Ama Ata Aidoo Quotes
It's a sad moment, really, when parents first become a bit frightened of their children.
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I'm 43. I'm not ready to sit down in a chair with my name on it yet.
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A couple of flop plays, a death in the family, and it could all collapse.
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A good actor always sets you straight. If you've written a false moment and thought it was probably pretty great, the actor's gonna show you when he gets to that moment. They're the great test of the validity of the material.
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There might be 1 finger on the trigger, but there will be 15 fingers on the safety catch.
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If there is one thing that makes me unique, it's that I riff a lot.
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To hear of a thousand deaths in war is terrible, and we 'know' that it is. But as it registers on our hearts, it is not more terrible than one death fully imagined.
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These are moments in your life to be cherished; they don't come around that often. To be flying around in a 'Game of Thrones' jet, to be greeted by massive enthusiasts.
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I will negotiate with my worst enemy.
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I'd say mostly I paint hot chicks.
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I was a kid watching music videos, which were so cool and made me want to learn how to dance. I wish I could've gone to dance classes and learn, like, hip-hop dancing.
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I didn't want to do a zoo show. I didn't want to do a study of someone with mental illness. I just wanted to show someone who was trying to live their life.
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I have rules for a lot of areas of my life. Love is not going to be one of them.
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These days, most nature photographers are deeply committed to the environmental message.
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Blackbeard is probably the most infamous pirate who ever lived. He's one of those characters for which most of your work is done before you start.
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You want entertainment in general, every aspect of it, to be more of a reflection of the diverse world that we live in.
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Passion is in all great searches and is necessary to all creative endeavors.
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We play tag and kickball almost every day. It's one of the ways that I've figured out how to spend some fun quality time with my kids while getting exercise.
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My only reason why I am not doing films is my children. My children need my attention, and it's my duty to give them my time. I have not given birth to them to just dump them and go off to work. I am not that kind of a person.
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Just because you BEAT Michael Jordan doesn't mean you BECOME Michael Jordan.
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When Landon Carter, a Virginia plantation owner, read the Declaration of Independence two days after it was issued, he wondered whether its ringing affirmation of equality meant that slaves must be freed. If so, he confided to his diary, 'You must send them out of the country, or they must steal for their support.'
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The self-image of many contemporary sportswriters seems to depend on maintaining that were it not for sports, athletes would be pumping gas, if they were not sticking up the gas station.
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The Thames could be thought of as England's longest archaeological site, and no fewer than 90,000 objects recovered from its foreshore are in the collection of the Museum of London, whose 30-year relationship with London mudlarks is both committed and highly regulated.
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Heavenly Father's commandments are the road map He has given us to return to Him, which is the only way we will be eternally happy.
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It's a sad moment, really, when parents first become a bit frightened of their children.
