Jada Pinkett Smith Quotes

I've always told Will, 'You can do whatever you want as long as you can look at yourself in the mirror and be okay.' Because at the end of the day, Will is his own man. I'm here as his partner, but he is his own man. He has to decide who he wants to be, and that's not for me to do for him. Or vice versa.

Jada Pinkett Smith

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actress
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: September 18, 1971

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As fame becomes more democratized, we might all have to start struggling with the powers, anxieties, and responsibilities of being a minor celeb.

Max Joseph

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I get most of my news from the Jon Stewart Daily Show. It's the most level commentary you can find. You have to laugh, because it's all so true. It's the closest thing to a counterculture.

John Mayall

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The first myth of management is that it exists. The second myth of management is that success equals skill.

Robert Heller

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I remember, for my fifth birthday, Chet Baker sat me on the upright piano, and he played just for me for a few minutes. I can still remember the pressure of the air on my chest. It was my first physical contact with sound.

Jean-Michel Jarre

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I always had the street mentality, but when you're older, you get more mature.

Metta World Peace

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Even when Darwin's teaching first made its appearance, it became clear at once that its scientific, materialist core, its teaching concerning the evolution of living nature, was antagonistic to the idealism that reigned in biology.

Trofim Lysenko

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I'd much rather turn down a starring role in a bad picture and do a small role in a very good picture.

Rod Taylor

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Most people who work at home find they do not have the benefit of receptionists who serve as personal guards.

Judith Martin

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I was very down as a teenager, very upset because I had gotten hurt in a car accident. But my dad was a source of strength. He used to say, 'It's the character with strength that God gives the most challenges to.' I've thought about that so many times in my life when things didn't go right.

Bonnie Hunt

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The changing of the goals helps keep the motivation fresh.

Bradley Wiggins

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I don't want money to ever drive my career. I want my career to be driven by what I want to do in art.

Ansel Elgort

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The wise man is he who knows the relative value of things.

William Inge

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