Octavia Spencer Quotes

I don't have one role that I want to play. I guess... I want to be a producer. I want to be an activist. I want to be proactive in bringing about work for men, women, boys, girls, everybody who is good at what they do and deserve a shot at it.

Octavia Spencer

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When in some communities selling drugs is so lucrative that that's a pretty big enticement that we have to break down. Part of that is by making opportunities and paying decent wages.

Matt Gonzalez

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If someone is a straight jazzhead, or a straight metalhead, or straight classical, they have a very narrow range of what they allow into their lives. But the people who listen to what we put out into the world have to be open-minded. Because we're so pluralist.

John Zorn

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New York is still the most glamorous city I've ever been to, but it's starting to feel older. The sirens still wail; the paths in Central Park still pulsate with joggers. The Manhattan schist still trembles beneath your feet. But weirdly, it's starting to feel, dare I say it, a bit quaint.

Tom Hollander

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I love the 'Delilah' show. I've been listening to it for years and years. It's incredible. She's always got a song for the right occasion. Many people call in, maybe their spirit it a little down, and she lifts them up. She is really somebody special. She's a lifeline to a lot of people.

Ronnie Milsap

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I'm a longtime believer in the old adage that sunlight is the best disinfectant, particularly in politics.

Mike Quigley

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I just want to be champ.

Joseph Parker

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I know I can go outside and have better numbers than I put up in the slot.

Chris Harris, Jr.

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From time to time, everyone distorts. We all tend to believe what supports our side of the question and doubt what weakens it. When we are under stress, we tend to believe what we need to believe.

David Viscott

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People aren't making as many movies as they used to, so youve got a lot of really big-name actors who are coming in, and they want to do pilots, so things kind of disappear for those of us who kind of have to still get in the room and audition and read for it.

Brian J. Smith

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One wants to be together with one's family. That's what families are about.

Aung San Suu Kyi

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As we look to the future, we cannot improve our living standards while simultaneously degrading the natural environment around us.

Ali Bongo Ondimba

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I'm not worried about making a certain type of music or sticking to one type of music.

Post Malone

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