Angela Bassett Quotes
I really believe that what I do as an actress is my God-given talent. This is my calling, not my career.
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If I started worrying about how my constituents are going to react to every move I make, I wouldn't be able to do my job here. I'll do what I think is right and explain it later.
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Men move through a much different process before commitment than women do.
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Movies are usually difficult, often insane, constantly challenging and always strangely amusing to make.
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As I grow older I spend more time with my wife, and gradually my interest in the woman's world is growing.
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We may say most aptly that the Analytical Engine weaves algebraical patterns just as the Jacquard loom weaves flowers and leaves.
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In the south, whether it is a small film or a big film, everybody sees it. So, there is always something for everybody to come, see, and enjoy.
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In my experience an appreciative letter from a fellow writer means a lot.
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Skating is tough to pick up when you are a grown up.
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The first concert that my parents took me to was in this canyon in Saudi Arabia called Buttermilk Canyon. You sleep under the stars in the desert, and ex-pats - German, Swiss, Canadian, American - would play classical music that filled the whole canyon.
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I love who I am and I love my life, but if I could be someone else, I'd be Beyonce in two seconds.
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I remember going into a bookshop, and the only book I saw with a black child on the cover was 'A Thief in the Village' by James Berry, and I thought, 'Is this still the state of publishing?' Then I thought, 'Either I can whine about it or try to do something about it.'
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Essentially what photography is is life lit up.
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Healing yourself is connected with healing others.
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A laugh is a terrible weapon.
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Back home, almost everything I did, I did in Hebrew. I went to drama school in Hebrew, my whole career was in Hebrew, and to switch languages was something that was fascinating and more complicated than I expected it to be, even though I've been speaking English since I could speak.
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'Getting smart on crime' does not mean reducing sentences or punishments for crimes.
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Tell your husbands any bad news when everything is calm, not just as they come through the door.
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I didn't know that I could do a talk show. I didn't know that we could bring variety to daytime. I didn't know that people wanted to see singing, and dancing and comedy in the morning.
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Gentlemen! You can't fight in here, this is the War Room!
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When my daughter Zulekha was born, I was at the pinnacle of my working life as a model, and I pulled myself in two trying to cope with being both a mother and a career girl.
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I think that it will be the mobile technologies, both from the enterprise and the consumer side, where super unicorns will come from. I still believe that social networking in combination with mobile will create opportunities for super unicorns.
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Atheism comes into rather a bad press and I suppose I'd rather describe myself as a humanist... I don't believe in God. I don't believe there is a God.
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When you play soccer, most of the time you got to get the ball moving, but once you get into that attacking third you gotta' be creative, you gotta' let your talent take over.
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I really believe that what I do as an actress is my God-given talent. This is my calling, not my career.
