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“A friend of mine said to me a year ago, "You're so lucky, Nancy, because Ronnie left you the library," She said, "You have that to work on, and to go to, and, in a sense, to be with him." I had never thought of it like that, but it's true. I go to the library or work for the library all the time, because it's Ronnie. I'm working for Ronnie.”
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“I'm told I either look bigger than I do on television or that I look smaller than I look on television. No one seems to think I look the same size.”
Source : Tacoma News Tribune, blogs.wsj.com. May 23, 2001.
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“I just want to say this. I love being a woman. I love playing a woman. I love being a whole and full woman. I am more than my parts, and we all are. And we all, as women, need to continue to change our gaze from how we are seen to how we are seeing. We are full and beautiful women. And let us live in that.”
Source : "Selma, Black-ish, Taraji P. Henson Honored at 2015 NAACP Image Awards—Plus, the Winners List!" by Bruna Nessif, www.eonline.com. February 6, 2015.
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“If you look at things that really affect people's lives - sport, the arts, charities - they were always at the back of the queue for government money - health, social security, defence, pensions were all way ahead. And each of those areas - sports, the arts, the lottery - got relatively petty cash from the government.”
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“When we acknowledge God's supreme role in our life and set our mind on Him, He enables us to be women of hope.”
Source : Elizabeth George (1998). “Loving God with All Your Mind”, Harvest House Pub
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“In order for us human beings to commit ourselves personally to the inhumanity of war, we find it necessary first to dehumanize our opponents, which is in itself a violation of the beliefs of all religions. Once we characterize our adversaries as beyond the scope of God's mercy and grace, their lives lose all value.”
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“Acting is a tough industry. There are a lot of kids out there at drama schools and not a lot of money about, especially as the arts are being cut.”
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“I’m American. I can’t stand Brazilians. They live in a third-world country anyway, so they’ll go anywhere if there’s a little money. I live in America. I want to be a champion of an American organization.”