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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'Twilight's got some avid - and rabid - fans.
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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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I've always been a huge fan of Julia Roberts. Without her what would the world be like?
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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'm not a loner. I have to have a life partner.
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We recognize that our progress as a species does not have to be defined in terms of wealth or material and physical growth any more than our progress as individuals has to be defined in terms of physical growth. Physical growth of the body reaches a limit, but the character and the soul of the individual continues to grow, or at least has a chance to continue, often to our last breath. It is simple minded to define our well being in material terms, when that well-being has an aesthetic dimension, and intellectual dimension, a moral dimension.
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I'm going to move on and do other things. My life isn't going to be about Jar Jar Binks.
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A hero is someone who rebels or seems to rebel against the facts of existence and seems to conquer them. Obviously that can only work at moments. It can't be a lasting thing. That's not saying that people shouldn't keep trying to rebel against the facts of existence. Someday, who knows, we might conquer death, disease and war.
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I guess I'm breaking out a little of what's comfortable and easy.
