"The reason why I found acting is because my father passed away. He passed away really young. I was going to go to med school. My father's dream was that all of his kids become doctors. I realized in school I didn't like it. When he died, it was like a wake-up call. Life is too short to do something you don't want to do."

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Source : "SUNDANCE FUTURES | “Pariah” Actress Adepero Oduye" by Nigel M. Smith, www.indiewire.com. January 24, 2011.

Adepero Oduye

#Dream Quotes #Father Quotes #Life Is Too Short Quotes

“Evolution teaches us the original purpose of language was to ritualize men's threats and curses, his spells to compel the gods; communication came later.”

Source : Gene Wolfe (2009). “The Best of Gene Wolfe: A Definitive Retrospective of His Finest Short Fiction”, p.111, Macmillan
“I don't go into it trying to be this or that because that completely taints and corrupts the work that you're trying to do. But, I'm thankful and that definitely was a surprise. Hopefully, I'll keep doing stuff that remains interesting and fun for the audience.”
“Kiss me and you will see how important I am.”
“Once you put yourself in the hands of the government, you could end up in Utah.”
“I believe a solid, really strong middle-class is the key to making the country in the best way.”
“Emotional maturity is the ability to stick to a job and to struggle through until it is finished, to endure unpleasantness, discomfort and frustration.”
“Take a walk with a turtle. And behold the world in pause.”

Source : "On Father's Day - Make Time for a Long, Slow Walk" by Bruce Feiler, www.foxnews.com. June 19, 2011.
“The dance goes from realizing that you're separate (which is the awakening) to then trying to find your way back into the totality of which you are not only a part, but which you are.”

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