Talia Shire Quotes
I have a feeling when I'm 80 years old I'm going to get a phone call: There's going to be another Rocky.
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There are days where you do everything right and nothing goes in your favour.
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Metro never really wanted me for anything. I was always the one who happened to be free when their first choice was not.
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For most of my time in Tallahassee, I did a lot of transportation.
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Any people attempting to govern themselves by laws of their own making, and by officers of their own appointment, are in direct rebellion against the kingdom of God.
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The good of a book lies in its being read. A book is made up of signs that speak of other signs, which in their turn speak of things. Without an eye to read them, a book contains signs that produce no concepts; therefore it is dumb.
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I was fortunate enough to visit a lot of beautiful places around the world. The most astonishing and memorable experiences were my trips to Africa and Australia.
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It's very scary to turn things down, but a project has to really mean something to me. I'm not interested in making a lot of money.
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I tell 'Hansel and Gretel' stories about heroic children who are lost in a world that seems friendly at first, and then isn't.
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You possess a potent force that you either use, or misuse, hundreds of times every day.
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The soul is part of the body. The mind is part of the body. When folks do physical violence to black people, to black bodies in this country, the soul as we construe it is damaged, too - the mind is damaged, too.
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This is the beauty of fiction. We may not like these characters, but we inhabit them.
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Information is power. But like all power, there are those who want to keep it for themselves.
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If being a woman is a factor politically, it's usually not because of a conscious bias, but because women are a novelty.
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I couldn't find anyone doing something about the astounding injustices women were experiencing, so I decided to do something myself. I cannot tell you how many people ridiculed my efforts.
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This is a world in which reasons are made up because reality is too painful.
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If you see the NBA now, a lot of it is in transition. Most people now try to get an easy shot off in six or eight seconds before the defense gets set.
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Half of the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important. They don't mean to do harm. But the harm does not interest them.
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I don't see myself as a diva at all.
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Right knows no boundaries and justice no frontiers; the brotherhood of man is not a domestic institution.
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Words are powerful. When I make mistakes I just try to come back and clarify what I meant.
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There's no question that I'm African-American. OK? I'm a black man. We're not going to escape that.
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I never thought that being a public speaker would teach me so much about life and make it so beautiful as well.
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It is hard to make your adversaries real people unless you recognize yourself in them - in which case, if you don't watch out, they cease to be adversaries.
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I have a feeling when I'm 80 years old I'm going to get a phone call: There's going to be another Rocky.
