People Quotes
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May is the month when people focus on mothers more than any other time of year.
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I feel like with every performance that I see, I get better because I've always thought - while I'm watching people perform - of what I would do.
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A dark house is always an unhealthy house, always an ill-aired house, always a dirty house. Want of light stops growth and promotes scrofula, rickets, etc., among the children. People lose their health in a dark house, and if they get ill, they cannot get well again in it.
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In all of us, there is a struggle between the good and the bad. It makes it more palpable and real to play such people as an actor.
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Wickedness is a myth invented by good people to account for the curious attraction of others.
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I want to do stage again, because there just aren't words for how great it is. People say that all the time, 'There's nothing like live theater, blah blah,' but it's really true. I see a show and I know how they feel, and it feels great.
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People think that the arts are optional and they aren't. They teach a level of emotional depth that's equally important to mathematic skill. You can replace some math skills with a calculator if you know how to operate the thing, but there's no calculator for human interaction.
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I never dreamed that I would hear 10,000 people screaming when I stepped out onto a stage. Well, that's not entirely true. I dreamed about it but in a performing-on-the-stage-at-Staples-Center-or-Madison-Square-Garden context. But never in a I'm-in-a-movie-that-hasn't-even-come-out-yet one.
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Some of my best friends here in New York have pasts I have a hard time reconciling with the people I'm close to now. But I wouldn't change them - or their pasts - for anything in the world. Their experiences are what made them the people they are today.
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People give us credit only for what we ourselves believe.
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I come from Nigeria, and we live by the idea that it takes a village. So my entire team. I live by my team: my friends, my neighbors, my teachers - they're the people who taught me how to be a free actor.
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We cannot erase what has been done. We can apologize for it. We can express our outrage. We can say to the American people and to the people of the world, this is not our way and we do not condone it, but we cannot change it and we cannot erase it.
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That's where the good ideas come from: the people, not the boardroom. But you have to be willing to put in the legwork.
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We can no more blame it on good Middle Eastern citizens than we can blame Hitler on people of German descent.
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One can't write for all readers. A poet cannot write for people who don't like poetry.
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I'm kind of a gypsy, so I love living out of a suitcase and going from place to place meeting people.
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At this stage of my life I would rather try and have some small impact within a company and suffer through those things than make such a big stink that nobody can trust to work with you. It's very important in an environment of a big institution that people don't feel threatened that you're going to expose them in any way.
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The best way to inspire people to superior performance is to convince them by everything you do and by your everyday attitude that you are wholeheartedly supporting them.
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If there's one message I want people to take away is never compromise being your authentic self. Even if that means making others uncomfortable.
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Since God is the one who calls people to their work, the worker becomes a steward who serves God.
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I think a lot of people have a problem with the fact that I've adopted an African child, a child who has a different color skin than I do.
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When I became a mother of two, I decided to work with brands that remind me of family because they're my No. 1 priority. Now I'm partnering with Puffs to encourage people to get out and not hibernate inside. People should enjoy the holiday season, and if you do have a runny nose or the sniffles, Puffs is there to take care of your symptoms.
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I think people need to know that there's great peace and joy in knowing the Lord - the Lord Jesus Christ - as your savior.
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I have a big mouth, and I have a temper, so that's not good for people. That's not good for executives.
