Marian Wright Edelman Quotes
I get very upset with all of the crowd seekers today, and people out there trying to get on TV. It ain't about you. It's about trying to make the world more just for everybody.
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People take things so seriously.
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It's great to play somebody's wife, but not all the time. There's so many other stories to tell.
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Novelists should be like scientists, dissecting the cadaver.
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From age 16, I lived and breathed wine. I read every magazine and book about wine.
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I just have always felt that I think we know that it's an ensemble show, and it's very hard to pick a show to submit when you're nominated, because usually everyone has a very strong part in every episode.
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Soldiers are not policemen, and it's very unfair, even for those soldiers who have some police training, to burden them with police duties. It's not what they're trained for, or equipped for.
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The greatest risk is really to take no risk at all. You've got to go out there, jump off the cliff, and take chances.
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I am very career minded, and I think my personality is more suited to America. I am a working mother.
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When I throw a ground ball, I expect it to be an out, maybe two.
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Visual elements are, of course, the director's job.
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I joke that we're not dissimilar to a rock band in the '70s.
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I don't think that anyone seriously fears that the world can be blown to pieces all together. But what one can fear and rightly so are regional things, like in the Middle East, India, Pakistan, the Korean Peninsula, borders in Africa, etc.
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Patients know in a heartbeat if they're getting a clumsy exam.
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After God and my family, it's surf. I don't imagine me not surfing. Surf brings me smile every day.
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Men should be disqualified for public office. Women should run the planet. They're better than us.
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I've done literally 100, 150 different characters.
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There are times when the writers ask us to improvise. Sometimes the animators are inspired by what you do, and sometimes you are inspired by what the animators do.
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You're going to a bunch of auditions, and most of the time you're just getting denied, but just staying in there and keeping my head and being determined helped. Growing is what's challenging; you have to constantly practice your craft.
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When God means you to be a healer he sends you patients; when he makes you a teacher he sends you pupils; when he destines you to be a Master he sends you stories.
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When people say I'm a star, I don't believe it.
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As freely as the firmament embraces the world, or the sun pours forth impartially his beams, so mercy must encircle both friend and foe.
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I remember 'Roots' growing up and the cultural impact it had on the country. Watching 'Roots' was not the cool remove of reading about slavery in a book or hearing about it in class. It became something that swept people along.
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If you want to buy my wares Follow me and climb the stairs … Love for sale.
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I get very upset with all of the crowd seekers today, and people out there trying to get on TV. It ain't about you. It's about trying to make the world more just for everybody.
