Wendi McLendon-Covey Quotes
Back when I was growing up, it was like, 'You're too young to know what you want. We're telling you what you want. It doesn't matter if you like it. And you are stupid. Just so you know.'

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My favorite thing about playing a vampire is the stunts. It's just a new, fun thing to do. Especially as a girl, being able to be all dolled up in heels and little outfits and be able to kick boys' butts, I think it's a really fun, make-believe world to play.
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I love to walk into Borders or Barnes & Noble and see my books there. It's fabulous.
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A mother's arms are made of tenderness and children sleep soundly in them.
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Remain calm, serene, always in command of yourself. You will then find out how easy it is to get along.
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It's easy to forget history or give it a cliff notes. The cliff notes of history. But mainly, so much of what happens in 'Eyes on the Prize' happened in Jackson, Mississippi. Jackson, Mississippi isn't really known for any other touchstone to the movement, other than Medgar Evers being killed. There were sit-ins and riots and atrocities.
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It was my mother's idea. Her feeling was that I didn't have the intelligence to pick a trade myself.
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For the most part, it's a very male-dominated business. Most executives are male, so it's always sort of their vision of stuff. I'm constantly fighting against that, even when I play the wife or the girlfriend or the best friend. I always try my hardest to bring as much layering in and not make things stereotypical, but it's hard.
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Music isn't like news, where it's what happened five minutes ago or even 10 seconds ago that matters. With music, a song from the 1960s could be as relevant to someone today as the latest Ke$ha song.
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Certainly our gay and lesbian brothers and sisters need to be supported in living out their call to holiness.
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Being a gal, people can be a bit patronizing. 'Oh, look at you using the computer.' They would never say that to a boy. And I don't let them do it to me.
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I want to do it for myself. It's my goal and dream. All I can ask for is to get the chance and go out there and do the best I can, be as ready as I can.
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He who improves an opportunity sows a seed which will yield fruit in opportunity for himself and others.
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A lot of things and a lot of money is involved in a movie. It is very upsetting when a movie doesn't fare well at the box-office.
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I had to quit ballet because it felt like a part of me was dying inside.
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We think a modern cloud lets you decide when you want to upgrade. We don't decide for you.
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I learned that the only way you are going to get anywhere in life is to work hard at it. Whether you're a musician, a writer, an athlete or a businessman, there is no getting around it. If you do, you'll win - if you don't, you won't.
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To some degree we all live with uncertainty. We have no control over the future. Yet we carry on, we persevere, because, I guess, it's the way we're made.
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There's a lot of instant spotlight and pressure when it comes to a Bond song.
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When you clench your fist, no one can put anything in your hand, nor can your hand pick up anything.
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If it doesn't come through the Internet, it's not really compelling to me.
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Conor McGregor is a tough competitor. He proved throughout the years in the UFC that he can fight standing up.
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Wrestlers give their bodies to their work. I don't know if I like the word 'crazy' here. What I would say is there are people who have a different relationship to their bodies than most people.
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Back when I was growing up, it was like, 'You're too young to know what you want. We're telling you what you want. It doesn't matter if you like it. And you are stupid. Just so you know.'