Anjelah Johnson Quotes
I like to tell stories and relate to people and get everybody having a good time. I don't ever want to be in a situation people feel the need to tell me their opinion. So I stay away from any kind of material that would cause somebody in the audience to shout me their opinion.
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When you have that connection to say, 'I'm going to play for something bigger than myself,' man, you have a chance to do something good.
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I'm a pretty chill and easygoing person; most people in Australia are, as well. I don't think I ever really saw a lot of fights growing up. I think it's hard to get people in Australia angry and want to fight, minus one or two people in the media... but we won't say any names.
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When it's time to film and to actually take on the role of Precious, I felt an immense responsibility to do it justice.
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I think it is often easier to make progress on mega-ambitious dreams. Since no one else is crazy enough to do it, you have little competition. In fact, there are so few people this crazy that I feel like I know them all by first name.
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Instead of waiting until the holiday season - when mail solicitations flood in from worthy organizations - and making a flurry of gifts because this is the time of year to give, sit down and take stock. Identify your passion, learn about it, and direct your time, mind, and dollars to aligned causes and organizations.
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I wish people would be a bit more aware of how their actions affect everyone around them.
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Giving people self-confidence is by far the most important thing that I can do. Because then they will act.
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Once you become an Olympic champion, you are expected to win all the time.
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Even though people may be well known, they hold in their hearts the emotions of a simple person for the moments that are the most important of those we know on earth: birth, marriage and death.
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A good man would prefer to be defeated than to defeat injustice by evil means.
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I think it's important for people of colour to have similar opportunities to white people; that's what is most important.
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I have my website, The Ruckus, which is an Internet site, similar to the Funny or Die format, where people post funny videos. I get a chance to rate their videos; they get a chance to blog and kick it with me.
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When I did 'Don't Look Back,' I no longer had Time-Life looking over my shoulder, so I could kind of do it as I wanted, and it was like I was really correcting 'Jane.'
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American fiction is good. It would be nice if somebody read it.
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I had spent time in New York, where I loved the idea that theater could be done up in tiny little rooms rather than for lots of money on a big stage, and be tied to ordinary life.
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I think if you're fame-hungry, go out to a nightclub and get drunk... why do that? I don't understand how some people would want fame so bad that they'd go out and get negative attention to earn it.
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God seldom suspends the laws of nature, just as God does not remove free will to keep evil people from doing evil things.
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The most sought-after candidates in the world today by companies like mine are people who make computer software - there's a shortage of talent.
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Success is seldom achieved by people who contemplate the possibility of failure
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Nur wer einig ist mit der Welt kann einig seyn mit sich selbst.
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God isn't a talent scout looking for someone who is "good enough" or "strong enough." He is looking for someone with a heart set on Him, and He will do the rest.
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When our forefathers put down roots in desolate places, the thing that allowed them to survive was that they had a faith to see them through the tough times.
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I like to tell stories and relate to people and get everybody having a good time. I don't ever want to be in a situation people feel the need to tell me their opinion. So I stay away from any kind of material that would cause somebody in the audience to shout me their opinion.
