Roberta Flack Quotes
So see every opportunity as golden, and keep your eyes on the prize - yours, not anybody else's.
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As you grow older, your whole life becomes very rich, multifaceted.
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I do love being on television and in peoples' homes. I'm not an actor, so there is a connection that's real.
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If you're not careful as an actor, you can find yourself, at a certain point, a little bit bored.
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To succeed in business, to reach the top, an individual must know all it is possible to know about that business.
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A revolution is interesting insofar as it avoids like the plague the plague it promised to heal.
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No decent career was ever founded on a public.
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I'm used to having a lot of criticism. It's normal. It's normal when you come from South America, when you have a country pushing very hard in your back.
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There's a reason why every human society has fiction. It teaches us how to be 'good', to behave in a way that is for the benefit of the whole community.
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I haven't reported my missing credit card to the police because whoever stole it is spending less than my wife.
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I got the chance to do things that I dreamed of when I was a kid: I got to travel around the world; I had my own 'Goosebumps' attraction at Disney World; I've been on TV and had three TV series.
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When I approach guys in certain situations and talk to them about Christ, they know that I'm speaking to them in a way that's real.
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I was a huge comic book fan as a kid. The only problem I had with comic books is how expensive they got. I didn't have a lot of money, so I had to be very specific about what I wanted to collect. I think they're all somewhere in the basement of my folks' house.
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Because I've done so many different roles, I don't want to repeat myself. It's getting harder and harder to find something interesting. You never know - I might never make a film again.
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We must keep both our femininity and our strength.
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Oh, isn't it cool? It's so cool being an actor! It's so cool having my face on a bus.
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Typically, if you buy a studio with a library, their library is pretty well licensed out many years in advance, so you are not really gaining access to the programming in that way.
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That's what the sari is about. Everything is covered, yet a peep of an ankle can be a turn on for men.
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To me, it's just like, if you have talent, and you're lucky enough to find where you fit, and you work with the right people, it's not exalted at all.
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I find it hugely exciting to be dealing with another writer's language.
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Everywhere I go, I will make a good payday. But we got to choose the right opponent and the right time and the right venue.
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I have carried bills concerning Sudan. I've carried bills concerning Congo. I've carried bills concerning North Korea and Iran and Iraq.
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I write sets of books, but I've also written a lot of orphans.
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I'm lyric conscious. I like to tell stories, give advice. Instead of writing a 'Dear Abby' column, I do it on records.
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So see every opportunity as golden, and keep your eyes on the prize - yours, not anybody else's.
