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Octavia Spencer Quotes

Hollywood is strange in and of itself. People dress up and pretend to be other people, and you can either make millions of dollars, or no money. It's odd.

Octavia Spencer

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: actress
Nationality: american
Birth: May 25, 1970

Topics

Money Dress People You Hollywood Up

Presumptuous for me to say, but at least - at a minimum - I've been able to influence the direction of the Democratic Party on foreign policy. And I've been relatively - presumptuous to say - relatively successful legislatively in the Senate, being able to win a lot of Republican friends, and being able to cross the aisle.

Joe Biden

Me Influence Win Direction Friends

It is exceedingly improbable that the identical action of the corresponding parts of the two retina is the result of a certain habituation, or of the influence of the mind.

Johannes P. Muller

Mind Influence Action Result Two

I would not dare to say that there is a direct relation between mathematics and madness, but there is no doubt that great mathematicians suffer from maniacal characteristics, delirium, and symptoms of schizophrenia.

John Forbes Nash, Jr.

Great Mathematics Madness Doubt Say

I speak to God every day.

Andrea Bocelli

God Day Speak Every Day Every

When a scientist is ahead of his times, it is often through misunderstanding of current, rather than intuition of future truth. In science there is never any error so gross that it won't one day, from some perspective, appear prophetic.

Jean Rostand

Future Truth Science Perspective Day

I like a strong male, a strong man. I like strong men.

Stacey Dash

Men Man Strong Strong Man Strong Men

You have to learn to get through it yourself, because there are going to be times in your life when there's going to be no one else around but you.

Stacy Brown-Philpot

Life Yourself Learn You Going Get

A major part of being prepared is having a plan. Local calls don't always work in the immediate vicinity of a disaster, so it's important to have an out-of-town contact with whom the entire family can check in.

Mike Crapo

Work Family Plan Important Contact

We were doing performance art as far back as 1965, just not calling it that.

Joseph Jarman

Art Performance Doing Back Just Far

Normally, in a film with lots of twists and turns, half of them don't make sense; they're just there for their own sakes.

Domhnall Gleeson

Own Twists Half Film Sense Just

Curiously enough, I was one of the first to have some say in Hollywood. By sheer accident, I had four successes in a row in the early 30's and, although I was still in my 20's, I demanded and received approval of cast, story and director. I don't know how I got away with it, but I did!

Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.

Story Enough Early Know Hollywood

When 'Hide Away' first started gaining a bit of momentum, I was visiting at least two radio stations per day - sometimes in different cities - to spread the word about the song. It was a hustle, but so worth it.

Daya

Day Song Momentum Worth Hustle Hide