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Aja Naomi King13 quotes“Being on a show with a female lead is amazing for me. I love that. I love the powerful woman who’s complicated.”
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It’s been such a gift that there was so much TV and independent film happening in New York that I could be a part of.
Aja Naomi KingAja Naomi King Sometimes as human beings, we’re so contradictory – we may say something or do something and completely contradict ourselves.
Aja Naomi KingAja Naomi King I grew up in a very suburban neighborhood, so I was used to everything being safe and lovely.
Aja Naomi KingAja Naomi King You don’t always have the time to do that. You learn very quickly, I think, how essential it is to come in with the strongest choice that you have.
Aja Naomi KingAja Naomi King That’s what I’m learning to embrace in television – not knowing what’s going to happen.
Aja Naomi KingAja Naomi King There was something to satiate my desire to be artistic and creative, especially when it wasn’t in the way I originally thought it was going to be.
Aja Naomi KingAja Naomi King When you do a play, you have all this time to rehearse and grow into the character. In television, even though you’re waiting and waiting and waiting,
Aja Naomi KingAja Naomi King The courage to decide that I have a voice and need to do what I love. To believe that this opportunity is not wasted on me. To own the fact that I am worthy.
Aja Naomi KingAja Naomi King If you’re doing an indie and you have time, sometimes you can do take after take after take, but if you’re working in television on that filming schedule,
Aja Naomi KingAja Naomi King I might make a specific choice for myself and then in the next episode the writers might write something that contradicts it.
Aja Naomi KingAja Naomi King When the doors to television were opened to me, that was quite a surprise.
Aja Naomi KingAja Naomi King There is a voice inside of my head that is trying to convince me that I’m not good enough and that I don’t deserve to be here in Hollywood. So courage is required.
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Getting so deep in the process of creating the life I want for myself, so I’m turning out anything/ anyone that doesn’t align with my vision.
Dau VoireDau Voire I am finding the courage to breathe as I am.
Shelby EnsignShelby Ensign Sadness that is caused by the absence of love is deadly for the heart.
Laura ChouetteLaura Chouette Always find a reason to love.
H. DcostaH. Dcosta You are healing yourself with poetry what could be more beautiful than that?
Aurora RaineAurora Raine Not everyone takes every opportunity that comes their way because it takes a lot of work.
Edgar DoucetEdgar Doucet I could never love her, the fear of losing would be too strong.
AtticusAtticus The lack of influence or power is more dangerous than worrying about things being reduced to nothingness.
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He’s unreal. He’s amazing in the ring. It doesn’t matter who he’s wresting. He’s unreal on the microphone.
Adam ColeAdam Cole It’s amazing what can happen if you just put your arm around somebody. It’s the truest thing and the simplest thing that does the most good a lot of times and I hope that we can all just reach out to each other.
Julia RobertsJulia Roberts When we’re feeling fully alive, we’re able to fully feel love. This doorway also relates to feeling our feelings fully. Not suppressing our feelings of anger, sadness or grief but allowing them to be felt. What’s amazing is that when those feelings are felt, they actually dissolve into love.
Marci ShimoffMarci Shimoff I think in the case of horror, it’s a chance to confront a lot of your worse fears and those fears usually have to do, ironically, with powerlessness and isolation.
Adam ArkinAdam Arkin What can a pencil do for all of us? Amazing things. It can write transcendent poetry, uplifting music, or life-changing equations
Adam BraunAdam Braun A moving or movement away from a station A waving away from a waving a motion Amazement a moment amazing a waving
Jim MorrisonJim Morrison Life possesses an amazing array of profoundly sad faces.
AberjhaniAberjhani It’s always amazed me how little attention philosophers, psychologists, or anyone else actually has paid to humor.
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