Halle Berry Quotes
Throughout my career I have been talked out of things I wanted to do, and when I look back, I think I should have followed my instincts.
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I am tired of women playing action heroes like men, because they are not men. But sometimes they are written like men.
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Plastic surgery is a postmodern veil.
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I am sick and tired of the process where everybody tells you that Indian companies don't have the technology and capability. We need to put money where our mouth is and make things happen, and that is what we are trying to do.
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The nations of Africa, as is true of every continent of the world, from time to time dispute among themselves. These quarrels must be confined to this continent and quarantined from the contamination of non-African interference.
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Even if you live in a big city, everybody lives in a small town. We identify ourselves by our neighborhoods - 'I live in the Village, or in Chelsea.'
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I came from the theater playing leading roles, and when I started doing film and television, I felt as if I had to start from the bottom.
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I had long hair when I was a teenager.
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When I'm in the studio, I don't finish the song and say, 'That's going to be a big ringtone.'
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I think I hid my singing talent from a lot of my friends at school because I didn't want to alienate anyone. If everyone was singing along in the car to a Madonna song, I didn't join in because when we're younger we're afraid of sticking out or showing off, when in fact we should own those things that make us really unique.
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As the mother of two daughters, I have great respect for women. And I don't ever want to lose that.
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I propose a Constitutional Amendment providing that, if any public official, elected or appointed, at any level of government, is caught lying to any member of the public for any reason, the punishment shall be death by public hanging.
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In TV, you're always confused because you legitimately don't know what you're doing the next week.
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I've fought with everyone . And now I have become so headstrong that I only do what I want.
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Historically, San Franciscans have not valued street trees as much as other communities have.
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I learn from Larry Ellison every day. I've said this before: how is it to work with someone who thinks out of the box? Larry doesn't see the walls at all; he does not see the box. He is an absolute, true visionary. And to be honest, I always find myself in a box! I'm comfy in my box. I've furnished it; it's lovely.
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When I was very young I was the ugly duckling. I had a lot of complexes. My sister was wonderful and I was nothing.
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I love the way soft white cheese such as ricotta or the creamier mascarpone reflect the milieu in which an animal has been raised.
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The tragedy of the civil rights movement is that just as it achieved the beginning of the end of racial segregation, white educated elites became swept up in the glamour of the sexual revolution.
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We love a tale of heroes and villains and conflicts requiring a neat resolution.
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I traveled a full two years with 'Language of Flowers.'
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I never miss a vote; I think that's the power of the people. A lot of people fought and died for us to have votes, for women to have votes in particular - your vote is your one weapon.
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The reason I like Steve Aoki is because I can trace my love of electronic music all the way back to when I was listening to not just new wave but to YMO (Yellow Magic Orchestra) which, to me, was the ultimate Japanese band and launched synth electronic music.
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What I do, basically, is look at things from different angles. That is what I do on stage comedically, and that is what I do in art. I was always fascinated by the structure of things, why things work this way and not that way. So I like to see how things behave if you change the point of view.
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Throughout my career I have been talked out of things I wanted to do, and when I look back, I think I should have followed my instincts.
