Stevie Wonder (Stevland Hardaway Morris) Quotes
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I want to do roles that take women a step farther. I don't want to be slotted into anything. But if I get a brilliant role which requires me to be a mother, then I will do it. But I want people to see that a woman could be anything at whatever age, even if she is married or has two kids.
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As a novelist, I ask of myself only that I tell the truth and that I tell it beautifully.
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Sometimes I like to watch TV, though I never get to watch any of the shows in real time. I'm a fan of 'Downton Abbey,' 'Boardwalk Empire,' and 'Boss.' There's a British series called 'Luther,' but in England, they think a series means four episodes. And I like 'Mad Men.' Otherwise, it's always good to unwind with a book.
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I think people can tell when you're pandering to them, and they feel insulted. I think that one thing that is really nice about the work that I do is that I can just sort of make mistakes or try out different ideas or be inconsistent and be vulnerable.
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I had a sense of what leadership meant and what it could do for you. So am I surprised that I am sitting up here on the 62nd floor of Rockefeller Plaza? No.
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Lead us not into temptation. Just tell us where it is; we'll find it.
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Whither goest thou, America, in thy shiny car in the night?
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I think most people that are looked upon as doing something daring don't necessarily think of it that way-they do what they have to do.
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Working with kids can be tricky because they can be pretty unpredictable.
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I'm really close to my family, and we talk through things. My parents are so amazing, they're brilliant. We try to take one step at a time and be wise about the decisions we make and keep our values and the things that are important.
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As an actor, you don't want to play a one-dimensional character.
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I may have had a lot of luck in my life, but I still need to find a challenge in the game.
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I've said some things about other religions that I regret now. I think they were incorrect.
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Honestly, I wasn't familiar with the whole DC comics world and the Batman world before I was part of 'Gotham.'
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If we mean to have heroes, statesmen and philosophers, we should have learned women.
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Working 40 hours a week used to mean a minimum standard of living and a foothold on the first rung of the economic ladder to the middle class.
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All human beings are also dream beings. Dreaming ties all mankind together.
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If I get to wrapped up in how I have to be, or what I have to do, things gradually get worse and worse.
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There is an absolutely fundamental hostility on the part of totalitarian regimes toward religion.
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We're involved in a very large study that's federally funded and being done with Kaiser Permanente, and saliva is a very non-invasive way to get cells from the body.
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Adolescence as the time when an individual 'recapitulates' the savage stage of the race's past.
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One of the things I've always thought is a drag in so many period adaptations is that they are always buttoned up to the neck in so many clothes all the time. I'm always looking for excuses to get them out of their clothes.
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Our relations with the various Indian tribes continue to be of a pacific character.
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It is time for change, and the change is going to come in less than 48 hours.
