Angela Bassett Quotes

I really believe that what I do as an actress is my God-given talent. This is my calling, not my career.

Angela Bassett

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There is simply not enough money available to support a system in which the lion's share of expenditures is devoted to acute care, with virtually nothing being spent on preventive medicine, i.e. health care.

Joel Fuhrman

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I did not know how to paint a mural. I did not know how to prepare the surface. There was nobody from the Renaissance around who could advise me, and I did the best I could.

Maurice Sendak

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No one who errs unwillingly is evil.

Sophocles

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Even I would find a book about my life pretty dull.

Simon Hoggart

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I think people who are compelled to achieve never really think they've achieved... I think the moment you get to a place when you think 'Oh I'm a fashion legend' then that's when you're no longer competitive in your field.

Tom Ford

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We exist to have our wealth moved up the economic chain out of our reach.

Roger Ebert

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I think that opera in Europe is 30 years ahead of America. There is a broader range of material presented to the public. They value contemporary opera.

Robert Wilson

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There's just a total boatload of crazy that goes with singing live for the first time when you're 60 years old.

Mary Steenburgen

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In my experience, it's not just that serious books get a hearing on comedy shows. But serious books get a serious hearing, as well as a funny one, on comedy shows.

Michael Mandelbaum

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But the fact is, I'm not work-identified. I'm not a lawyer or a writer. I'm a mom, and I'm a woman, and that's the kind of people I want to see in books in the starring role.

Lisa Scottoline

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Designers have always shown outlandish and exuberant clothes, but that hasn't always translated to the streets.

Jason Wu

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He makes people pleased with him by making them first pleased with themselves.

Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield

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