Mary J. Blige Quotes
Even if you feel someone has wronged you or owes you something, no one is going to give you anything for free.
Quotes to Explore
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The idea of interdependence is central to Buddhism, which holds that all things come into being through the mutual interactions of various causes and conditions.
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Ever since I can remember I was telling stories and had a huge interest in other people and what made them tick.
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Everyone's path is really different, and you just have to be in the right place at the right time. 'The X Factor' gave me that chance I needed, that platform.
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When I was being brought up, we weren't allowed to wallow in self-pity, which was a thoroughly good thing. We were all fine and healthy because that was what we were told to be.
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By admitting your inadequacies, you show that you're self-aware enough to know your areas for improvement - and secure enough to be open about them.
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We're on the verge of a financial collapse unless we balance the budget, and that means some really, really tough decisions.
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I praise the Lord, the Sovereign of the royal realm, Who has extended his sway over the tract of the world.
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The revolution doesn't always look perfect.
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I'm a big fan of the 'Rocky' series. Given the chance, I'd love to meet Sylvester Stallone. But apart from boxing, I'm an ardent fan of tennis and football.
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I prefer to make movies which not only have a message for 'then' but a message for 'now.'
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Dried porcini add a substantial, deep flavour to otherwise more neutral vegetables. I use them in risottos, mashed roots and winter soups.
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People want to see something that isn't necessarily somebody walking around in a superhero costume.
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Ingratitude is the essence of vileness.
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I played a lot of sarcastic, wisecracking characters for a long time, and people would think that was me. And it's very much not me, and then people would think I was being sarcastic when I wasn't: 'Oh, you're making fun of me right now.' And I wasn't!
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Some people try to cyber bully me; they try to get to me with words, but that doesn't really work.
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I like the brooding man - a brooding man with a sense of humor.
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I am become death, the destroyer of worlds.
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I was planning to study more, but it's a struggle with so many opportunities for film and trying to get better through studying. No matter what, I want to be making more movies.
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My forays into trying to date girls my own age from the school I went to were all pretty tortured.
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It is folly for a man to pray to the gods for that which he has the power to obtain by himself.
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The benefits of education and of useful knowledge, generally diffused through a community, are essential to the preservation of a free government.
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Just on a practical side, if you wake up early in the morning - like at 4:30 in the morning - you're going to have some free time to yourself to make things happen, to take care of things that are important to you.
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Fashion is free speech, and one of the privileges, if not always one of the pleasures, of a free world.
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Even if you feel someone has wronged you or owes you something, no one is going to give you anything for free.
