Ciara Renee Quotes
You can never take those you love for granted, and you have to be willing to be open and really communicate with one another to make any relationship work. And that's just it: relationships take work, and they take compromise and compassion and understanding.
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I would say if you have a dream, follow it. It doesn't really matter whether you are a woman or from India or from wherever.
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I think, living in the city, it's so easy to forget that you're attached to the earth.
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To be one's self, and unafraid whether right or wrong, is more admirable than the easy cowardice of surrender to conformity.
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Ever since I was a child, I would start crying seeing anyone in pain.
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I am not Shakespeare or Hemingway, but I have written stories on tennis that were brilliant.
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The Koran was revealed at a time of great change in the Arab world, the seventh-century shift from a matriarchal nomadic culture to an urban patriarchal system.
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And I'm not an actress. I don't think I am an actress. I think I've created a brand and a business.
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I can go to a country song, go right into it and make it sound authentic. And I think that's because of my ear as an impressionist.
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In my next life, I want to be a housecat. Naps all the time!
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A person who has been punished is not less inclined to behave in a given way; at best, he learns how to avoid punishment.
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Race differences show up early in life.
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The mainstream sort of presentation of the civil rights movement was not something that I directly inherited.
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I am so grateful that I accepted the offer to do 'CSI,' but it was like being shot out of a cannon, and it was so different from anything that I have ever done.
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You get caught up in hitting home runs and seeing how far you can hit them, and your swing changes.
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I don't turn my nose up at anything. If it's a great part, it's a great part. I'd love to do a box-office hit.
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My work always presents problems in our society. Those problems may be anything from injustice to freedom, and everything related to humanity.
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Remember, the man who is poor is not the man that has no money, but one without a dream. They are suffering that have no dream. They are poor that have no dream.
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My version of a stress dream is, really, showing up on a concert stage with a drum set and not knowing the chart.
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When we were doing a scene, lots of times we would collapse giggling, because it seemed so silly because it felt like we were doing a home movie at times.
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I had a lot of great bosses - I worked for Gina Prince-Bythewood for two years, I worked for Ava Duvernay as a PA on her first narrative film, and I worked with Mara Brock Akil, so a lot of wonderful role models.
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Normally, when I read a script, I read 30 pages, and then go have a cup of tea and come back. And then, I read 20 pages and go make a phone call, and then go back to it.
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I've been in government and politics my entire career, and while I try to keep a level head and a reasonable tone in my commentary, even I can lose my head sometimes and let anger bubble over and burst out. It feels gross, looks ugly, and leaves a lasting mark.
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Due to my hectic work schedule, I hardly have enough sleep, and my skin tends to look dull. Facial masks are my savior, as it helps to brighten and hydrate my skin.
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You can never take those you love for granted, and you have to be willing to be open and really communicate with one another to make any relationship work. And that's just it: relationships take work, and they take compromise and compassion and understanding.
