Inspiring Quotes - Page 105

A sex-symbol becomes a thing, I just hate being a thing. But if I'm going to be a symbol of something I'd rather have it sex than some other things we've got symbols of.

Everybody is always tugging at you. They'd all like a sort of chunk out of you. I don' think they realize it, but it's like 'grrr do this, grr do that' But you do want to stay intact-intact and on two feet.

First, I'm trying to prove to myself that I'm a person. Then maybe I'll convince myself that I'm an actress.

Some people have been unkind. If I say I want to grow as an actress, they look at my figure. If I say I want to develop, to learn my craft, they laugh. Somehow they don't expect me to be serious about my work.

I don't look at myself as a commodity, but I'm sure a lot of people have.

Looking back, I guess I used to play-act all the time. For one thing, it meant I could live in a more interesting world than the one around me.

Personally, I react to Marlon Brando. He's a favorite of mine.

I am not a victim of emotional conflicts. I am human.

Millions of people live their entire lives without finding themselves. But it is something I must do.

Their mothers had finally caught up to them and been proven right. There were consequences after all but they were the consequences to things you didn't even know you'd done.

The more he gave away, the more delighted he became.

I do not want a kingdom, or heaven; what I want is to remove the trouble of the oppressed, the poor, and the needy.

Indeed, the test of orderliness in a country is not the number of millionaires it owns, but the absence of starvation among its masses.

Mom and Dad would stay in bed on Sunday morning, but the kids would have to go to church.

Don't over analyze your relationships.

People always accuse me of being motivational in a way, like it was a bad thing, but that's just how I was raised. My mom raised me in a positive environment, with lots of love in my heart, and that reflects in my music.

I am often accused of interfering in the private lives of citizens. Yes, if I did not, had I not done that, we wouldn't be here today.

Whoever governs Singapore must have that iron in him. Or give it up. This is not a game of cards.

As musicians and artists, it's important we have an environment - and I guess when I say environment, I really mean the industry, that really nurtures these gifts. Oftentimes, the machine can overlook the need to take care of the people who produce the sounds that have a lot to do with the health and well-being of society.

I'm an average enough person to point to the things I've gotten to see that are awe-inspiring.

Our mothers' generation fought so hard to change things and we're the first generation to benefit. And now you get girls in their twenties who say they're not feminists.

I never use notes, they interfere with me.

Coming into the music industry, even when I was a kid, one thing I learned is timing is everything. You being prepared is everything.

Entrepreneurs stand out from the rest of the pack because they are not afraid to take big risks and they aim to please no one except the people who truly matter.

At about 40, the roles started slowing down. I started getting offers to play mothers and grandmothers