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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Everyone takes a bad selfie - the first thing is to know that.
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Music I can discover a part of myself that I haven't been able to for a long time, and acting is the opposite. I'm in love with both of them and I would never choose one over the other.
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The thing I really care about is the mission, making the world open.
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Too much of a good thing can be wonderful.
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I have a friend who calls me the queen of the nightmares because I've always had really bad nightmares. I keep a notebook by the side of my bed, so I'll wake up in the night from a bad dream, and my heart's pounding, and I'm really scared, but I write it down, and sometimes I get ideas for books that way.
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I begin to grow heartily tired of the etiquette and nonsense so fashionable in this city.
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It is time for change, and the change is going to come in less than 48 hours.
