Angela Bassett Quotes
I'd tell my 20-year-old self, 'Don't be afraid to do it all. Whatever you're interested in, just go for it. Don't wait around for a better time.'
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There were a couple of things I needed to do while I was in New York. One was to have a pizza pie, one was to get a tattoo... and the other was to get a Yankees hat.
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The resolution has made a real threat of war go away and opens the way for further work in the interests of a political- diplomatic settlement of the situation around Iraq.
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Vegetables are interesting but lack a sense of purpose when unaccompanied by a good cut of meat.
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All writers are the same - they forget a thousand good reviews and remember one bad one.
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The truth is that we were born to have it all. And part of our handicap as adults is that we no longer understand our potential.
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Once upon a time, I was a little girl sick in the hospital, and my mother gave me a copy of 'Grimm's Fairy Tales' to comfort me.
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It gives me immense pleasure to be trustworthy, faithful, and true – to have the kind of romantic bond that inspires this.
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I've been with some of the most quote-unquote beautiful women in the world. But they're so ugly on the inside.
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All kids are selfish. I wanted to do homework and do my thing and call my agent. My mother's needs weren't in my mind at that moment.
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Tar sands oil is the dirtiest fuel on Earth. Because producing it consumes so much energy, a gallon of tar sands crude generates 17 percent more carbon pollution than conventional crude oil.
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I don't think there will ever be a time I don't write, and I hope there will never be a time I don't act.
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No one wants to work with a difficult star. I want to be the nice guy.
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I love being a father. It's one of my big jobs is just being a parent. It's one of my favorite things I do.
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Nothing is funnier than confidently doing the wrong thing.
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I'm most excited about all of the non-currency uses of the block chain's ledger-ordering ability. I have no idea which ones will turn out to be successful, but I'm glad all of that experimenting is happening.
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Investing in Chicago property is just Wanda's first move into the U.S. real estate market.
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When someone has the desire to go to school and has the ability but can't get into our schools, that's wrong. Education drives the economy and the quality of life.
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It's funny, because I have periods where I just kind of go dark. I don't tweet, I don't talk, I don't interview, and then I have times where I do.
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You know what it's like: you don't want to read your old books again. All you can see are the flaws, what you would do differently.
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Design is a tool that either allows us to create new markets or disrupt existing ones.
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This is not the time to marry. My country is calling me. I have taken a vow to serve the country with my heart and soul.
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The upper classes really shouldn't open their mouths on television. Whatever it is they're saying, all your brain actually hears is 'Tra la la, I live in a bubble, tra la la, murder a fox, tra la la, Conde Nast Traveller, tra la la, Kensington High Street, tra la la.' They should know their place and keep quiet.
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I'd tell my 20-year-old self, 'Don't be afraid to do it all. Whatever you're interested in, just go for it. Don't wait around for a better time.'
