Marian Wright Edelman Quotes
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I'm profoundly lucky. I really like it. I really like my work. I've liked it since I was 5 years old.
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The 'Agent X' set was never boring. During the first few days, I had to adjust to the loud noise on set, which included gun shots and explosions. After we finished filming the season, I realized I missed hearing all the noise and driving on empty freeways.
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All that money stuff was so strange; all it ever meant to me was freedom from worry. I'm happier now than I've ever been but I still wish I had that money.
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William Regal has been the most influential person in my entire career.
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Skysurfing is skydiving with a board on the feet. You can imagine with this big surface of a skysurfing board, there is a lot of force, a lot of power. Of course, I can use this power, for example, for nice spinning - we call it 'helicopter moves.'
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Let life happen to you. Believe me: life is in the right, always.
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I'd prefer to be good, but I'm not always. I struggle.
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Wars begin in the minds of men, and in those minds, love and compassion would have built the defenses of peace.
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If you believe that your thoughts originate inside your brain, do you also believe that television shows are made inside your television set?
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I think 'Trial & Retribution' as a brand can go on forever. Its joy is that it has, to an extent, a formula, which gives a comfort routine for viewers. But we allow our directors total autarchy in putting their personalities on their stories.
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Vegetarians in general don't like me.
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The person who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare. The sure-thing boat never gets far from shore.
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Be still when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say what you've got to say, and say it hot.
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If you want to be happy, make others happy!
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Don't romanticise your 'vocation.' You can either write good sentences or you can't. There is no 'writer's lifestyle.' All that matters is what you leave on the page.
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The fact that we're protected under that Constitution in exercising the right of free speech, it's a wonderful thing. You've got to come from somewhere else to realize how valuable it is.
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I grew up with a tribe of amazing women, but certainly my mother and my godmother really modeled women as actors.
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Tech is all about building human connections.
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Advertising people who ignore research are as dangerous as generals who ignore decodes of enemy signals.
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I sound like an Englishman impersonating an American impersonating an Englishman.
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Filipinos don't realize that victory is the child of struggle, that joy blossoms from suffering, and redemption is a product of sacrifice.
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The essence of a successful business is really quite simple. It is your ability to offer a product or service that people will pay for at a price sufficiently above your costs, ideally three or four or five times your cost, thereby giving you a profit that enables you to buy and to offer more products and services.
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It is [children] who are God's presence, promise and hope for mankind.
