Jurnee Smollett-Bell Quotes

I think, as human beings, we try to hide our flaws and try to present this perfect person, this person we wish we were, to our spouse when that causes so many troubles.

Jurnee Smollett-Bell

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ThinkPresentWishPerfectHideTry

My left eye went when I was young. I was working the speed bag, and some steel went in the eye and scratched it to pieces. I was kinda blind in that eye.

Joe Frazier

EyeBlindBagSpeedYoungSteel

Girls we love for what they are; young men for what they promise to be.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

LoveRelationshipMenYoungPromise

I feel close to Lloyd in 'Say Anything'. He was like a super-interesting version of me. Only I'm not as good as him. Whatever part of me is romantic and optimistic, I reached into that to play Lloyd.

John Cusack

GoodRomanticMeFeelPlaySay

The time has come to return integrity, performance and dignity to New York and make it the Empire State once again.

Andrew Cuomo

IntegrityTimeNew YorkPerformance

My life experience confirms that the U.S. government frequently overclassifies data. But that's a stronger argument for not dumping large volumes of government traffic on an unclassified personal server than it is a justification for retroactively challenging classification decisions.

Michael Hayden

LifeExperienceGovernmentMy Life

It's amazing how many introverts go into the ministry.

John Piper

AmazingGoMinistryHowMany

Form must have a content, and that content must be linked with nature.

Alvar Aalto

NatureContentMustFormLinked

I think the actual art of expressing yourself is a very important part of being human. And an important part of being a performer is understanding what it's like to create yourself.

Stephen Hough

ArtYourselfThinkUnderstanding

One of the coolest things about touring around, actually, is getting to meet people, and getting to pick up on things that other people like. So many times, people come up to me after a reading and say, 'You must have read this,' or 'You must have seen this,' or 'Do you listen to this?' Usually I haven't.

Steven Hall

PeopleMeReadingYouSayMeet

I've never been a Hollywood dropout.

Tom Shadyac

HollywoodNeverBeen

I do gravitate toward 19th century writers, and I never mind being compared with some of the most memorable writers from that era. I mean, George Eliot is my absolute heroine.

Julia Glass

MindMemorableNeverMeanBeingEra

I don't think in my family anyone looked after anyone. It didn't matter how old they were.

Diane Cilento

FamilyThinkMatterOldHowAfter

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