my lyrics used really obvious analogies like rain for tears.
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During the season especially, we take a lot of swings, we play a lot of games, we swing a lot in games, batting practice, all that, so to maintain your shoulder the strongest is one of the key points that we focused on in the offseason.
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If you want to be a good blues singer, people are going to be down on you, so dress like you're going to the bank to borrow money.
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In general, life is better than it has ever been, and if you think that, in the past, there was some golden age of pleasure and plenty to which you would, if you were able, transport yourself, let me say one single word : Dentistry.
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If I were to meet the most incredible man, and he just so happened to not make as much money as I do, I wouldn't hold it against him.
