Marianne Williamson Quotes
The wise person doesn't ask, "What have I achieved?" but rather, "What have I contributed?"
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I definitely had to do some soul searching, and there would be a lot of times where I would sit back and look at the Internet and say to myself, 'This is a way of being able to communicate with all my fans all over the world, other than just being in New York and only hearing the New York side of things.'
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I am born and raised in the Bronx. Where I grew up, it is a really working-class neighborhood and it does give you a really good work ethic.
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I've got a 12-year-old grandson who, when he was 3 years old, before he could say many other words, could name the different kinds of dinosaurs.
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My number one goal is to love, support and be there for my son.
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Southern Appalachians have been ridiculed since the country began. In fiction, they're usually depicted in a cartoonish manner. The region is poor, and very suspicious of outsiders, so there's a sort of 'us versus them' situation. They're easy to poke fun at.
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I've always been an actor, a lowly actor without power, so I've never been corrupted. I've never even directed.
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I don't start with a list of historical scenes that I want to include in the book. At a certain point, the narrative totally takes over, and everything that I include I can only incorporate if it answers to the internal terms of the novel.
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For me, it's hard to keep up with trends. I just go for the roles and movies that I feel I could add value to, or contribute to, that I feel I could portray.
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Progress might have been alright once, but it has gone on too long.
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My writing has been largely concerned with the depicting of Negro life in America.
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Using a forecasting company is like going to a fortune-teller. If you believe the company and the color does not sell, who do you blame? The forecasters? No, you blame yourself.
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I guess the reality is, everybody today has so many gadgets.
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I would love to play a superhero. I wish I could be in 'The Avengers,' kicking butt.
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True virtue is life under the direction of reason.
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I don't need a piece of paper to suggest that I can commit myself.
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Kids are very cruel to each other.
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Globalization is exposing new fault lines - between urban and rural communities, for example.
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My childhood was great, honestly. I have all these incredible memories of my childhood. I was an only child. I always had all my cousins around. I had my grandparents around. I had my parents around. I had my uncles around - whatever.
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The very essence of civil liberty certainly consists in the right of every individual to claim the protection of the laws, whenever he receives an injury. One of the first duties of government is to afford that protection.
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I'm not a film star; I am an actress. Being a film star is such a false life, lived for fake values and for publicity.
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It is from books that wise people derive consolation in the troubles of life.
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I like all things natural, and I love being Indian. So clothes-wise, I love wearing Indian. Does my wearing a salwar kameez instead of a dress make me less of an actor, less of a person?
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I love karaoke and totally hog the mic when I go out and do it with my friends.
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The wise person doesn't ask, "What have I achieved?" but rather, "What have I contributed?"
