Octavia Spencer Quotes

There is so much art can do to enlighten people, no matter what their views might be. If art can't go there or doesn't elevate the social consciousness in some way, then we are in peril.

Octavia Spencer

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ArtPeopleGoWayMatterElevate

I just want to have fun and party with everyone around the world. That's the only rule, to have fun.

Mayer Hawthorne

FunWorldHave FunPartyWantRule

Well, it's an adventure story, and a Bildungsroman, of course, but there was also the intention to describe a culture that had been seen in rather narrow terms.

John M. Ford

CultureAdventureStoryIntention

I saw that giving even all my life to God (supposing it possible to do this and go no further) would profit me nothing unless I gave my heart, yea, all my heart, to Him.

John Wesley

LifeGodHeartMeGivingMy Life

I like how TV used to be - 'Boys from the Blackstuff' and 'Play for Today', instead of 'Stars in Your Eyes' and 'Celebrity Come Cook With Me' or whatever. I hate all that stuff.

Stephen Graham

StarsTodayEyesHateMePlay

What makes a successful country is when you invest in the people of the country - whether it's education, health care, job training - and you rebuild a clean America to provide the kind of infrastructure that will be sustainable and let us grow.

Tom Steyer

EducationHealthJobTrainingPeople

My brother's a blast to direct; he's one of those great characters who brings so much to every scene he's in, and we're pals.

Ron Howard

GreatBrotherWhoHeDirectMuch

I'm really going to miss all the people in the front office, media relations, marketing, all the great people at the ball park. They were my family for a while, and that part really stings. But life does go on.

Mike Quade

LifeFamilyGreatPeopleMediaGo

The United States wanted to send its trained rebel groups to Syria to fight ISIS. Out of twenty-five hundred rebels they had trained, only seventy accepted to go to Syria to fight ISIS. Everybody else wanted to go to Syria to fight the government. So you've got to wake up and smell the coffee... The rebel groups have not fired a shot against ISIS.

Mohammad Javad Zarif

CoffeeGovernmentFightWake UpYou

Even though what I do does enter the market, it doesn't interest me. I am exclusively concerned with the formal qualities of my work. It is about the need and the right to self-expression.

Louise Bourgeois

WorkI AmMeNeedRightMarket

I can't believe I managed to go through a liberal-arts and theater education and take all these women's-studies classes and never have addressed that the 'Muppets' were all boys, except for one pig who was obsessed with herself!

Janet Varney

EducationBelievePigGoNeverTake

Five years ago, we thought of the Web as a new medium, not a new economy.

Clement Mok

ThoughtNewEconomyYearsWebFive

And I think it's that time. And I think if you just step aside and Mr. Romney can kind of take over. You can maybe still use a plane. Though maybe a smaller one. Not that big gas guzzler you are going around to colleges and talking about student loans and stuff like that.

Clint Eastwood

TimeStepThinkTalkingYouStudent

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