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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We are the only ones who really can care about the preservation Foreigners who come to excavate, maybe some of them care about preservation, but the majority care about discoveries.
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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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The Prophet defeated the enemies of Islam even when he and his followers were small in number.
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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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Building one space station for everyone was and is insane: we should have built a dozen.
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I ended up living in braids. It was the '90s - thin braids were very popular - and my mom took me to a lady's kitchen. I got it done, and I've never stopped.
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In high school, theater was all I ever wanted to do. I didn't see that I was going to set it aside for so many years and take a right turn into television. Of course, wanting to do theater is something you hear a lot from actors. I think I've been embarrassed to be in that big cliche.
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We will not be silent. We will not obey. We will not allow our government to destroy our humanity.
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Winning our fans' approval will come from all of us doing the right things for the right reasons, me included.
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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.
