Angela Bassett Quotes
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Women are, in general, less shallow visually. If their man gains 10, 20 pounds, they don't care as much. But I've been with women over the years when my weight fluctuated, and they're definitely more interested physically when I am in really great shape.
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Swim upstream. Go the other way. Ignore the conventional wisdom.
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I have to assume that everybody interprets a piece of art they're exposed to as if it's already perfect in its wholeness, without knowing any backstory.
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We've seen over time that countries that have the best economic growth are those that have good governance, and good governance comes from freedom of communication. It comes from ending corruption. It comes from a populace that can go online and say, 'This politician is corrupt, this administrator, or this public official is corrupt.'
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I crave attention and adventure.
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I lost about 60 pounds. I don't really have a moment specifically that made me do it. I remember little things, like, when I was in Japan, I remember looking around at the portion sizes of a fast food restaurant and being like, 'Well, this has something to do with it.' Americans definitely eat too much.
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No philosopher understands his predecessors until he has re-thought their thought in his own contemporary terms.
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My mother's parents died when I was quite young, so I would like to be able to go back and know those people as an adult.
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The Latin musical tradition is very rich and gives the singer a lot of freedom to explore a range of.
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I'm fascinated by historical fashion, and I like to live in the past slightly. If I could walk around all day dressed in a crinoline, I would.
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Live well. Sing out, sing loud, and sing often. And God bless the child that's got a song.
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You freeze with the number of opportunities given to you and just decide to do nothing at all.
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Any garment which is cut to fit you is much more becoming, even if it is not so splendid as a garment which has been cut to fit somebody not of your stature.
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Old music used to mean something. There is none of that today.
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Tranvestism is far more common among men, I noted, because it originates in the primary relation of mother and son.
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It's not going to interfere with the film. I heal miraculously. I've been in an auto accident and another fire. They thought I'd need plastic surgery, but I haven't a scar...No, I don't think I'm accident prone, but it's strange.
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I hope people will say I never had a hidden agenda, and I never played it cute around the turns, and that my integrity stayed intact.
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I know how to love thoseWho love me, how to hate.
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We now consider as fundamental economic functions of the state, many duties that were left a generation ago to chance.
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The destiny of man is an individualistic destiny.
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I lose faith and I lose ground, but then I see you and remember unconditional love.
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Don't make decisions by majority vote. The majority is almost always wrong.
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Stop waiting. Feel everything. Love achingly. Give impeccably. Let go.
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I guess I'm breaking out a little of what's comfortable and easy.
