Angela Bassett Quotes
I thought I wanted to be a pediatrician because, as a second job, my mother would clean up a pediatrician's office. So I was like, 'Oh, OK, baby doctor.' Until I got to college, and all the courses of science with the blood, guts and cadavers? I was like, 'Mm, no.'
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I acted at school but got very bad parts - things that they'd made up in Shakespeare plays like 'Guard 17' - so I wrote plays and gave myself parts, then I wrote sketches, then I did stand-up. Even in the school nativity I was the emu in the manger.
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People are like, 'Was it hard growing up mixed?' 'Did you not fit in?' and I'm like, 'No? What? That's the dumbest question ever.'
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When I sing, people shut up.
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You have another little drink, and I'll have another little drink, and maybe we can work up some real family feeling here.
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That's maybe the most important thing each generation does, is to break a lot of rules and make up their own way of doing things.
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Triple 6 Mafia and Mystikal in Atlanta was one of my first shows. I remember how sweaty and smashed up everybody was, and it was so punk rock.
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I've put up with more humiliation than I care to remember.
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I started out with a dream to make a star in a jar in my garage, and I ended up meeting the President of the United States!
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Every little girl looks up to her mom so much - that's your first hero.
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My job is not to give you all the answers. My job is to ask the questions.
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Of course, every job I ever had I thought I was born for.
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I'm a California girl. I grew up in Inglewood right by LAX.
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When I read about genetics, I see breakthroughs every day. And while I'm trying to learn more about behavioral science, I must say that I don't feel I get tremendous intellectual stimulation from most of the things I read.
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Working from home as a mother is the worst of everything. You don't have clear boundaries. The kids can get used to you going to work; they can't get used to you ignoring them. And work sometimes gets the message you're not as committed.
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I tried to play sports, which was a disaster and probably one of the reasons I ended up being an actress.
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My mom says I either have to go to college or go into the military.
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Rap is something you can just throw on the skillet and fry up real quick. That's how it comes to me, my train of thought. It's like getting dressed - I don't have to sit down and stare at clothes, I just pick what I like and put it on. But rock, you gotta put it in the oven and let it bake.
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Looking back, I see that I write books about brothers and sisters, about what makes up a family, what works and what is nurturing.
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In Utah, one word sums up our business prowess: investment. Simply put, we know we can't have long-term economic growth and maintain Utah's enviable quality of life without making some critical investments.
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Never post boring back-to-back selfies.
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He who has regrets cannot look at himself in the mirror.
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There are a lot of self-imposed restrictions by people who somehow believe they have to fall in with a certain military cant. There was always a sense that we had to put things into words that would touch our troops' hearts, not just their heads.
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While I revel in the memories of my own Grammy moment, I also know how it feels to walk away empty-handed.
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I thought I wanted to be a pediatrician because, as a second job, my mother would clean up a pediatrician's office. So I was like, 'Oh, OK, baby doctor.' Until I got to college, and all the courses of science with the blood, guts and cadavers? I was like, 'Mm, no.'
