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- Nov 07, 2020
My Life Quotes
First-person, unfiltered reflection.
This page is built from first-person quotes about "my life" — a long personal search for meaning, and the deliberate work of clearing out stress and unwanted obligations. For identity-focused sayings, see I Am quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Happy
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- Nov 07, 2020
When someone like me takes a sabbatical, it leads to a few happy realisations. It was only when I was away that I realised how films are such a big part of my life.
- Live
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't know what it's like to be an arm amputee, or have even one flesh-and-bone leg, or to have cerebral palsy. I don't speak for such huge and diverse groups. What I've tried to do, what I've been fortunate to do, is to live my live and create my life as I've wanted to create it.
- Girl
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'll be giving a speech at the randomest place, like a bank or something, and a guy in a suit will say, 'I'm totally freaked out that I'm talking to the girl from 'Cremaster.' For the rest of my life, that movie will be playing in a museum somewhere. I never could have expected that huge response.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Becoming a parent changed my life drastically and left me little time for leisure reading.
- Moment
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- Nov 07, 2020
The moment I stop giving Him the glory is the moment I will fall, and I will fail, and I know that. Because I've experienced that in my life. I've turned my back on Him, and it was the hardest time of my life.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Honestly, I just love my life.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I moved to New York City from Texas in 2007, where I lived for two years. Before that, I lived in South Carolina for the majority of my life.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I feel if you believe in equality, you have to believe in it for everybody. And that's the way I've always lived my life.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am black, and there's no getting around that, but being black doesn't define every aspect of my life.
- Marriage
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- Nov 07, 2020
Even prior to marriage and motherhood, it's always been about prioritising and focusing on what you can commit to. That's been my approach to every aspect of my life, be it my relationships or my professional commitments.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
In terms of finding that first international recognition of my work, coming back to Cannes is such a milestone in my life because it began actually with 'Devdas'.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Despite being in showbiz, I have a very real approach to my life. It plays off with my social life.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020