Marianne Williamson Quotes
My father's politics were old-fashioned in the sense that he used to say, all the time, "You've got to fight the system!" But my spiritual beliefs have led me to believe that the fight is the problem.

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People expect me to be that guy. But I'm more east London boy than east Baltimore.
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Practically, I am interested in television because it keeps me home and it's fast, and I exist in independent films mostly, and you don't get paid for those, or you don't get paid enough.
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The lives of African-Americans in this country are characterized by violence for most of our history. Much of that violence, at least to some extent, you know, done by the very state that's supposed to protect them.
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I don't want to be an actor or nothing but if I have to, I'll act if it's the right thing.
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Love is never lost. If not reciprocated, it will flow back and soften and purify the heart.
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I was told that, when 'Betrayal' was being produced by one of the provincial companies in England, the two actors playing those roles actually went into a pub one day and played that scene as if it were really happening to them. The people around them became very uncomfortable.
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I always see where I didn't do things the right way. I only see the heavy lifting. That's a bit of my wisdom, if you want to call it that.
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I usually have two or three books on the go at the same time. If I'm in different moods, I want to read different things.
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China has to go along with world trends. That's democracy, liberty, individual freedom. China sooner or later has to go that way. It cannot go backward.
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My movies are painfully personal, but I'm never trying to let you know how personal they are. It's my job to make it be personal, and also to disguise that so only I or the people who know me know how personal it is. 'Kill Bill' is a very personal movie.
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'Single' is usually applied to women as though they are a problem to be fixed.
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To the scientist there is the joy in pursuing truth which nearly counteracts the depressing revelations of truth.
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I was always in the popular crowd, but I really had atrocious teeth. I was encouraged to 'do well in school, 'cause no one's going to marry you!'
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Leadership that exploits and sacrifices young people on the altar of its goals is nothing more than raw, demonic power. Genuine leadership is found in ceaseless efforts to foster young people, to pave the way forward for them.
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Hindi films offer a wider reach. As an industry, it has the capability to merge varied states, languages, and nationalities.
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You always hear about delegation, but people make the mistake of delegating and not following up. I give authority, but I stay in touch. Otherwise it doesn't work.
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My voice and the styles and genres I sing all express my appreciation for what I hear.
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I wrote large chunks of 'The Impostor' and 'The Good Doctor' on a beach in Goa.
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I have remained resentful to this day When any but myself presumed to say That there was anything I couldn't be.
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Men for whom divorce means walking out of their children’s lives except when they choose to see the children are the male equivalent of the adolescent feminists: men who want options without obligations. Morally, they have no right to walk out. A law that allows that is similarly immoral. 'Primary Parent' laws are just such laws.
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An economy open to new concepts and novel ventures is bound to generate unequal gains.
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My faith experience, well, as you can imagine, you need a lot of faith to raise five boys.
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There's a time and place for everything, but as I get older, I like finding those human moments and really connecting. Maybe I'm not as cool as I once was.
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My father's politics were old-fashioned in the sense that he used to say, all the time, "You've got to fight the system!" But my spiritual beliefs have led me to believe that the fight is the problem.