Constance Baker Motley Quotes
I grew up in a house where nobody had to tell me to go to school every day and do my homework.
Quotes to Explore
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I turn into a crying, hysterical maniac when I see a spider. It's pathetic.
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My cares come from a very selfish place 'cause in reality I'm young, and I haven't had the experience to be mature yet.
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God gets you to the plate, but once your there your on your own.
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I don't think I have a signature.
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Knitting not only relaxes me, it also brings a feeling of being at home.
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When you actually fall in love, no one sees that other person the way that you do.
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Letters are like wine; if they are sound they ripen with keeping. A man should lay down letters as he does a cellar of wine.
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I am writing a book called 'The History of Australia in Hundred Objects.' It's of things we have invented in Australia. And you know, some of them are amazing. We invented the clapper boards used in films. We invented those cranes - those big long cranes used on construction sites.
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One of the problems with posing a 'bold new plan' is that you can't just extrapolate from previous plans.
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I don't care about how much other actors get.
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I never want to be anywhere else than in the rehearsal room. I mean, it's so lame to say, but it makes me supremely happy to work with people and to talk and invent and laugh.
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It's never been seen that a street artist go as far as I've gone - keep consistent without wanting to do a bunch of ventures outside of music to keep my face out there.
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When I cook a meal, I like to serve things one by one and keep them separate. I get that from my father - he's such a purist. Some people even put their desserts on the main plate. It's just wrong.
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I want to still be able to garden while I can bend over.
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If I manage to leave my bedroom and get to the gym, that makes me feel good about myself! For me, the most difficult part is getting out of bed, but once I'm out, I really enjoy playing sports.
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For our vanity is such that we hold our own characters immutable, and we are slow to acknowledge that they have changed, even for the better.
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The glory is being happy. The glory is not winning here or winning there. The glory is enjoying practicing, enjoy every day, enjoying to work hard, trying to be a better player than before.
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I'm not the best audience for that because I'm not a great science-fiction fan. I just never got off on space ships and space costumes, things like that.
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Sell a country?! Why not sell the air, the great sea, as well as the earth? Did not the Great Spirit make them all for the use of his children?
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There are certainly actors who I felt rivalries with, but then, as time goes on, you realize that you have to keep your eyes on your own paper because everybody's doing their own work.
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These people are amazing. It's so emotional I was thinking about wearing waterproof mascara.
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People have to start talking to know more about other cultures and to understand each other.
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As a New Yorker, or wherever I am, I just want to know I can get our of the house in five minutes if I have to and not have to spend a bunch of time obsessing in the mirror, trying on a million different options. Now, I just know what works.
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I grew up in a house where nobody had to tell me to go to school every day and do my homework.
